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PREHISTORIC AND PALEOLITHIC ART
(Chapter 1, Art History I; Chapter 18 (Sayre) , Art Appreciation)
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.stonepages.com/ Comprehensive, online guide to European and other megaliths; quicktime movies, tours, extensive links.

http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/jan/modernhumans/020110.modernhumans.html On the Blombos Cave in Africa. Also view the 'gallery of artifacts' from the cave, c. 77,000 bp ('before the present'). 2/02

http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Excellent information and images on the caves at Lascaux.

http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/201.gif First Bull (black bull) from Lascaux caves.

http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/204.gif Prehistoric horse from Lascaux caves.

http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/stonehenge/index.html Visit to Stonehenge. Beautiful, dramatic photographs and good information

http://www.insticeagestudies.com/library/earliestimages/index.html From the Institute of Ice Age Studies, some fascinating information and images from the Paleolithic era.

http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/%7Eacheyne/signcon.html Articles by J.A. Cheyne on "Paleopsychology: Signs of Consciousness -- Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics." Topics include: "Graphics in an Iconic Culture," "Perception and Interpretation of Signs," "Graphics and the Cultural Lag of the Late-Middle Paleolithic," and so on. Very interesting with many images of paleolithic art.

http://www.tmm.utexas.edu/anthro/rockart/index.html "On the Trail of Pictographs: Lower Pecos River Rock Art" 4/02

http://www.rupestre.net/tracce/rusfra.html Rock art in Russia - the Far East and Siberia. 2/02

http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/sacredplacesintro.html Chris Whitcombe's site describing course on sacred and ancient places

http://www.sacredsites.com/africa/malta.html Neolithic structures at Malta 4/02

http://wmf.org/a/watchlist.htm The "World Monuments Fund" lists links to endangered sites, information on protection and preservation of ancient sites, smuggling, theft, and loss of ancient artifacts and sites. 1/03

MYTHOLOGY & ICONOGRAPHY IN ANCIENT ART
(Note individual site updates)

http://lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/mythology_westart.html Western art depicted in Greek and Roman mythology

http://www.wbenjamin.org/nc/myth2mind.html "From Myth to Mind" is a fascinating examination of Aegean and Greek myths, with links to other myths and cultures.

http://www.artsmia.org/mythology This site, from the Minnesota Institute of Art, provides interesting information on mythology depicted in art and compares mythologies from various cultures through the art.

ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
(Chapter 2, Art History I; Chapter 18 (Sayre), Art Appreciation)
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Collections/royaltombs.html "Canaan and Ancient Israel" interactive exhibit.

http://www.laa.org/tours/phoenicians.htm Information about "The Ancient Phoenicians."

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/babel.htm On the legendary "Tower of Babel," the Sumerian Ziggurat.

http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html On women, goddess figures in ancient Near Eastern art.

http://www.morganlibrary.org/collections/ancient/html/index.html Ancient Near Eastern seals and tablets from the Pierpont Morgan Library. 7/01

http://www.multimania.com/hatti/ "Welcome to the Homeland of the Hittites" provides excellent information and links.

http://catal.arch.cam.ac.uk/catal/catal.html "Excavations of a Neolithic Anatolian Hoyuk" (Catal Huyuk).

http://www.artarena.force9.co.uk/hpart.html A look at "Persian Art Through the Centuries."

http://www.imj.org.il/index.html Visit the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, which offers wonderful collections on Israeli art and resources, Judaica, and more, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, a virtual dig, and other ancient artifacts and the Near East.

http://www.israntique.org.il/ Explore the exhibitions of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

http://www.jewishmuseum.net/oklahoma.htm Articles of the Jewish museum.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/losttribes.htmlAnd finally, search for the 'Lost Tribes of Israel.'

http://www.cedarland.org/phoenicia.html Good, lengthy article on ancient Phoenicia with links but no images. 6/06

ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT
(Chapters 3, Art History I; Chapter 18 (Sayre), Art Appreciation)
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.osirisweb.com/egypt/ Super site, excellent visuals. Updated regularly. "Anthony's Egyptology and Archaeology."

http://www.freemaninstitute.com/RTGHistory.htm On the African origins of Egyptian civilization. 2/02

http://www.charm.net/~ces/trade/tback.html On the Great Pyramids of Egypt. Interesting articles from Tradewinds zine; frequent articles on ancient Egypt.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore Explore the pyramids online.

http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/egypt.html Good general information on Egyptian art.

http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat1/frameset?pg=egypte&ref=First_egypt1 Egyptian art from World Art Treasures.

http://guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/index.html The Great Sphinx at Giza.

http://dia.org/frameset.html or http://dia.org/collections/ancient/egypt/egypt.html Egyptian art from the Detroit Institute of Art.

http://www.crystalinks.com/mum.html On Mummification! 7/01

http://multimedialibrary.com/FramesML/IM4/IM4.html Art of Ancient Egypt: Image Series from "The Multimedia Library" contains excellent images with titles, but no additional information. 7/01

http://www.Kimbellart.org/datebase/index.cfm?region=yes&mainregion=2 Explore the antiquities collection of the Kimbell Art Museum.

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/ABZU_MUSEUM_INDEX.HTML List and index of links and references to Oriental Institute of University of Chicago, primarily on the art of the Near East and Egypt.

http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/egypt/egypt.html Visit the Egyptian collection at the British Museum.

http://www.artcom.com/museums/vs/af/22.jpg "Mummy Cartonnage," c. 949 bce.

http://home.xnet.com/~warinner/sphinx.html A fun look -- detective-style -- "Who Did the Sphinx Nose?"

http://exn.ca/egypt/home.cfm Explore the art and history of Egypt with Canada's Discovery Channel.

http://www.anaviangallery.com/ A commercial gallery offering authentic ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian art and artifacts; interesting time-line of the ancient Near East. Also Islamic objects.

