Hi Arlisians,
Does
anyone remember Gertrud Schiller’s Iconography
of Christian Art, published in 2 volumes in English by NYGS in the
US and Lund Humphries in England?
The original German set, Ikonographie
der christlishen Kunst was published
as 5 vols in 7 vols, but the third volumes on were never
translated. Volume one of the
German version may be in a third edition.
Also, it should be noted at least some paintings or sculptures, like the
Life of Mary cycle of Giotto’s Arena chapel, come from the Golden Legend. I hope this helps!
Regards to
all!
Linda
Zoeckler
Head,
Huntington Art Reference Library
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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.)
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! J
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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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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