Symbolism in art
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Symbolism in art -- Asia, Central
- Symbolism in art -- Congresses
- Symbolism in art -- England
- Symbolism in art -- Exhibitions
- Christian art and symbolism
- Islamic art and symbolism
- Jewish art and symbolism
- Nimbus (Art)
- Allegory (Art)
- Signs and symbols in art
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Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry (London: Chapman and Hall, 1906), by John Vinycomb (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Symbol of The Beast: The Animal-Style Art of Eurasia (New York: Ronald Press, 1957), by Dagny Carter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Perceptions of Byzantium and Its Neighbors (843-1261) (New York: Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 2013), ed. by Olenka Z. Pevny, contrib. by Ihor Ševčenko, Alice-Mary Maffry Talbot, IU. A. Piatnitskii, V. N. Zalesskaia, Etele Kiss, Thomas Steppan, Li︠u︡dmyla Mili︠a︡i︠e︡va, Elka Bakalova, Guglielmo Cavallo, Panagiōtēs L. Vokotopoulos, Włodzimierz Godlewski, Nodar Lomouri, and Kiti Mač'abeli (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Perceptions of Byzantium and Its Neighbors (843-1261) (New York: Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 2013), ed. by Olenka Z. Pevny, contrib. by Ihor Ševčenko, Alice-Mary Maffry Talbot, IU. A. Piatnitskii, V. N. Zalesskaia, Etele Kiss, Thomas Steppan, Li︠u︡dmyla Mili︠a︡i︠e︡va, Elka Bakalova, Guglielmo Cavallo, Panagiōtēs L. Vokotopoulos, Włodzimierz Godlewski, Nodar Lomouri, and Kiti Mač'abeli (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Replete with Meaning: William Holman Hunt and Typological Symbolism, by George P. Landow (illustrated HTML at Victorian Web)
- The Cloisters Cross: Its Art and Meaning (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, c1994), by Elizabeth C. Parker and Charles T. Little (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- The Annals of Arley (Kidderminster: Printed by W. Hepworth, 1914), by Hellier Randall Mayo
- The Church Treasury of History, Custom, Folk-Lore, Etc. (London: W. Andrews and Co., 1898), ed. by William Andrews
- Some Old Devon Churches: Their Rood Screens, Pulpits, Fonts, etc. (London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, and Co., ca. 1908), by John Stabb (page images at HathiTrust)
- Antiquities and Curiosities of the Church (London: W. Andrews and Co., 1897), ed. by William Andrews (illustrated HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
- Cathedral Days: A Tour in Southern England (Boston: Little, Brown and company, 1899), by Anna Bowman Dodd, illust. by E. Eldon Deane (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Durham Cathedral: The Chronology of its Vaults (reproduced from the Archaeological Journal v79; London: Office of the Royal Archaeological Institute, 1922), by John Bilson
- The Cathedral, by Hugh Walpole (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Channings, by Mrs. Henry Wood (Gutenberg text)
- Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1979), ed. by Kurt Weitzmann (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org)
- The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1997), ed. by Helen C. Evans and William D. Wixom, contrib. by Speros Vryonis, Thomas F. Mathews, Jeffrey C. Anderson, Annemarie Weyl Carr, Henry Maguire, Robert G. Ousterhout, Ioli Kalavrezou, Olenka Z. Pevny, Joseph D. Alchermes, S. Peter Cowe, Thelma K. Thomas, Jaroslav Folda, and Priscilla Parsons Soucek (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1979), ed. by Kurt Weitzmann (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org)
- Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture (London: W. Heinemann, 1896), by E. P. Evans (PDF with commentary at bestiary.ca)
- Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture (New York: H. Holt and Co., 1896), by E. P. Evans (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art (second edition; Boston, Ticknor and Co., c1886), by Clara Erskine Clement Waters, ed. by Katherine E. Conway (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mélanges d'Archéologie Byzantine: Monnaies, Médailles, Méreaux, Jetons, Amulettes, Bulles d'or et de Plomb, Poids de Verre et de Bronze, Ivoires, Objets d'Orfèvrerie, Bagues, Religuaires, etc. (first and apparently only series, in French; Paris: E. Leroux, 1895), by Gustave Léon Schlumberger (page images at HathiTrust)
- Symbolism of Animals and Birds Represented in English Church Architecture (New York: McBride, Nast and Co., 1913), by Arthur H. Collins
- Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship (2000), by National Conference of Catholic Bishops (HTML at usccb.org)
- Angels in Art (Boston: L. C. Page and Co., 1898), by Clara Erskine Clement Waters (page images at HathiTrust)
- Die Altchristliche Bilderfrage nach den Literarischen Quellen (in German; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1917), by Hugo Koch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Die Gottgeweihten Jungfrauen in den Ersten Jahrhunderten der Kirche (in German; Freiburg im Breisgau et al.: Herder, 1892), by Josef Wilpert (page images at HathiTrust)
