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- Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- You can use this from any computer with an Internet connection. The username and password are case sensitive.
- www.school.eb.com
- Username: ggusd
- Password: student
- E-Books
- You can access these from any computer with an Internet connection. Titles include:
- (1) Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students, (2) Encyclopedia of World Biography, (3) Renaissance and Reformation Reference Library, (4) UXL American Decades.
- Password: gard3551
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ART HISTORY LINKS PREHISTORIC ART The Cave of Lascaux, France An excellent site by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication with a section on the discovery and history of the cave and an illustrated tour through its various parts. www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en A Palaeolithic Painted Cave at Vallon‑Pont‑d'Arc, France Another very good site by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication on the discovery of this painted cave in 1994. www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en The Peche‑Merle Cave, France A virtual visit to this famous cave with spotted horses and human hands painted on the limestone walls. www.quercy.net/pechmerle/english/visite.html Mothers of Time A discussion of seven Paleolithic figurines from the Louis Alexandre Jullien Collection by Jacques Cinq‑Mars of the Archaeological Survey of Canada. http://www.civilization.ca/ The Stone Pages Paola Arosio and Diego Meozzi's site catalogue of stone circles including Stonehenge, dolmens, standing stones, cairns, barrows and hillforts in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, and Italy. Plus some great QuickTime VR Panoramic view movies. www.stonepages.com Stonehenge A four‑part essay probing the mystery, construction, function, and future preservation of the monument produced by The Discovery Channel Canada Online. www.exn.ca/mysticplaces/Stonehenge.cfm ANCIENT ART ‑ NEAR EAST AND EGYPT Persian Art through the Centuries A useful overview of the history of Persian art from the Neolithic all the way up to the Qajar period 1750‑1925, with sections devoted to Luristan, the Medes and Achaemenians, Sassanian, the periods of Islamic art, and the Mongols. www.artarena.force9.co.uk/hpart.html Ancient Near Eastern Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The collection ranges in date from 8000 BCE. the Neolithic period to the Arab conquest and rise of Islam beginning in 651 CE. Click on the "View 50 Highlights" to see works from ancient Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Anatolia, and other areas. www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=3 Mesopotamia Explore ancient Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria through this British Museum Website. www.mesopotamia.co.uk Explore the Pyramids A PBS NOVA Online presentation for kids but with good images and information about the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, plus the Sphinx. It also inquires into the age of the pyramids and who built them; with some fun QuickTime VR! www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/ Ancient Egypt Explore ancient Egyptian life, geography, gods and goddessses, pharaohs, pyramids, temples, and more through this British Museum site. www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, that captures the revolutionary epoch known as the Amarna Age 1353‑1336 BCE when the pharaoh Akhenaten ruled Egypt. www.mfa.org/egypt/amarna/index.html Monuments and Sights to See in Egypt Scroll down to "Pharaonic Monuments" and visit dozens of sites in ancient Egypt. Each is accompanied by a brief informative text with links to additional information about people, pharaohs, and other ancient Egyptians and including the complete translation by E. A. Wallis Budge of The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Presented by the Ministry of Tourism, Egypt, and the Egyptian Tourist Authority. www.touregypt.net/monument.htm Mysteries of the Nile Another PBS NOVA Online presentation that, besides the Old Kingdom pyramids and the Sphinx, includes the New Kingdom temples at Karnak and Luxor with some QuickTime VR movies. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/explore ANCIENT ART ‑ GREECE AND ROME Museums, Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Greece An excellent comprehensive resource for the study of ancient Greek art and artifacts covering archaeological sites, monuments, and museum collections in all parts of Greece including the Aegean Islands and Crete. Maintained by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. www.culture.gr/2/21/maps/hellas.html The Minoan Snake Goddess The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization A PBS introduction to ancient Greek civilization. www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/ The Perseus Project An outstanding
research tool for the study of the ancient world. The project
provides searchable digital catalogs of coins, vases, sculptures,
sites and buildings, with over 33,000 pictures. Various texts are
also available. The Editor‑in‑Chief is Professor Gregory Crane,