ART OF THE AEGEAN AND ANCIENT GREECE
(Chapters 4 and 5, Art History I; Chapter 18 (Sayre) , Art Appreciation.)
(Note individual site updates)

http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/crete/knossos10.jpg Follow and explore all of the images of the ancient Aegean and Greece.

http://www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/aegeanhtml/aegean2.html On the Aegean cultures, from Dr. Rozmeri Basic, University of Oklahoma. 2/02

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/aegean.html "Resources for Aegean Art and Archaeology." 7/01

http://www.geocities.com/andreavi/engl1.htm Site is a USA mirror site of the one above, and includes additional links to the ancient Near East, Anatolia, Carthage, and other sites.

http://devlab.cs.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/17.html Explores the volcanic destruction of the island of Thera and the art of Akrotiri.

http://www.dilos.com/region/crete/ir_mus.html Excellent Minoan and Cycladic images plus links to other Aegean and Greek art.

http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/index.html Information and images on Minoan Crete.

http://inanna.virtualave.net/cretian.html "Cretian Realm" "here the old minoan-goddesses shall dwell again" 9/01

http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/minoan.html From Archaeology Magazine, "Cretan Minoan Finds."

http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21121m/e211um18.html Excellent images and text from the Museum of Prehistoric Thera.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/santorini.html Learn all about the eruption of the volcano on Thera.

http://metmuseum.org/htmlfile/newexhib/greek/greek1.htm "The New Greek Galleries" of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes a time-line, 18 art objects for on-line review, and geographic map, all clickable.

http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21107m/e211gm04.html Information on the Sanctuary of Zeus and the Olympic Games from the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

http://www.thebritishmuseum.org.ac.uk/world/greece/greece.html Examine Greek art at The British Museum.

http://www.eekman.com/virtual_gallery/index.shtml Interesting virtual gallery on the subject of painted scultpure of ancient Greece and Rome. 7/02

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_world/Index.html Greek art.

http://luna.cas.usf.edu/~demilio/2211unit1/pottery.htm Excellent site on Greek painted vases with links to excellent images. 9/03

http://www.stoa.org/diotima/ Study of women and gender in the ancient world. Really good visuals. 1/02

http://www.ancient-sites.com/art/art.htm Good site exploring the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of Greek architecture.12/01

http://www.ancientgreece.com/html/art_frame.htm On the orders of Greek architecture.12/01

http://www.showgate.com/medea/grklink.html This is a site of extensive Greek links. 7/01

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cl135/Students/Glynnis_Fawkes/Polygnotos.html "A Lost Painting by Polygnotos at Delphi: A Reconstruction" recreates a painting from written descriptions. 9/02

Also see section above on "Mythology."

ART OF THE ETRUSCANS AND ANCIENT ROME
Chapters 9 and 10, Art History I (Gardner text)
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/ET2-Etrusco.html This is the Vatican site which includes Etruscan, Roman, Early Christian and other ancient art and artifacts.

http://www.agmen.com/etruscans/pag_eng/tour/tarquin/tombs.htm On the Etruscan tombs 11/02

http://members.tripod.com/~Centime/Etruscans/index.html on the art, history, and lifestyles of the Etruscans; also see the URL below.12/01

http://centime.tripod.com/Etruscans/art.html Excellent images, information, and links on the art of the Etruscans. 12/01

http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4163/files/main.html On the art of the Etruscans, from Dr. Rozmeri Basic, University of Oklahoma. 2/02

http://museum.research.missouri.edu/exhibitions/cepindex.htm Virtual exhibit of Roman coins.

http://www.roman-emperors.com/ Portraits of the Roman emperors in paintings and sculpture.

http://www.johnco.cc.ks.us/~jjackson/pom99.gif Amazing images from the Villa of Mysteries at Pompeii; excellent colors. Also look at pom7., pom5., pom10., pom3., pom11., pom12., and pom2. All gif.

http://www.oplontis.1to1.org/wallpaintings.html Excellent site on Roman Villas and Roman wall painting. 9/03

http://www.butte.cc.ca.us/~tben/rome/rome.html Good on Roman art, but links only.

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/archive/mithras/frames.htm From the "Museum of Antiquities, a live tour of the Temple of Mithras."

http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Collections/ourwebexhibits.html This is the "world cultures" homepage of the museum.

http://dominae.fws1.com/ "Feminae Romanae: Women of Ancient Rome."

http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/WondrousGlass/MainGlass.html This is a beautiful exhibition of ancient Roman glass.

http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/ Index to links of many Roman images. 6/06

ART OF THE ANCIENT AMERICAS
(Chapter 14, Art History I; some Chapter 30, Art History II; some overlap. Also, Chapter 18 (Sayre).

http://www.indians.org/welker/aztec.htm Excellent information about the Aztec civilization and art.

http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/sands/5293/aztecs.html Excellent links to other civilizations.

http://www.nativepeoples.com Art, culture, and contemporary issues related to native peoples of the Americas; beautiful images, one of the best.

