Hello, all—
I just wanted to send a heartfelt thanks to everyone. I’ve received many, many helpful replies, and the person with whom I’m working is quite happy. I’ve received such a welcoming and collegial response from this list – thank you, all.
Best,
Amanda
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Amanda Rust • English & American Literature Librarian • Northeastern University Libraries
360 Huntington Ave. Boston MA 02115 • [log in to unmask] • (617) 373-8548
From: Rust, Amanda
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 4:28 PM
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Subject: sourcing 16 c. Italian engravings
Hello, all—
I’m an English and American Literature librarian out of my depth on this topic, so am appealing for help.
I’m working with a faculty member doing some research on the source and iconography for a series of Northern Italian engravings from the 1590s. The engravings display anthropomorphic figures from Ovid's _Metamorphoses_. They’ve already checked potential candidates from illustrated pre-1590's printed editions of the _Metamorphoses_, as well as the Ovid Illustrated site from the Univ. of Virginia. I’ve also been looking through WorldCat for things like a dictionary of Italian Renaissance iconography.
Since I’m not an art librarian, I wanted to ask if there were some well-known and magical art history source that would be a good place to start. Or perhaps there’s an index or website that would help? Are there other methods that would be useful, when researching a Renaissance image and how it might copy or refer to other images or sources?
Thanks in advance,
Amanda
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Amanda Rust • Research & Instruction Librarian • Northeastern University Libraries
360 Huntington Ave. Boston MA 02115 • [log in to unmask] • (617) 373-8548
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