Marti et al.,
I haven't seen the Oxford-Duden, but I bought myself a copy of the Firefly Five Language Visual Dictionary - don't know if there is an art studio and so forth in it, but it's a terrific resource.
-Rebecca
Rebecca K. Friedman
Assistant Librarian, Marquand Library
McCormick Hall, Princeton University
609-258-3163
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From: "Pike, Marti" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:09 am
Subject: [ARLIS-L] Dictionary of terms
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> Kim and all,
>
> One thing that I REALLY liked when I was studying for my German
> exam for my MA was the Oxford-Duden pictorial dictionary. Not
> strictly art, but I photocopied the pertinent pages, like the one
> with an art studio, architecture, print shop, etc. that SHOW you
> what terms are used for what, and it's fairly technical. I see that
> there are Oxford Duden dictionaries for other languages, too. I
> would really love to have a polyglot pictorial dictionary! It
> would be a great help for cataloging, research, etc. in my own
> work, plus for student reference. Does anyone know of such an
> animal??
> Marti
>
> Marti Pike
> Library Cataloger
> Woodbury University
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> Burbank, CA 91510
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Kim Collins
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 1:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] THANK YOU - polyglot art dictionary
>
>
> Dear ARLIS,
> Thank you for ALL the replies to my question. Several people asked
> me
> to post the list--so below are 9 helpful suggestions. I will pass
> them
> all along to the student. Thanks again, Kim Collins
>
> 1) Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information: Research Methods and
> Resources.
> 3rd ed. Publication Information: Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub.
> Co.,
> c1990. See Appendix B and D.--Pages 299-328 consist of dictionaries
> of
> art terms in French, German, Italian, etc.
>
> 2) Multilingual glossary for art librarians : English with indexes in
> Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. München ; New
> Providence : K.G. Saur, 1996
>
> 3) Ian Sheridan's An Art Librarian's Glossary, published in 1984 by
> the
> IFLA Section of Art Libraries. It's a dictionary type book of art
> terms
> in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German
>
> 4)Haggar, Reginald George. A dictionary of art terms: painting,
> sculpture, architecture, engraving and etching, lithography and
> other
> art processes, heraldry. [1962] reprinted 1984
> According to Marmor and Ross' Guide to the Lit. of Art History 2:
> "Glossary contains separate lists of French, German, and Italian
> terms,
> With English equivalents, useful for students preparing for
> graduate
> art history language exams.
>
> 5)Elsevier's dictionary of architecture in five languages :
> English,
> French, Spanish, German, and Dutch / compiled by J.-P.
> Vandenberghe.
> Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science Publishers, 1988.
>
> 6) Das Grosse Fachwo?rterbuch fu?r Kunst und Antiquita?ten /
> herausgegeben und zusammengestellt von Christian Mu?ller, unter
> Mitarbeit von Roger Franz ... [et al.].
> Other Title: Art and antiquities dictionary.
> Publisher:
> Mu?nchen : Weltkunst Verlag, c1982- ISBN: 3921669006
> (Bd. 1)
>
> 7)Dictionnaire polyglotte des termes d'art et d'archeìologie.
> Edition:
> [1. eìd.] /Reìau, Louis, 1881-1961
> Publisher: Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1953
>
> 8) Elsevier's dictionary of art history terms: in French-English
> and
> English-French / compiled by Jean-Pierre Michaux = Elsevier's
> dictionnaire des termes d'histoire de l'art : français-anglais et
> anglais-français / par Jean-Pierre Michaux. Amsterdam ; Boston :
> Elsevier, c2005.
>
> 9) That sounds a lot like a pamphlet I used to use that was an aide
> for
> art catalogers. If you put dictionaries--polyglot-art into
> WorldCat,
> you'll put up similar stuff.
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Kim Collins <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > A student writes.."Years ago I was given a Xerox from a
> dictionary of art
> > historical terms, which I seem to have lost. I can't seem to
> find any
> > reference to the source or anything similar and wonder if you
> might be
> > familiar with it. It was a French/Italian/German/English
> dictionary of art
> > history terms. Now that I'm cramming for my German exam it would
> really> come in handy!"
> >
> >
> >
> > Sounds like this could have been an appendix of a larger
> reference book - If
> > you know of anything like this to recommend, please send your reply
> > directly to me, [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Thanks, Kim
> >
> >
> >
> > Kim Collins, art history librarian and collection management
> subject liaison
> > coordinator Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, 540
> Asbury Circle.
> >
> > Atlanta, Georgia 30322
> >
> > (404)727-2997. Fax (404)727-0408, [log in to unmask]
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> >
> >
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