http://www.Kimbellart.org/database/index.cfm?region=yes&mainregion=5 Truly excellent images of Aztec, Huastec, Maya, Zapotec and Cocle (Panama). Images are exquisite and include written descriptions. Also available in Spanish. Special note: January to April of 1999, "The Brilliance of Eternity," special exhibit on the art of ancient Egypt. 3/03

http://members.aol.com/rockart01/Figure1.jpeg Beautiful Texas petroglyphs

http://www.datamade.com/moab/writings.html Ancient writings and pictographs from the Moab desert.

http://www.rockart.org Petraglyphs and rock paintings in Texas; the most beautiful website I have seen to date (9-98)

http://indigo.stile.le.ac.uk/cgi-bin/tab_int/usr/people/arch/public_html/STILE/images/images.tab?op

http://indigo.stile.le.ac.uk/~rug/STILE/images/hier/am/r2.html This and the link above show various sites: Tula, Teotihuacan, Monte Alban, Uxmal, Native American rock sites such as at Burro Flats (California), Chaco Canyon, etc.

http://www.asu.edu/clas/anthropology/dvrac/ "Deer Valley Rock Art Center" sponsored by the Arizona State University. Excellent images.

http://www.mississippian-artifacts.com/ Excellent site with images on "The Mississippian Moundbuilders and their Artifacts."

http://www.greatserpentmound.org/features/romain_map.html Great site on the Great Serpent Mound! 5/02

http://dia.org/collections/aonwc/nativeamericanart/nativeamericanart.html Art from the moundbuilder cultures. 10/01

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/cfaar_as.html "Introduction to Archaeoastronomy" with excellent links to Chaco Canyon, Maya Codices, "Native American Star Knowledge of Tales and Myths."

http://www.nativetech.org/ "Nativetech" is a site dedicated to disconnecting the term "primitive" from perceptions of Native American technology and art. 7/02

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-11-23/arts_feature.html A review of the exhibit "The Road to Aztlan: Art of the Mythic Homeland" from the Austin Chronicle. 3/03

http://home.istar.ca/~inuitart/ A commercial site with beautiful Inuit "First Americans" art.

http://www.arts-history.mx/museos/muse.html Lists museums in Mexico.

http://museum.research.missouri.edu/jaguarsrealm.htm View exhibit entitled "Jaguar's Realm: Ancient Art from Mexico to Peru." 1/03

http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cnca/inah/antropologia.html Good images on Olmec and Maya.

http://www.halfmoon.org/culture.html "Maya Culture, Oddities, and Games" is a fascinating site that includes how to write your name in Mayan glyphs!

http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/mayan/earlyhistory.html Good site on Mayan early history. 10/01

http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/CTZOME.HTML Good information and images on Chichen Itza and the Maya.

http://www.ao.net/~rls/chichenitza/skulls.html The Wall of Skulls at Chichen Itza.

http://www.heard.org The Heard Museum of native peoples.

http://hanksville.org/NAresources This is an index of Native American Resources on the Internet. Great list.

http://www.umass.edu/arthist/pots/main.html The Hollister Collection of Native American pottery. Many, many images.

http://www.artseensoho.com/Art/DRAWINGCENTER/plains96/plains1.html An exhibit of the Plains Indians 'ledger drawings' at the Drawing Center in New York 4/02

http://www2.mesastate.edu/library/speccoll.html Extraordinary collection of Native American pottery. 10/01

http://www.nau.edu/~hcpo-p/arts/picts1.htm Images of Hopi basketry, second Mesa Style.

http://www.pueblopottery.com/ Site on Native American pottery -- Hopi, San Ildefonso, and others. 10/01

http://sorrel.humbolddt.edu/~rwj1/navb/nov1.html "Navajo Blankets from the Berlant Collection," an essay with many images and history from Humboldt State University.

http://maya-archaeology.org/html/popo1.html Images and information about the Maya from the "Museo Popul Vuh" in Guatemala City.

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/arthist/icono/christenson/maya.htm Article entitled "Precolumbian antecedants for modern Mayan ceremonialism," by Allen J. Christenson. Also see http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/Icono/vol1998.htm11/02

http://www.honduras.net/copan/ Examine the Maya ruins at Copan. 7/02

http://www.destination360.com/tikal/guide.htm Enjoy this virtual "Journey Through Tikal." 7/02

http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/pyramids/home.html "Welcome to the Pyramids of Mexico" and related topics. Excellent images, maps, Nahuatl language, etc. 8/01

http://www.mayacalendar.com/mayacalendar.html "Centro de Estudios del Mundo Maya," Site is available in Spanish and English; on the origin of the calendar; also, Maya vocabulary. 8/01

http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/AMERICAS/ Explore the collection of ancient art of the Americas at the Carlos Museum. 7/01

http://www.thinker.org/deyoung/exhibitions/peru/index.html Exhibition entitled "The Spirit of Ancient Peru" sponsored by the San Francisco Museum of Art.

http://www.upenn.edu/museum/moche/html Excellent on the Moche.

