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Art Iconography and Symbolism Journal Articles
How to Find Art Iconography and Symbolism Journal Articles
*After you have identified the basic iconography and symbols in your painting from the list of General Art Iconography Sources, and then either the Christian Art Iconography or Greek and Roman Art Iconography source sections, you will want to search for journal articles written on the theme or topic. For example, if you find that your painting depicts the theme of the Annunciation of the Virgin, you will want to search Annunciation or Annunciation AND Virgin, or Annunciation AND Mary, or Annunciation AND Angel or Gabriel, for books that go into detail on this particular theme.
*Search the following UNT journal databases for journal or magazine articles. Journals will have the most up-to-date information on your topic. If accessing off campus, you will be asked for a username and password. The user name is your EUID and the password is your Eagle Mail password.
*Search names with the "keyword" or "subject" search option in the following manner: (last name, first), Magdalene, Mary, Catherine, Saint.
*Examples of Keyword searches: Iconography and Art, Iconography and Metamorphoses, Iconography and Greek, Iconography and Christian, Themes and Art and Christian, Symbolism and Christian.
*To determine if UNT subscribes to a particular journal, search the UNT Online Catalog. Choose "Journal Title" search, and type the title of the journal in the search box.
Art Journal Databases
Art Abstracts 1984-present
ARTBibliographies Modern 1984-present
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) 1973-present
Grove Art On-line
This is a good database to search for the theme or artist (if known), of your painting. Also in paper format: N31 .D5 1996 vols. 1-10
History Journal Databases
JSTOR (all full-text)
You may need to enter a lot of keywords separated by the word "AND" to cut down the number of irrelevant returns on your topic in this database. It is very extensive and has many articles. *Example of a good search: Annunciation AND Iconography AND Italy AND Martini, Simone.