| Appendix I The Annotated Web Bibliography: the results of an evaluation of on-line and self-testing web materials related to college-level art appreciation and art history at San Antonio College. The full report may be viewed at: http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Annot.html Textbook Companion Websites http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M81&discipline_number=37#AR02 Wadsworth publishers provides a fully developed companion website for the Gardner’s Art Through the Ages textbook, Volumes I and II, currently in use for Art History Survey I and Survey II at San Antonio College. Located at http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_ issn=0534642012&discipline_number=37 the companion website may be linked to online syllabi both for on campus and online courses. This is an interactive site that offers a wide variety of teaching and learning resources. A chapter selection box is prominently displayed at the top of the page. Once a chapter is selected, a frame index offers flash cards, glossary, InfoTrac Research, internet exercises, maps, museum guide, study guide, timeline and tutorial quiz. Book-wide resources on each chapter page offer general museum guide, pronunciation guide, and general art links. General course resources listed offer art history resources, art history careers, art links, guide to researching art history, and general tips to becoming a successful student. http://www.prenhall.com/stokstad/ Art History, Marilyn Stokstad - Art History Survey I and II http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_honour_thevisuala_6/0,6412,495857-,00.html The Visual Arts - A History, Honour & Fleming, 6e. Art History Survey I and II Prentice Hall publishes the popular Marilyn Stokstad art history survey text, previously used by the SAC art department, as well as the Honour and Fleming art history text, popular in Canada. Prentice Hall, and its college textbook publisher Pearson Publishing, has developed companion websites for many of its textbooks, all of which follow the same basic pattern. http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_sayre_worldofart_4 “World of Art” by Henry Sayre, the textbook used during the 2002-2003 school year by the art appreciation internet class and tested by me for its global inclusions and multicultural outlook, has been adopted for all the Art Appreciation courses at San Antonio College beginning in the fall, 2003. The companion website developed by Pearson-Prentice Hall is similar to other Prentice Hall companion websites and includes many of the same features, including glossary and pronunciation guide. Essay questions, multiple choice, and fill in the blank options are offered, all of which may be emailed to the instructor. The essay questions are open-ended and sufficiently broad to be useful; the other questions are useful for self-testing only. http://www.prenhall.com/preble/ The Artforms website developed by Prentice Hall is nearly identical, with variations related to the specific textbook, to the World of Art site, although it does not include the hands-on art projects. http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_walford_greattheme_1 Website for the Great Themes text is arranged similarly, although the text has not been considered for use in art appreciation courses at SAC. Sites Evaluating On-line Materials http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/1999/1/04/index.asp#4_1 This document, developed as Online Art History - Design, Development, and Review of an Interactive Course by M. Schmidt, W.H. Blackmon, D.R. Rehak, and D. Bajzek at Carnegie Mellon University in 1998, offers a well-thought and documented review of art history online. http://www.uwsa.edu/ttt/tttv2n11.htm This site is a newsletter article developed by Professor Nick Cahill at the Department of Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The article, entitled Interactive Technology and Image Databases in Teaching Art History, appeared in “Teaching With Technology Today,” Vol II, # 10, April 24, 1998. This interesting review describes a digital database of art images similar to the one developed by VATC at SAC, and seems to have a similar history, although at the date of this report, there is not mention of an online course. http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/annenberg/artfinal.html Margaret L. McLaughlin of the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, developed this report as a history and critique of art sites on the internet. She has also discussed the evolution of art sites over time. McLaughlin’s article, entitled “The Art Site on the World Wide Web,” appeared in the Journal of Communication 46(1) Winter. 