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Books

Appreciation

Ferguson, George. Signs and Symbols in Christian Art.

Hall, James.  Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art.

Sister Wendy's Story of Painting

Tripp, Edward.  The Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology.

Greek and Roman

Carpenter, Rhys. Greek Sculpture. The University of Chicago Press, 1960.

Coulton, J.J. Ancient Greek Architects at Work. Cornel University Press, 1977.

Furtwängler, Adolf. Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture. 1895.

Hamilton, Edith.  The Greek Way. 1930.

Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. 1940.

Hale, John. Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome. Audio lectures from The Teaching Company. 2006.

Renaissance

Hupka, Robert.  Michelangelo Pietà--150 Photographs and Commentary. France: Editions Arstella, 1998.

King, Ross. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture.

Kemp, Martin. Leonardo on Painting.

Spencer, John. Leon Battista Alberti on Painting.

Stone, Irving. The Agony and the Ecstasy.

Vasari.  The Lives of the Artists.

Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth

Newall, Christopher. The Art of Lord Leighton.

Proske, Beatrice. Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture. 1968.

Reynolds, Donald Martin. Monuments and Masterpieces--Histories and Views of Public Sculpture in New York City. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997.

Sloane, David. The Last Great Necessity--Cemeteries in American History.

Stranahan, C. H. History of French Painting. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888.

Taft, Lorado.  The History of American Sculpture. 1930.

Documentaries on DVD

Building the Great Pyramid (2003).

Empire of the Nude--the Victorian Nude (2001).

Empires - The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (2000).

Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (2004).

Empires - Napoleon (2000).

Pompeii--The Last Day (2004).

The Spartans starring Bettany Hughes (2004).

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1993).

Travel

Blue Guide: City Guide to Florence.

Blue Guide: City Guide to London.

Blue Guide: City Guide to Paris and Versailles.