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/nazca.htm Learn about the Nazca lines.

http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/LatinAmerica/south/cultures/nazca.htm Good information on the Nazca lines. 10/01

http://exn.ca/mysticplaces/Nazca.cfm More information about the geoglyphs in the Nazca plains.

http://www.hist.unt.edu/0nasca.htm On the Nasca of Ancient Peru. Also, links available in Spanish. 7/01

http://supersite.incostarica.net/docs/archaeology/diquis5.shtml Information and images from Costa Rica about the ancient Diquis civilization...the gold items are fantastic!

http://www.uiowa.edu/uima/andean.html Fascinating site on Andean textiles.12/01

http://theincas.com Good overall site on understanding the Inca.12/01

http://www.ddg.com/LIS/aurelia/andhis.htm Interesting site on the Inca civilization.12/01

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAMRCA/GALLERY/HTM This "Gallery of American Cultures" provides many images.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GRAPHICS/GALLERY/AZTECS/TENOCH2.JPG The Aztec "Wall of Skulls" from Tenochitlan.

http://mexplaza.udg.mx/Museu/ From Mexico, an especially good image of the Aztec's Coatlicue.

http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/civiliz/maya/mmj02eng.html "People of the Jaguar" provides information and images about the Maya.

http://archaeology.asu.edu/teo/index.php About Teotihuacan! 10/02

http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/vm/mesoam/tmSPANISH Information and images about the Aztec's Templo Mayor.

http://mesa.colorado.edu/library/special/spec-pot.htm Southwestern Puebloan pottery; Anasazi and others.

http://www.unitru.edu.pe/arqlinks.html SPANISH Naveganda por el mundo andino.

http://www.rex-passion.com/Isla%20de%20Mona%20picto/mona.picto.html Images of Taino glyphs from the Isla de Mona. 2/02

http://www.desertusa.com/ind1/ind_new/ind5.html Beautiful art and architecture images of the Southwest. 6/06

THE ART OF ISLAM
(Chapter 13, Gardner text, Art History I)
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.islam.org/culture/MOSQUES/Europe/TMp105b.htm The Great Mosque at Cordoba in Spain; follow site to other beautiful Mosques.

http://www.arab.net/arabart/ Wonderful country to country guide to the art.

http://islamicart.com Excellent on carpets and design.

http://www.exploreturkey.com/ist_otto.htm Beautiful lavish images of the Ottoman period; scroll to index, look at Islamic mosques and palaces.

http://www.lacma.org/art/perm_col/ancient/ancient.htm Interesting overview on ancient and Islamic art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

http://isfahan.anglia.ac.uk:8200/ "Welcome to Isfahan," presents arts, architecture, and culture of ancient Isfahan, Iran.

http://srproj.lib.calpoly.edu/projects/engl/Zapata_Liziel_L/arts.htm This site is entitled "The Art Treasures of Islamic Spain," and is well worth the visit!

http://www.aljadid.com/art/0319melkonian.html Good site on the art of Islam. 11/02

http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.htm The Los Angeles County Museum of Art present "Islamic Art," images, information, good glossary and map. 7/01

http://www.arabiccalligraphy.com/resources_types.htm An amazing site that describes and defines the major scripts of Arabic calligraphy. 7/01

http://www.vivagranada.com/alhambra/lions.htm "Patio de los Leones" offers exquisite photographs of the Alhambra. Site is available in SPANISH. 7/01

http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/view50.asp?dep=14 Explore the Islamic Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 8/01

THE ART OF EASTERN ASIA
(Chapters 6, 7, and 8, Gardner text, Art History I; Chapters 25, 26, and 27, Gardner text, Art History II (some links overlap). Art Appreciation, Sayer text, parts of Chapters 18 and 19.
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.ce.udel.edu/~shivark/vedas.html Beautiful images of Hindu art. Also see Mythology category.

http://www.harappa.com This is a truly excellent site on the art of India.

http://www.indiansaga.com/art/index.html The art of India from "Indian Saga.Com." 1/02

http://www.itihaas.com/ancient The chronology of ancient India from 'bc' to 1000 ad; excellent information, but few images. 1/02

http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat1/frameset?pg=inde&ref=First_india37& The Art of India from World Art Treasures. 1/02

http://rogershepherd.com/WIW/solution12/stupa.html On the Great Stupa of Sanchi.12/01

http://www.kamat.com/index.html Kamat's Potpourri presents "The History, Mystery and Diversity of India." Click on "arts of India" and "Prehistoric Indian Art" for information and images.

http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ucd/index.html "Archaic Proto-Bactria (Northern India/Afghanistan) and Early Ancient Bactria." 2/02

http://www.afghan-web.com Site explores early art of the Gandhara region and provides other information about Afghanistan. 2/02

http://www.gandhara.com/au/serindia.html Site explores Greek influence on the art of India. 2/02

http://www.webindia.com/artindia/ajantha.htm Cave paintings at Ajantha and Ellora. 1/02

http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu Excellent Asian collections (300,000 slides).

http://www.unc.edu/depts/ackland/art/collections/asian/index.html Asian art at the Ackland Art Museum in North Carolina. 1/02

http://www.internetindia.com/ashowkase/index.htm This link shows the arts and culture of India.

http://www.vivekshah.8m.com/eroticsculpture.htm Site examines the significance of erotic sculpture in the art of India. 7/03

http://www.ukmba.org/my/bamiyan/archive.htm Site describes destruction of the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan. 2/02

http://www.buddhanet.net/mudras.htm Site displays and explains the hand positions, the "mudras," of the Buddha in "Hand Mudras - Symbols of Deeper Meanings." 2/02

http://www.gandhara.com.au/index.html Excellent commercial gallery site on Gandharan and other Indian, Chinese, S.E. Asian, and Khmer art. 9/03

http://www.narahaku.go.jp/exhib/2003toku/india-pakistan/india-1_e.htm Excellent site on the art of Mathura-India, from the Nara National Museum of Japan. 9/03

http://www.historyofindia.com/an_frm.html Explore the history of India from ancient and medieval, through British and modern. 1/02

http://www.hiindia.com/arts/docs/draw1.htm India's sculpture and paintings. Good images, but little information. 1/02

http://www.hiindia.com/arts/docs/hindi.htm Examine Hindu medieval art. 1/02

http://indianartportal.com/indianarthistory/rajasthan/rajasthani1.htm Examine Indian Rajput and Rajasthani art, continue on to Islamic India.

