Bibliographies: Classical Art

The following have been added to the Zotero Group for Ancient World Open Bibliographies and the Ancient World Open Bibliographies Wiki.

Classical Art and Archaeology

Classical Greek Architecture
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/bibliographies/architecture.htm
J. J. Coulton, Faculty of Classics, Oxford, hosted at Classical Art Research Centre.
No last update date; post-2000.
A select bibliography, mostly in English and mostly monographs, serving as a reading list for undergraduates. There are very brief annotations and categories such as Handbooks, Ancient Sources, Design and Technique, etc.

Gems
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/bibliographies/gems.htm
Unattributed, hosted at Classical Art Research Centre.
No last update date; post-2000.
A very brief bibliography of monographs in English and German.

Pottery
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/bibliographies/pottery/default.htm
Unattributed, hosted at Classical Art Research Centre.
No last update date; post-2000.
A detailed bibliography including articles and books with an emphasis on English but much in other languages. Sub-headings: General, Connoisseurship, Iconography, Inscriptions, Shapes, Athenian, Boeotian, Corinthian, Chalcidian, East Greek, Etruscan, Laconian, South Italian.

Sculpture Bibliography
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/bibliographies/sculpture.htm
Unattributed, hosted at Classical Art Research Centre.
No last update date; post-2000.
An introductory bibliography with a focus on monographs in English. Sub-headings: General Handbooks, Introductory, Functions and Settings, Materials and Techniques, Artists, originals and copies, Archaic, Fifth-century BC, Fourth-century BC, Grave-reliefs, Portraiture.

Greek Coinage: A General Bibliography
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/bibliographies/coins-greek.htm
H. S. Kim, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, hosted at Classical Art Research Centre.
No last update date; post-2000.
An introductory bibliography with a focus on basic works in English, covering the Archaic through Hellenistic period.

Historiography of Numismatics
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/bibliographies/coins-historiography.htm
Christopher Howgego, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, hosted at Classical Art Research Centre.
January 2010.
An introductory bibliography with a focus on basic works in English.

History of Collections (Classical Antiquities)
http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/bibliographies/collections.htm
Unattributed, hosted at Classical Art Research Centre.
No last update date; post-2000.
An introductory bibliography including books and monographs with a focus on English but several works in other languages. Topics include inscriptions, and subheadings are Art, Archaeology, and Cultures of Collecting.

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2 Responses to Bibliographies: Classical Art

  1. Stephen says:

    Thanks! This is fantastic. Do any similar bibliographies exist for Roman coinage?

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