0021-9916/96, includes a lengthy – and useful although a bit dated at this time – bibliography. College/University Sites Intended for Students, Including University Museum Sites http://personal1.stthomas.edu/cdeliason/ahgttm.htm Art Historians Guide to the Movies is a most delightful website developed by Craig Eliason, Assistant Professor of Modern Art History at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. This is the kind of website that students enjoy viewing. http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/archives/link-archives.html This most amazing website, based on the belief that old websites don’t die, is called “Art Links Archive” and resurrects many older sites no longer accessible at their previous url. The site was developed, and is maintained by Dr. Craig Roland, at the School of Art and Art History, University of Florida, and was last updated December 23, 2002. http://www.howardcc.edu/arts_and_humanities/perspect.htm The interactive tutorial in linear perspective for Drawing I and Drawing II is described and evaluated in the above url. The urls below provide information and evaluation of an Interactive color theory tutorial for two-dimensional basic design, an art history digital image database available to instructors, and an online art history tutorial initially developed to supplement distance education telecourses. Howard has also developed digital three-dimensional architectural models and animation for the study of architecture in art history. http://www.howardcc.edu/arts_and_humanities/color.htm http://www.howardcc.edu/arts_and_humanities/database.htm http://www.howardcc.edu/arts_and_humanities/arthist.htm http://www.howardcc.edu/arts_and_humanities//animate.htm All of the sites above developed by Howard Community College were intended for evaluation and are not the interactive sites themselves, although the information above is useful in terms of developing similar interactive sites. http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/hag/timeline/ Although the information at the Blanton Museum site is very good and very thorough, for example in providing information on the art of ancient Greece, the site itself states that “the information at this site is written for the middle school and high school level and incorporates the following Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Fine Arts” including perception, historical/cultural heritage, and response/evaluation. This site could be used to supplement college textbooks and college lecture information. http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/Renaissance/iframes.html The topic of the above website, an adaptation of a computer kiosk which accompanied an exhibition at the Fogg Art Museum entitled “Investigating the Renaissance,” is very narrow, the information provided is excellent, offering a unique examination into the processes of conservation and restoration of works of art from the Renaissance. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/artstuff.html http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/artgames.html http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/architecture.html The sites above, and those linked to it, are from “Princeton On-Line,” the source of the “Incredible Art Department.” These extensive listings of art sites ranging from art museums and galleries, artists and artist lists, public domain images and clip art, the “Art Store,” listing of art suppliers, art games and lessons, art styles and periods, plus information on art education, advocacy, art magazines and journals, as well as on architecture, are all extremely valuable although most are intended for younger audiences such as elementary, middle and high school rather than college level. http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/index.html Sponsored by the University of Newcastle in England, the “Museum of Antiquities” is a virtual museum with a “Virtual Mithraeum,” an “Object of the Month Report,” (the Lindisfarne Gospel was the June, 2003 object), an “Armamentarium” and other information on the ancient arts of the British Isles. Museum/Gallery Sites http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp The “Explore and Learn” site of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York offers a “What’s New” section describing newly acquired or exhibited works at the museum, a Timeline of Art History, a “Just for Fun” section of interactive games (such as a search for animals and birds in an Indian carpet). The section entitled “A Closer Look” explores “the history and technique behind a selection of Met objects.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website also includes excellent information on artists and exhibitions, cultures, and themes from its various traveling exhibitions as well as those of its permanent collection. Its “Art in the Classroom” section offers curriculum information for grades K-12. Another useful feature is that many of the museums catalogues and brochures are offered in pdf format through its Publications Archive. http://hudson.acad.umn.edu/surprises/home.html The Weisman Art Museum of the University of Minnesota offers a good, basic website of exhibitions and its collections. Its site entitles "Building Surprises, which describes the plans and building of the Frank Gehry designed museum is an excellent website, useful for supplementing art appreciation information on architecture. http://www.hmsg.si.edu/education/interactive.html Above is the website of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The page above, on art interaction, offers a segment on Learning About Sculpture. The Hirshhorn site also offers a search through its collection, information on its exhibits with