http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/exhibitions/featured/princespoets/Princes.html "Princes, Poets, and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Harvard University Art Museums." 1/02

http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/rc/ "Madhubani Painting," on-line exhibits and folk painting by women artists in the Madhubani District of northern India. 1/02

http://www.pacific-bridge-arts.com Interesting site on Japanese culture, including Japanese tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.

http://www.jomon.org.uk/ "The Jomon Project: Bringing Prehistoric Japan to the World" looks at the earliest developments in Japanese art and pottery making. 7/03

http://www.nhb.gov.sg/ACM/acm.shtml Asian Civilizations Museum, described as the "ancestral cultures of Singaporeans." Excellent pictures and written descriptions for art of South Asia (India), East Asia (China), West Asia (Islam). "South Asia" (above) includes "Terra Cotta Mother Goddess from the Sunga period, Bihar, India; Buddha; Shiva; gilded buddha from Sri Lanka. "East Asia" includes ceramics, jade, bronzes and folk art of China. Islamic section also includes terrific images.

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/cambodia/camrmenter_0.htm Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia 4/02

http://www.angkorwat.org/ Excellent site on Angkor Wat, history, myths and fables, architecture, etc. 9/03

http://www.upenn.edu/ARG/archive/uzbeksite/uzbekistan.html "Treasures of Uzbekistan: The Great Silk Road" from the Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania 3/02

http://artindia.webindia.com/ Explore the visual and performing arts in India. 1/02

http://seasiancrafts.com/spiritworld/buddha.htm Southeast Asian Buddhism and Buddhist images, origins, and practices; Thai and Burmese images. 8/01

http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/BSG/gallery1.html Pictures of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas; chart showing Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Buddhist names. 8/01

http://www.wisc.edu/arth/ah370/neolith.htm This site shows neolithic Chinese pottery.

http://www.asianart.com/index.html Excellent information on Asian arts, especiall on current exhibitions from "East Tibetan Mandalas" to the "Legacy of Chinggis Khan" and the "Splendors of Ancient China." Lists Asian exhibitions world-wide.

http://www.edepot.com/taoart.html Daoism Art Gallery. 7/02

http://asianart.com/textiles/textile "Heaven's Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles" 5/02

http://www.marcus.fink.dk/vietnam/templesfs.html Beautiful images of Vietnamese pagodas and temples.12/01

http://www.asianart.com/splendors/index.html "Splendors of Imperial China -- Treasures of the National Palace Museum at Taipei"

http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/china.html Beautiful art and culture of China.

http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/china/index.html Excellent site with map and timeline on the art and culture of China. 7/03

http://www.crystalinks.com/china.html "Ancient China Index" from "Crystalinks" includes artifacts, archaeology, astrology, Dunhuang Caves, Buddhism, Taoism, and more! With music! 7/01

http://china-ezl.silversands.net/dunhuang.html Examine ancient art and artifacts from all the provinces in China.

http://www.essential-china.net/02_history/index.htm Good site on the history of ancient China with many links to images. 7/03

http://www.chinapage.com/dunhuan.html Beautiful fresco paintings at the Dunhuang Caves, a 'crossroads' on the famous Silk Road. 7/01

http://china-contact.com/www/travel/xian.html Excellent images from China, especiall on the Tomb of Shi-huang-di.

http://www.npm.gov.tw/index.htm National Palace Museum, Taiwan. Site opens in Chinese; available in English and Spanish.

http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat1/frameset?pg=china&ref=First_china20&babel=en Excellent images of Chinese art. 4/02

http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/taoism/index.htmlWonderful exhibitions on "Taoism and the Arts of China." 1/02

http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/china/rotunda.html"5,000 Years of Chinese Art"

http://boston.com/mfa/chinese/ssong.htm The Boston Museum of Fine Arts presents "Tales from the Land of Dragons: 1000 Years of Chinese Painting."12/01

http://www.c-c-c.org/ Explore the art of the Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco.

http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/nyingjei/index.html "Buddhist Art of the Myingjei Lam Collection" examines the sculptural heritage of Tibet. 1/02

http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/gug/intr/china.html On-line exhibitions on "Innovations in Chinese Painting, 1850-1950," "The Modernist Generation," and "Art from New China."

http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/upenn/index.html "Treasures of Chinese Scholars" is an exhibition of art from the 8th through the 20th centuries in China.

http://www.clemusart.com/exhibit/silk"When Silk Was Gold" an exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art 5/02

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/nso/asian/culture/culture.html Explore the "cultural connection," The Great Wall, The Forbidden City, Chinese Horoscope, and more! 5/02

http://www.chinese.tcu.edu Website on Chinese language and culture. 5/02

http://www.bowers.org/Yang/index.html Exquisite website displaying the glass art of contemporary Chinese artist Yang Hui-shan. 7/01

http://www.lacma.org/art/perm_col/se_asian/asian.htm Explore the permanent collections of South East Asian art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

http://fmc.utm.edu/~dmcbeth/asiart/japan.htm The art of Japan from the Jomon period.

http://www.asukanet.gr.jp/asukahome/ASUKA2/ASUKATERA/asukacyoukoku.html Asuka Historical Museum, Japan, includes Buddhist and other images from Asuka, Kofun periods. 7/01

http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~junalday/jataka-1.htm "Tales of the Lord Buddha" are told in beautiful manuscripts.

