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Rhode Island School of Design

Art History 102 Group Research Library Assignment, 2009-2012: 01, 08 - Ancient Art & Archaeology

AH 102 Library Research Assignment guide includes links to tutorials, questions, research topics, lists of reference resources, and items from Special Collections

Reference Resources

Oxford Art Online
This major art reference source includes the full text of Grove Art Online, a 34-volume art dictionary, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Perseus Digital Library


Women of Classical Mythology

Dictionary of Classical Mythology

Goddesses in World Mythology

Oxford Classical Dictionary

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities

Dictionary of Greek & Roman Biography and Mythology

Who's Who in the Greek World

New Topographical Dictionary of Anicent Rome

Who Was Who in the Roman World

Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms

Encyclopedia of Religion

Oxford Companion to Archaeology

World Guide to Antiquities

Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean

Rome: an Oxford Archaeological Guide

Monuments of Italy

20,000 Years of Fashion

Larousse Encyclopedia of Prehistoric & Ancient Art

Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography

History of Architecture

Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome

Encyclopedia of Sculpture

Oxford Atlas of World History

Atlas of Early Man

Atlas of World Art

World Atlas of Archaeology

Past Worlds: Times Atlas of Archaeology

Atlas of Western Art History

World Atlas of Architecture

RISD Museum of Art Handbook

Classical Sculpture

Catalogue of the Classical Collection: Bronzes

Classical Vases

Rethinking the Romans

Classical Jewelry

Roman Painting and Mosaics

Archival History of three Mythological Sarcophagi at the RISD Museum

Timetables of History

Chronology of World History

Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World

Timelines of the Arts and Literature