- The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art, With That of His Types, St. John the Baptist, and Other Persons of the Old and New Testament (new edition, 2 volumes; London: Longman, Green, and Co., 1892), by Mrs. Jameson and Elizabeth Eastlake
- Mornings in Florence, by John Ruskin (Gutenberg text)
- Mural Paintings in English Churches During the Middle Ages: An Introductory Essay on the Folk Influence in Religious Art (London: J. Lane, c1923), by Frank Kendon
- Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads (10 volumes (1 of text and 9 of plates); Boston: Marshall Jones Co., 1923), by Arthur Kingsley Porter (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Saints in Art, With Their Attributes and Symbols Alphabetically Arranged (London: Methuen and Co., c1908), by Margaret E. Tabor
- The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland (3 parts in 2 volumes; Edinburgh: Printed for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Neill and Co., 1903), by J. Romilly Allen, contrib. by Joseph Anderson
- Legends of the Monastic Orders, as Represented in the Fine Arts (new edition; London: Longmans, Green, 1890), by Mrs. Jameson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871), by Clara Erskine Clement Waters (page images at HathiTrust)
- Age of Spirituality: A Symposium (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1980), ed. by Kurt Weitzmann, contrib. by Hans-Georg Beck, Beat Brenk, Peter Brown, George M. A. Hanfmann, Ernst Kitzinger, Richard Krautheimer, Arnaldo Momigliano, Ihor Ševčenko, and Massey Hamilton Shepherd (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org)
- The Cloisters Apocalypse: An Early Fourteenth-Century Manuscript in Facsimile (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971), contrib. by Florens Deuchler, Jeffrey Hoffeld, and Helmut Nickel (PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana (in Italian) (partial serial archives)
- Evangelicae Historiae Imagines, ex Ordine Evangeliorum, Quae Toto Anno in Missae Sacrificio Recitantur, in Ordinem Temporis Vitae Christae Digestae (in Latin; Antwerp: M. Nutius, 1593), by Gerónimo Nadal, illust. by Bernardino Passeri, Maarten de Vos, Antonie Wierix, Jan Wierix, Jeronimus Wierix, Adriaen Collaert, Jan Collaert, and Karel van Mallery
- Rembrandt and the Bible (reprinted from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin; New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979), by A. Hyatt Mayor (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- The Doré Bible Gallery (Chicago: Belford-Clarke Co., 1891), illust. by Gustave Doré (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Scripture Alphabet for Children (London: J. Harris, 1824) (page images at Princeton)
- Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship (2000), by National Conference of Catholic Bishops (HTML at usccb.org)
- Mediaeval Church Vaulting (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1915), by Clarence Ward (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Church Embroidery and Church Vestments, Profusely Illustrated: A Complete and Practical Guide to This Fascinating Art (Chevy Chase, MD: Cathedral Studios, c1939), by Lucy Vaughan Hayden Mackrille (page images at HathiTrust)
- Nimbus und Strahlenkranz in den Werken der Alten Kunst (in German; St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der K. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1859), by Ludolf Stephani (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Pietà in French Late Gothic Sculpture: Regional Variations (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1995), by William H. Forsyth (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Passional Christi und Antichristi (in German; woodcuts sometimes attributed to Hans and sometimes to Lucas Cranach; 1521), by Martin Luther, contrib. by Philip Melanchthon and Johann Schwertfeger, illust. by Hans Cranach and Lucas Cranach (page images at HathiTrust)
- Handbook of Bible Types and Symbols (Los Angeles: Brooks, c1933), by Carl C. Harwood (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Mystic Numbers of the Word: or, Five Hundred Important Theological and Scientific Quesitons Answered; Also, The Existence of the Mystic Numbers, As Revealed in the Sciences of Geology, Botany, Chemistry, and Anthropology (Logansport, IN: L. A. Alford and Son, 1870), by Loyal Adolphus Alford (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c2004)
- Age of Spirituality: A Symposium (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1980), ed. by Kurt Weitzmann, contrib. by Hans-Georg Beck, Beat Brenk, Peter Brown, George M. A. Hanfmann, Ernst Kitzinger, Richard Krautheimer, Arnaldo Momigliano, Ihor Ševčenko, and Massey Hamilton Shepherd (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org)
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