http://www.kimbellart.org/exhibitions/past_tibet.cfm "Worlds of Transformation: Tibetan Arts of Wisdom and Compassion" is an exhibit sponsored by the Kimbell Art Museum. 1/02

http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/visuals/japan_visuals/shinto.htm Good site on Shinto and Buddhist images and ideas in Japan. 9/03

http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/cyber_shrine/ Site of beautiful Shinto Shrine images. 9/03

http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat1/frameset?pg=japon&ref=First_japon82&babel=en Excellent images of Japanese art. 4/02

http://www.cjn.or.jp/tokugawa/index.html Visit the Tokugawa Art Museum, showcasing items from the Edo period. 1/02

http://www.kiis.or.jp/kansaida/uji/index-e.html Visit and explore "Uji City -- A City Associated with the Tale of Genji" 8/01

http://www.yamagata-art-museum.or.jp/ Yamagata Museum of Art, Yamagata, Japan. 7/01

http://www.haramuseum.or.jp/ Visit the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Japan. 7/01

http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/indexe.htm Japanese masterworks in painting, ceramic, sculpture and more from the Kyoto National Museum.

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/bayly/ "Universes in Collision: Men and Women in 19th Century Japanese Prints" from the Bayly Art Museum

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/miroku.shtml On the Miroku Bosatsu and Japanese Buddhism. 6/06

http://www.orientations.com.hk/thisiss.htm "Orientations" Asian Art Magazine 4/02

THE ART OF AFRICA
(Chapter 15, Gardner text, Art History I; Chapter 32, Gardner text, Art History II (some links overlap). Art Appreciation, Sayre text, not included separately.
(Note individual site updates)

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NUB/Nubia.html#Introduction "Nubia: Its Glory and Its People" is an exhibition from the University of Chicago's "Nubia Salvage Project."

http://www.manntaylor.com/rockart.html African Rock Art. 7/01

http://www.paleologos.com/saharaan.htm Site of rock art from Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria, depicting wild life, herders and warriors, women, music and dance.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/ackland/art/collection/african/index.html Visit the African art collection at the Ackland Art Museum in North Carolina. 1/02

http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ta/tad.html "Archaic Art of Northern Africa."

http://www.nasmus.co.za/ROCKART/sites.htm#top Public rock art sites of southern Africa's central interior, from the National Museum at Bloemfontein.

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html "African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning" is a beautiful electronic exhibition.

http://www.artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa/index.html Excellent African art images.

http://www.beaconschool.org/~balm/Africa/images/ Beautiful images of African sculpture from approximately 1100 to 1900.12/01

http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask.html "The Art of the African Mask" from the Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia.

http://www.Kimbellart.org/africa.htm Excellent examples of the sculpture, with good written descriptions.

http://www.dc.infi.net/~gunther/africa/africa.html "The Art of Africa" from sub-Saharan Africa.

http://www.si.edu/nmafa/exhibits/benintwo.htm Good examples on the classical art of Benin.

http://www.evsistore.com/shonaartgallery/pages/shona2.html#anchor901997 Zimbabwe ancient culture and art presented at the Shona Art Gallery.

http://www.arts.ucla.edu/fowler/Exhibits/beadsoul.htm "Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in Yoruba's Universe," an exhibit of Yoruba bead work.

http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~rwjl/afr.html An African art index, with superior images of the art of Nok, Ife and Benin.

http://www.arts.ucla.edu/fowler/Collections/collect.htm See the entire African collection at UCLA.

http://www.fa.indiana.edu/~conner/africart/home.html Art of the Yoruba, Akar, Asante in wood and metal.

http://www.zyama.com African tribal art.

http://www.nando.net/prof/caribe/Gods.html "Faces of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas."

http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/9912/ancafristates.html Excellent site on the history of ancient Africa and the history of black peoples throughout the world. 10/02

OCEANIC, POLYNESIAN, AND AUSTRALIAN ART
(Chapter 31, Gardner text, Art History II; Art Appreciation, Sayre text, not included)
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.webstories.co.nz/gallery/ozart/intro.html "The Australian Aboriginal Origins and Art" presented by "One World Magazine."

http://www.coffeetimes.com/kapa.htm Hawaiian art, lore, religion, etc. from Kona

http://www.kahiko.com/petroglyph.htm Hawaiian petroglyphs -- clickable images with explanations of meanings. 9/03

http://www.sergeking.com/HAM/hhall.html Excellent images from the Hawaiian Museum On-line. 9/03

http://exn.ca/mysticplaces/EIsland.cfm Examine the Moai of Easter Island.

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Splendid_Isolation/Easter_Island_images.htm Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York entitled "Splendid Isolation: the Art of Easter Island." 2/02

http://www.jintaart.com.au/ One of the best Australian Aboriginal art sites.

http://www.nga.gov.au/ Aboriginal art from the National Gallery of Australia.

http://www.tahitiweb.com/a/art.html Polynesian site that includes the "Tahiti Art Gallery."

http://www.fijimuseum.org.fj/ Visit the Fiji Museum on-line! 7/01

CELTIC, VIKING, AND MEDIEVAL ART
(Chapters 16 and 17, Gardner text, Art History I; Art Appreciation, Sayre, Chapter 19)
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.rashm.se/shm/Klenoder/klenoder_index-e.html Scandinavian stone age, bronze age, migration period, Viking art and more; can zoom in, enlarge images.

http://www.elexion.com/runes/links2.html Viking runes, mythology, folklore, multicultural prophecies and more. Available in Spanish. 1/02

http://www.control.chalmers.se/vikings/ The "Viking Home Page" -- explore Viking topics.

http://www.viking1.com/a.htm Extensive links and connections to everything Viking -- bronze, ornamentation, trade with the Arab world, and more. 1/02

http://homepage.eircom.net/~ancientirelandtours/ "Ancient Ireland Tours" provides links to stone circles, dolmens, rock art, etc. 1/02

http://www.accesscom.com/~wangbick/hallstatt.html On the origin of the Celts, the "Hallstatt Culture." 1/02

http://www.celtic-art.net/index2.htm "The World of Celtic Art" presents popularized information, but good links! 8/01

http://www.celtic-art.net "The world of Celtic art."

