This guide was created to help students in the find and use library resources for their assignments on the art of the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and pre-historic Europe.

It is a work in progress, so feedback, questions, or suggestions are encouraged. Please contact Chris Mannix at cmannix@ccad.edu.

Terracotta chariot krater

Period: Late Helladic IIIA:1
Date: ca. 1375–1350 B.C.
Culture: Helladic, Mycenaean
Medium: Terracotta

Metropolitan Museum of Art

For general overviews, browse the following areas:

709. 01 Prehistoric art

709.32 Egyptian art

709.35 Mesopotamian art

709.364 Celtic art

709.37 Roman art

709.38 & 709. 39 Greek and Minoan art

For books about Architecture,  browse the following areas:

722.2 Egyptian architecture

722.8 Greek architecture

722.7 Roman architecture

For books about Sculpture, browse the following areas:

730 Sculpture and related arts

732.8 Ancient Egyptian sculpture

733.3 Greek (Hellenic) sculpture

733.5 Roman sculpture

For books about ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman history, browse the following areas:

932 Egypt to 640 AD

937 Italian Peninsula and adjacent territories to 476 AD

938 Greece to 323 BCE