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Christian Art and Iconography Guide: Books

Tips on Subject Searching

To find resources on Christian art and iconography in the catalog, select the "Subject" search on the Advanced Search page. Some of the terms you would use include "Christian art," "iconography," or "Christian symbolism."

Depending on your topic, you can narrow down your searching even further by adding subdivisions. For example, under the "Christian art" subject search, you could focus the search in these different ways:

Christian art - Sculpture

Christian art - Architecture

Christian art - Icons

You could also change the results by the format of the book, adding terms like "Encyclopedias," "Handbooks, manuals, etc.," and "Dictionaries" to the end, bringing back just those types of items.

Broadening your search could be beneficial as well. Here are some general topics that could provide worthwhile books:

Art and religion

Angels in art

Art, Early Christian

Christian saints in art

Call Numbers

BR- Christianity

BS- The Bible

BX- Christian Denominations

N- Visual arts

NA- Architecture

NB- Sculpture

ND- Painting

NX- Arts in general

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Example Books on Christian Art and Icongraphy