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/past/past39.html#Irish "Irish Archaeology on the Web" from The Prehistoric Society. 2/02

http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/art.htm "What Knots" explores issues of what is Celtic and what is not.

http://www.unc.edu/courses/art111/celtic/index.html Excellent information on Celtic art. 1/02

http://www.dubois.ws/people/paul/kells/ Images from the Book of Kells. 1/02

http://www.primate.wisc.edu/people/dubois/kells/kell1bmp.gif More images from the Book of Kells.

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/Visitors/kells.htm The Book of Kells, from the Trinity College library in Dublin. 1/02

http://www.manitoulin-link.com/medieval/bookcover2.jpg The beautiful jeweled gold book cover from the Lindau Gospels.

http://www.aon-celtic.com/ This is a "homepage of celtic art and illumination."

http://www.pond.net/~acd/medievalpage.html "The Medieval Page: Sources for Medieval Studies on the WWW" provides links to many other sites that examine medieval art.

http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/humss/art317/manuscripts.htm Site examines the styles and types of illuminated manuscripts from the Medieval era. 1/02

http://ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/history155/slides/kingship/Manuscripts/index.html Images of Carolingian and Ottonian kings in manuscripts. 1/02

EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE
(Chapters 11 and 12, Gardner text, Art History I; Art Appreciation, Sayre text, Chapter 19)
(Note individual site updates)

http://www.harbrace.com/art/gardner/ Provides links related to the Gardner text "Art Through the Ages" as well as others; very extensive. Excellent Byzantine and Medieval links.

http://gallery.sjsu.edu/cgi-bin/byz.sh This site shows Early Christian art, the tomb of Galla Placida, and Byzantine art.

http://www.templemount.org This site presents images and links related to Jerusalem and Jewish art of the late Roman period.

http://faculty.etsu.edu/kortumr/11earlychristianity/htmdescriptionpages/06shepherd.htm On Early Christian art, especially on Jesus as the Good Shepherd. 9/03

http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/00AA2_WittkoHist_3_Fig1.html Good site on the Rabbula Gospels and other early gospel pages. 9/03

http://www.iicm.edu/ital_Ital-2079 Good site on the Ravenna mosaics. 7/02

http://www.reed.lib.oh.us/mosaics/mosaics.html The Ravenna, Ohio Bicentenial Celebration (in 1999) shows early Christian Ravenna (Italy) mosaics! 5/02

http://www.pitt.edu/~tokerism/0040/syl/christian.html Dura Europas and Early Christian architecture 4/02

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs2/Images/christian.pics.html "Images from Christianity" presents Eastly Christian and Byzantine images. 7/01

http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/Ravenna/Ravenna.html Images from San Vitale at Ravenna. 6/06

http://www.culture.gr/2/21/218/e21800.html This is a full catalog of the exhibition "The Treasures of Mt. Athos," an extraordinary exhibition of Byzantine art.

http://www.ou.edu/class/ahi4263/frameset.html On Byzantine art, from Dr. Rozmeri Basic, University of Oklahoma. 2/02

http://www.st.carnet.hr/split/split.html Ancient Dalmatio along the Adriatic; Emperor Diocletian's palace.

http://www.research.missouri.edu/museum/ancgall.htm Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology; excellent gallery of ancient arts, early Christian, Byzantine, African art.

http://www.doaks.org/byzartLREB.html Byzantine art -- the best -- from Dunbarton Oaks.

http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggl/gg1-main1.html Tour Byzantine Art and Painting in Italy in the 12-1300's at the National Gallery of Art.

http://www.exploreturkey.com/ist_byza.htm Excellent site "Explore Turkey" -- looks at Hagia Sophia and Byzantine structures; scroll to other sites ancient Turkey, Hittites, Greek, Roman, Troy. Beautiful pictures.

http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/sophia.html Byzantine images plus the Hagia Sophia.

http://www.unipissing.ca/department/history/4505/show.htm Super Byzantine site!

http://art.museum.ro/depart/medieval/medieval.html Gold icons from the Late Byzantine era.

http://www.vaticanexhibit.org/about.htm 12/13th Century Byzantine frescoes from the Vatican. 8/02

http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/Ravenna/Ravenna.html Beautiful images from San Vitale at Ravenna. 10/06

MEDIEVAL, ROMANESQUE, AND GOTHIC
(Chapters 16, 17, and 18 , Gardner text, Art History I; Art Appreciation, Sayre text, Chapter 19)
(Note individual site updates)

http://orb.rhodes.edu/encyclop/culture/lit/Spanish/ORBART.html Spanish art and architecture from the medieval and Romanesque eras.

