Catherine Turrill
ART 105
Spring 2008
2/21/08

Byzantine Art:
Selected English-Language Library Resources

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Dictionaries:

Bibliographies:

Literature on Byzantine Art, 1892-1967
Z 5933.3 .A45 1973 | 3 NORTH Tsak. Reference
NZ 5933.3 .A45 | Lower Level

Byzantine Art Reference Sources:

Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art
N 5970 .H813 | 3 NORTH Tsak. Oversize & 2 NORTH Reference 

The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture
N 7830 .M87 1996 | 2 NORTH Reference

• Art, [+ Byzantine or Early Christian]
• [medium], [+ Byzantine or Early Christian]
• e.g., architecture, mosaics, sculpture, icons, etc.
• Byzantine Antiquities
• Christian art and symbolism [+ various subdivisions]
• See also 25 related subjects
• Church architecture [+ Byzantine or place]
• See also 11 related subjects
• Church Decoration and Ornament [+ Byzantine or place]
• See also 6 related subjects

Some relevant CSUS subscription databases

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Academic Search Premier:

• Multidisciplinary article database that includes art journals and related sources.

Art Full Text:

• Indexes and abstracts articles from art, architecture, landscape architecture, design and decorative arts periodicals published throughout the world.

EmbARK Web Kiosk:

• Database containing over 50,000 images of all areas of visual imagery.

Grove Art Online:

• Contains the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.) with ongoing additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links.

Historical Abstracts:

• Historical Abstracts indexes and provides abstracts of over 2,100 journals, including key historical journals from virtually every major country.

JSTOR:

• Growing electronic archive of core scholarly journals in numerous disciplines, with emphasis on the social sciences and humanities.

Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online:

• Collection of some 250 full-text journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers in the areas of the humanities, social sciences and the arts.

WorldCat:        

• The largest on-line catalog of books and other materials in the world, including over 57 million records representing the holdings of OCLC (Online Computer Center, Inc.) member libraries worldwide. Best source for requesting books through interlibrary loan.

Free Web resource:

Byzantine Studies on the Internet: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/.

• See also “Gallery” link for image resources.

Extra Credit:

Addresses for three Greek Orthodox churches in the Sacramento area:

• Check EUREKA for books about Annunciation Church by author " Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Sacramento Calif " 

St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church
9165 Peets Street
Elk Grove, CA 95758
Phone: (916) 683-3443

St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church
1001 Stone Canyon Drive
Roseville, CA 95661
Phone: (916) 772-9372