ARH315: Augustan Rome  Tags: kellum rome fall09 architecture art arh augustus  

Oxford Art Online
Excellent articles on the history of the art and architecture of regions and countries (Rome, Ancient), cities and sites (Rome), materials and techniques (Marble), individual artists, patrons (Augustus, Emperor), buildings (Forum Augustum), and other monuments (Ara Pacis). Each article is supplemented by a bibliography of major primary and secondary sources and often includes links to good quality online illustrations. Be sure to consult the List of Abbreviations for titles cited in the bibliographies.

Online edition
Art Reference & Neilson Reference DE5.O9
The Oxford classical dictionary. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Provides "coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity."

Art Reference DG63 .L49 1993
Example entry on The Pantheon
Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae. 6 vols. Rome: Quasar, 1993-2000.
"2,300 entries on the topography of ancient Rome ... providing an up-to-date account of current research on public and private buildings and monuments constructed within the Aurelianic walls through the early seventh century A.D. Both classical and Christian structures are discussed, whether identified through archaeological remains or known only from ancient or later sources."