Texts for Christian & Classical imagery
Douay Rheims Bible by Call Number: Art Reference BS180 2002 c.1-2ISBN: 1930278241Publication Date: 2002St. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible, The Vulgate, is an important primary source as it was used throughout the Renaissance. The Douay-Rheims is the English translation closest to the Vulgate. Also online (see link).
The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints by Call Number: Art Reference BX4654.J334 1993 vol. 1-2ISBN: 0691008655Publication Date: 1993Popular religious stories about the lives of the saints collected during the 13th century; stories were widely used by Medieval and Renaissance artists.
- Metamorphoses by Ovid
Ovid's Metamorphosis was a source for much of the classical imagery in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Contemporary biography
The Lives of the illustrious Netherlandish and German painters by
Call Number: Art Library ND625.M313 1994 vol. 1-6Publication Date: 1994-1999Biographies of Northern European painters; many written during their lifetimes.
Primary texts in translation
A Documentary History of ArtCall Number: Art Library, N 5303. D6 1981 vol. 1 (Middle Ages & Renaissance)ISBN: 0691039690Translations of excerpts from original sources including letters, journals and essays. Each selection is preceded by a brief biography of the artist.Literary Sources of Art History: an Anthology of Texts from Theophilus to Goethe
Call Number: Art Library, 709 H742L c.4Publication Date: 1947Translations of excerpts from original sources written by artists or their contemparies. Translations of letters, journals and essays and other documents shedding light on the life and practice of these artists.Northern Renaissance Art 1400-1600: Sources and Documents by
Call Number: Art Library, N 6370 .S66 1989 c.1-2ISBN: 0810108496A collection of original sources and documents, translated into English, and concerning the lives and times of artists of the 15th and 16th centuries in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and England.
