UCF Research Guides: Art: Iconography & Symbols

Dictionaries

Angels and demons in art
Call Number: Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- N8090.G5513 2005
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
Call Number: Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- N7560.H34 1974
Dictionary of symbolism
Call Number: Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- AZ108.B5313 1992
Dictionary of symbols in Western art
Call Number: Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- N7740.C29 1995
Encyclopedia of comparative iconography : themes depicted in works of art
Call Number: Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- N7565.E53 1998
Illustrated dictionary of symbols in eastern and western art
Call Number: Main Library Reference - 2nd Floor -- N7740.H35 1994
Saints in art
Call Number: Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- ND1430.G5513
ISBN: 0892367172
Symbols and rebuses in Chinese art : figures, bugs, beasts, and flowers
Call Number: Main Library General Collection - 3rd Floor -- N7340.F36 2004
The Hutchinson dictionary of symbols in art
Call Number: ONLINE General Collection

Key terms

Most common:
- Name of the figure + art (for example, David, King of Israel -- Art)
- Noun (an object, concept, or collective noun) + in art (for example, Devil in art)
Other options:
- symbolism
- themes
- motives
- image
- attributes
Note that neither iconography nor iconology is used in Library of Congress subject headings.