The granddaddy here, of course, for art through the end of the
14th century (and, in the case of the Morgan Library Project, through
the end of the 16th), may be Princeton University's Index of Christian
Art.
To search by scripture reference it is only necessary to go from the
entry for the passage in question to the various subject headings to
which it directs one, keeping in mind only this, that the Index begins
with the Testament, as follows: "OT, Numbers 22:31" (which references
"Balaam: opposed by Angel"), or "NT, Acts of the Apostles 21:08" (which
references "Philip the Deacon: (Scene,) meeting Eunuch"); or "OT,
Apocrypha, Baruch 01:01", "NT, Apocrypha, Acts of Pilate 01:02", and so
forth. (Note that the place-holding zeros (sometimes two in the case of
long books or chapters) are to Web-based searching, at least, extremely
crucial, and that to do this over the Internet, one must select first
"Browse" (not "Search"), and then the field "Text Reference" (only one
of a whole slough of possibilities). Note further that there appear to
be some inconsistencies: "NT, Acts 01:11", on the one hand, but also
"NT, Acts of the Apostles 01:11", on the other, both of which reference
"Christ: Ascension". Less is therefore sometimes more.)
(That from Jim's and my two-year-old ATLA review, at
http://www.atla.com/member/librarians_tools/reference_reviews/review1201
.html
<http://www.atla.com/member/librarians_tools/reference_reviews/review120
1.html> .)
But of course the e-version of the Index remains, for now,
woefully incomplete. So this isn't really a practical suggestion for
those much further away from hard copy than is Philadelphia! :-)
I look forward, therefore, to additional responses.
All the best,
Steve Perisho
Theology/Humanities/Fine Arts Librarian
Seattle Pacific University Library
Tel.: 206 281 2417; Fax: 206 281 2936
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Index to Bible in art?
Dear ARLIS-L,
I am wondering if there's an index similar to The Oxford guide to
classical mythology in the arts, 1300-1990s, for Biblical stories.
We have plenty of materials on iconography, but our students get
assignments in which they're supposed to choose a passage or story from
the Bible and then find it depicted in art (usually but not limited to
painting). We have a copy of Iconographic index to Old Testament
subjects represented in photographs and slides of paintings in the
visual collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, but not the
Iconographic index to New Testament subjects.
I have gone through Fine Arts : A Bibliographic Guide, American
Reference Books Annual, The Humanities : A Selective Guide to
Information Sources and Jones' Art Research: Methods and Resources and
haven't come across anything else that sounds exactly right. Any
suggestions? Web sites?? Thanks.
Sara
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