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/santiago/spancmno.html A 'clickable map' provides entry to Romanesque towns, cathedrals, and sculpture along the famous pilgrimage route from Santiago de Compostela.

http://www.thais.it/scultura/romanica.htm Excellent Romanesque sculpture from Italy.

http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/alt/comment/folio1v.html Illuminated manuscripts from the Romanesque era.

http://www.bl.uk/ More medieval manuscripts...worth the look!

http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm The Biblioteque Nationale de France presents "1000 Illuminations from the Department of Manuscripts." See the spectacular manuscripts from "The Age of King Charles V" (1338-1380).

http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=17 "Introduction to Medieval Art at the Cloisters," New York. Also, see the link below.12/01

http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/view50.asp?dep=7 View "The Cloister," collection of medieval art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.12/01

http://www.cosei.fr/romanes/ View images of Romanesque art in France. 1/02

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vincent.paley/ Site of Romanesque sculpture seen in the capitals of French churches.

http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/medieva/March_rom4.html The French Romanesque world.

http://www.croatia.net/html/romanesque.html "Croatian Art of the Romanesque Period."

http://auroraunlimited.com/artist.htm Personal web page on Hildegard of Bingen; good information and images. 10/01

http://www.wendy.com/women/artists.html Women artists in history; good information on women artists of the middle ages. 10/01

http://www.redjuderias.org/eng/index.htm "Red de Juderias de Espana" is a network of Spanish Jewish sites, the Sephardic Jews, and images from the middleages. Site is also available in Spanish. 8/01

http://www.sefarad-shalom.com Site featuring information on the Sephardic Jews. 8/01

http://wwwcatsic.ucsc.edu/~arth147/terms.html A really good illustrated glossary of Gothic architectural terms.

http://www.io.com/~tapestry/index.html "A timeless history of tapestry and wall hangings" of the medieval and Gothic eras.

http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/crafts.html "Lothene's Experimental Archaeology" explores medieval spinning, weaving, embroidery, and other crafts.

http://www.regia.org/embroid.htm Anglo-Saxon embroidery techniques.

http://www.veu.unican.es/arte/Ingles/Temas/Arte/Prerrom/Default.htm Romanesque art and architecture of Cantabria, Spain. Available in Spanish. 9/03

http://www.uwrf.edu/history/prints/women/ende.html Site of manuscripts by the Spanish nun Ende in the Romanesque era. 9/03

http://www.amg.ch/gotland/eglises/index.html Romanesque churches in Gotland (Sweden). Site is in French. 9/03

http://www.kfki.hu/keptar/tours/11_16_c2.html#roman Site of Romanesque sculpture in Hungary, 11-13th centuries. 9/03

http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/university/btapestry/bt01.html Images of the Bayeux Tapestry.

http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/bayeux_tapestry.html Good background information related to the Bayeux Tapestry. 1/02

http://www.hastings1066.com/ An extraordinary site on the Bayeux Tapestry. 1/02

http://orion.it.luc.edu/~avande1/unicorn.html Beautiful "Lady and the Unicorn" tapestries.

http://www.renstore.com/articles/GSS/UniTap.shtml The Unicorn Tapestries. Good, large images and information.

http://www.newyorkcarver.com/ A cathedrals tour, photo archive, links; also see "The Abbey: A Medieval Tour" which includes an examination of the medieval monastery garden.

http://www.facsimile-editions.com/pp_page.htm On Hebrew manuscripts from the Gothic era; view the Parma Psalter. 1/02

http://www.finns-books.com/alba.htm View three extraordinary images from the Alba Bible, a superb example of Spanish manuscript illumination. 1/02

http://www.mcu.es/prado/index_eng.html Spanish Romanesque and Hispanic-Flemish Gothic art at the Prado Museum in Madrid. Also available in Spanish. Renaissance, Baroque, and other collections also excellent. Key works of Bosch, El Greco, Goya, Velasquez.

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/MSS/Ee.3.59/ Examine Gothic manuscript on the life of St. Edward the Confessor. 1/02

ART APPRECIATION -- TOPICS

GENERAL TOPICS AND SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

http://www.talariaenterprises.com/teach/current.html From "Talaria Enterprises," this newsletter contains current exhibition information, highlights, and numerous links. Excellent general source. 8/01

http://www.absolutearts.com/ Newsletter site containing information on contemporary art on a global scale. 8/01

http://www.omart.org/OMAWeb/Permanent.html Orlando Museum of Art is an good source of American, African, and Latin American exhibitions in contemporary art. 8/01

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/el_artwork.asp This is the "Daily Artwork Archive" from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A different work of art, with information, is posted on-line daily. 8/01

http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/Education/Teacher'sPrograms/Kotah "Gods, Kings, and Tigers: The Art of Kotah," is an exhibit that explores the art of Kotah, a former Hindu kingdom located in India. Site was designed as a teaching resource by the Asia Society. 1/02

MEANING AND THEMES IN ART

http://www.artsMIA.org/mythology/mythbyimage.htm#top "Myth by Image" is an exhibit of works of art that present mythological imagery from various religions and civilizations.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/ackland/ "Identity Revealed: Meaning and Message in Contemporary Art" -- showing Andy Warhol's litho of Elizabeth Taylor (1965).

http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html "Inside Art" explores and analyzes a painting by Van Gogh.

http://www.artsmia.org/foot_in_the_door/index.cfm The "Foot in the Door" exhibit, sponsored by the Minneapolis Institute for Art, is an open, democratic (that is, non-juried) annual art exhibit. http://www.philamuseum.org/rome/a.html A spectacular exhibit, with sound and interactive ports, on the glory of neoclassical 18th century Rome. 11/02

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Vermeer_Delft/vermeer_images.htm On symbols and s