Research Guides @ Fordham: Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art: Attic Vase-Painting

Where to Start

The Transformation of Athens: Painted Pottery and the Creation of Classical Greece by Robin Osborne
Call Number: (RH) NK4649 .O82 2018
Princeton University Press, 2018
Reading Greek Vases by Ann Steiner
Call Number: (RH) NK4645 .S735 2007
Cambridge University Press, 2007.
A Companion to Greek Art by Tyler Jo Smith (Editor); Dimitris Plantzos (Editor)
Call Number: (RH) N5630 .C716 2012 V.1-2
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Malden, MA and Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens by Martin Robertson
Call Number: NK4645 R7 1992
University of California Press, 1992.
The Development of Attic Black-Figure by John D. Beazley; Dietrich Von Bothmer (Editor); Mary B. Moore (Editor)
Call Number: + NK4648 .B42 1986
University of California Press, 1986.

Going Deeper

The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases by Beth Cohen
Call Number: (RH) +NK4645 .C58 2006
The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006.
Understanding Greek Vases: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques by Andrew J. Clark; Maya Elston; Mary Louise Hart
Call Number: (RH) NK4645 .C57 2002
The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002.
Vase Painting, Gender, and Social Identity in Archaic Athens by Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell
Call Number: (RH) NK4645 .S73 2006
Cambridge University Press, 2006
How to Read Greek Vases by Joan R. Mertens
Call Number: NK4645 .M475 2010
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010

Peer- Reviewed Journals

Databases

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Dyabola This link opens in a new window
German Archaeological Institute database of classical archaeology books and articles from 1956 to the present.
L'Annee Philologique-Database of Classical Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Index of books and articles on ancient Greece and Rome.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) This link opens in a new window
The Getty provides open access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire International de la Littérature de l'Art (RILA). These citation databases, searchable together, cover European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007.The Getty Research Institute.
Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker (part of Jacoby Online) This link opens in a new window
Fragments of the Greek historians that comprise Felix Jacoby's monumental work.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) This link opens in a new window
Complete texts of all classical Greek literature from Homer to the fall of the Byzantium in AD 1453. The new interface requires all users to establish a user profile.

Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art: Attic Vase-Painting

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