Tufts University. www.perseus.tufts.edu ART OF THE MIDDLE AGES Images of Medieval Art and Architecture Many images provided by Alison Stones of Medieval Architecture mostly in England and France. A glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture by Jane Vadnal is also included. www.pitt.edu/~medart Medieval Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fifty images of highlights in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=17 The Glory of Byzantium An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, explores the art of the second golden age of Byzantine art 843‑1261. The Website also includes examples of art from the first golden age of Byzantine art 324‑730 and the late period, which ended with the Turkish conquest in 1453. www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzhome.html Islamic Arts and Architecture An extensive site with sections devoted to architecture, calligraphy, rugs. www.islamicart.com The Oeuvre of Notre‑Dame, Paris The building of the Cathedral of Notre‑Dame in Paris. www.oeuvre‑notre‑dame.org/gb/histoire/Histoire.htm Amiens Cathedral Project The great Gothic Cathedral of Amiens is presented by Columbia University and the Media Center for Art History with images of the exterior, interior, and sculpture program, plus texts, computer graphics, Flash animation, and QuickTime movies. www.learn.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/Amiens.html Medieval Manuscript Manual A very useful guide to manuscripts including patronage and use, materials and techniques of manuscript production, structure and arrangement, typology and illumination. www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/MMM/index.html The Art of Giotto: A Guided Tour One of the excellent illustrated tours provided by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx through the Web Gallery of Art. www.gallery.euroweb.hu/tours/giotto/index.html RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE ART & MODERN ART The Renaissance An Annenberg/CPB exhibit exploring the Renaissance as an age of balance and order. www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance The Digital Michelangelo Project A project undertaken by Stanford University and the University of Washington to digitize Michelangelo's statue of David. Besides images of theproject, additional pages include learning how to carve marble and a visit to the marble quarries of Pietrasanta. www.graphics.stanford.edu/projects/mich Palladio's Italian Villas The important sixteenth‑century architect Andrea Palladio built numerous villas in the Veneto region in Italy. www.boglewood.com/palladio Your Way to Florence Intended for visitors, but offering a good "Arts" section with pages devoted to the Art and History of Florence, Museums, Churches, Famous People, Last Suppers, and Medici Villas. www.arca.net/florence.htm The Florence Art Guide Gloria Chiarini's useful guide to the art and architecture of Florence. www.mega.it/eng/egui/hogui.htm Religious Works of the Dutch Masters Part of the My Studios site featuring among others Terbrugghen, Honthorst, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. www.mystudios.com/gallery/dutch/enter.html Francesco Borromini 1599‑1667 ‑ Structure and Metamorphosis An exhibition examining the career of this important Italian Baroque architect. http://www.borromini.at/index.html Chateau de Versailles The official site of Versailles with information about the palace and the grounds. www.chateauversailles.fr/ Futurism and Futurists Bob Osborn's site covering the wide‑ranging Italian movement that included painting, graphics, sculpture, poetry, literature and the performing arts. www.futurism.org.uk AFRICAN ART Wonders of the African World A PBS presentation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. www.pbs.org/wonders/index.html Africa A British Museum site exploring historic and contemporary societies of Africa including Egypt after the ancient period. www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/africa/africa.html Africa: The Art of a Continent The Guggenheim Museum explores the rich variety of African artworks across the African continent, with sections devoted to items of personal use. www.artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa Harappa South Asia's past is examined though photographs and archaeology with sections devoted to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and the city of Harappa, and to images of India in engravings, lithographs, photographs and film during the period of the Raj. www.harappa.com/ Southeast Asian Monuments A selection of one hundred images from the collection of Marijke J. Klokke of monuments in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. www.leidenuniv.nl/pun/ubhtm/mjk/intro.htm Japanese Ukiyoe Prints A large selection of Japanese Ukiyoe prints from the Sweet Briar Collection. www.artgallery.sbc.edu/ukiyoe/collection.html THE NATIVE ARTS OF THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA Mesoamerican Cultures and Regions Edgar Martin del Campo illustrates and discusses the principal Mesoamerican cultures. www.members.aol.com/emdelcamp/cultures.htm Ancient Architects of the Mississippi The National Park Service provides information on the ancient moundbuilders. www.cr.nps.gov/aad/feature/feature.htm Secrets of Easter Island A PBS NOVA examination of how hundreds of giant stone statues that dominate the island's coast were moved and erected. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter OTHER INTERESTING SITES On Connoisseurship Richard de Koster examines connoisseurship and some aspects of postmodernist aesthetics. www.highlands.com/art Women Artists in History A showcasing of the work of women artists down through the centuries produced and maintained by Wendy Murdock and Carrie Carolin. www.wendy.com/women/artists.html A website for media theory, gender, identity, and cultural studies managed by David Gauntlett. www.theory.org.uk Others American Museum of Natural History Arc Boutant Historic Preservation Program ARTSEDGE: The National Arts and Education Information Network Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens Home Page WebMuseum: Bienvenue! 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