LibGuides: History of Art and Architecture: Venice: Art, History, Environment

Books on Venice: subjects

A subject search in the Five Colleges Library catalog for "Venice (Italy)," and all the various subheadings under this main heading, retrieves more than a thousand books. Some samples include:

Venice (Italy)--Buildings
Venice (Italy)--Climate
Venice (Italy)--Commerce
Venice (Italy)--Defenses
Venice (Italy)--Description and travel
Venice (Italy)--Economic conditions
Venice (Italy)--Emigration and immigration
Venice (Italy)--Foreign relations
Venice (Italy)--History
Venice (Italy)--History, Naval
Venice (Italy)--In art
Venice (Italy)--Pictorial works

Etc., etc.

Online Reference

Oxford Classical Dictionary by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, eds.
Publication Date: 2012
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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
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The best scholarly dictionary for all aspects of fine and applied arts, including design and architecture. Current.

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Oxford Classical Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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The fourth edition of this established dictionary offers numerous new entries on all aspects of the classical world, with reception and anthropology as new focus areas.

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Brill's Medieval Reference Library This link opens in a new window
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Includes Brill's Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles, Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage and Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle.

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International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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Citations to journal articles, books and book chapters in all European languages, on medieval studies. Citations 1967-present on the historical period 400-1500.

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New Catholic Encyclopedia
ISBN: 0787676942
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
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Grendler, Paul F. The Renaissance. [Electronic Resource] : An Encyclopedia for Students. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2004.
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A survey of the Renaissance-era topics most studied in high school world history, art literature, economics and science curriculum. Presents 465 alphabetically arranged entries broadly covering people, places, events, concepts, works of art and literature, and scientific achievements from around 1350 to 1620. For students in grades 7 and higher.

Reference books

A Concise Encyclopedia of the Italian Renaissance by J. R. Hale
Call Number: DG445 .C66 1981
ISBN: 0500233330
Publication Date: 1985-04-01
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art by James Hall; Kenneth Clark
Call Number: N7560 .H34 2008
ISBN: 0813343933
Publication Date: 2014-03-01
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography by Helene E. Roberts (Editor)
Call Number: N7560 .E53 1998
ISBN: 1579580092
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
2 volumes, does not circulate
Iconographie de l'art chrétien by Réau, Louis, 1881-1961
Call Number: N7830 .R37
Publication Date: 1955
3 volumes
Iconography of Christian Art by Gertrud Schiller
Call Number: N7830 .S35132
ISBN: 0821203657
Publication Date: 1971-01-01
The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture by Peter Murray; Linda Murray
Call Number: N7830 .M87 1996
ISBN: 0198661657
Publication Date: 1996-11-14
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance by Gordon Campbell
Call Number: CB361 .C27 2003
ISBN: 0198601751
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s by Jane Davidson Reid; Chris Rohmann
Call Number: NX650.M9 R45 1993
ISBN: 0195049985
Publication Date: 1993-05-27
2 volumes.
The Penguin dictionary of saints by Attwater, Donald, 1892-1977
Call Number: BX4655.8 .A8
Publication Date: 1965
Post-Biblical Saints Art Index by Mercedes Rochelle
Call Number: N8079.5 .R63 1994
ISBN: 0899509428
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
Saints in Italian art by George Kaftal
Call Number: ND1432.I8 K32 1952
Publication Date: 1952
4 volumes: [v.1] Iconography of the saints in Tuscan painting.--[v.2] Iconography of the saints in central and south Italian schools of painting.--[v.3] Iconography of the saints in the painting of north east Italy.--[v. 4] Iconography of the saints in the painting of north west Italy.
Signs & symbols in Christian art by Ferguson, George, 1899-1973
Call Number: N7830 .F37 1959
Publication Date: 1959