many images, all superbly done with excellent information and easy access for students. Other Non-Profit Sites http://www.halfmoon.org/ “Rabbit in the Moon” website is a very thorough compilation of information and links to Mayan architecture, language, hieroglyphics, calendar, and culture. Many, but not all, of the authors of the articles included are identified. There is no identification provided for the author of the website, Ms. Nancy McNelly, nor is there any proof given of her expertise. In one of the links one may write one’s name in Mayan hieroglyphics; there is no way to tell whether this is accurate. http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html The “Leonardo Homepage” was developed by the Boston Museum of Science. The site provides excellent information on Leonardo Da Vinci, linear and atmospheric perspective, Renaissance painting, and other issues related to the art and science of Leonardo. A link to this site in an online syllabus would provide good supplemental material http://www.museum-security.org/elginmarbles.html This is an amazing and thorough website dedicated to the return of the (Parthenon) Elgin marbles; the site offers various points of view, with links to numerous journal and newspaper articles. The topic is timely, particularly in view of the objects stolen from the Baghdad Museum in Iraq. This is a good website to open up classroom discussion on the issues of ownership of art and artifacts removed from their original homeland. http://art-nouveau.kubos.org/en/portes.htm “Art Nouveau” architecture, design, arts and crafts are displayed and explored country-by-country. The images are beautiful, the information interesting, and there are many good links. The site is an individual’s homepage in a server, Kubos.org, which states it is dedicated to “promote architecture in all ways.” http://www.accessart.org.uk/drawing/index.htm AccessArt is the web site of The Arts Education Exchange, a non-profit making organization, which began in 1999. The Arts Education Exchange was founded by two graduates of the Sculpture School at the Royal College of Art, London. The url to the site above presents an excellent resource for an understanding of drawing for students 16 and up. Other art workshops at the site are intended for younger students. http://www.michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html Neil R. Bonner is listed as the editor of the Michelangelo Buonarroti Website located at “Michelangelo.com.” The site is excellent on Michelangelo and his work offering good, thoughtful information and many links, although, once again, there is no way to determine the qualifications of Mr. Bonner. http://www.3d-i.org/ This interactive site, on design, design programs, and architecture, is a project of the "Doc Tank" funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The site lists many educational consultants in the development of the project. Judging from the ages of the various participants and respondents, the site seems to be aimed at middle and high school students, although the activities presented could easily be used by college students as well. Design issues, like those presented in the art appreciation courses, are explored. http://www.impressionism.org/ “Impressionism .org” was developed by the Seattle Art Museum initially as part of a traveling exhibition of the work of European Impressionists. Images and explanations are very good. On-line teacher lessons and packets may be downloaded; overhead transparencies may be ordered or borrowed. Teacher lessons are coordinated with middle school curricula, but may be useful for other age groups. http://www.mbam.qc.ca/visite-vr/anglais/index.html The virtual visit to Monet’s gardens at Giverny was developed by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to mark the opening of the exhibition “Monet at Giverny: Masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan” in 1999. This interactive site explores Monet’s famous flower garden and his water garden. Since students are generally familiar with Monet’s water lilies, they will find this interesting and beautiful. http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html The “Words of Art Webpage,” a very complete glossary of art terms, was developed at Okanagan University College in British Columbia, Canada, by Dr. Robert Belton, Art History, Dean of Arts. This is the most thorough glossary I have ever seen. For example, among the entries are “Derridean deconstruction,” “Saussurean semiotics,” “linguistic relativity,” as well as the usual art terms. This is an excellent resource that ought to be linked into online syllabi. Commercial Sites http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html “Inside Art,” presented as an online art adventure in art history by Eduweb, Educational Web Adventures, is a cute little site intended for elementary school children, but college age students may also have some fun with it. This site was developed by the Sanford company, manufacturers of PaperMate, Uni-Ball, Sharpie, and many other writing and coloring instruments. Sanford’s “A Lifetime of Color” website, located at Sanford-artedventures.com which, at first glance seems to be for younger students, provides links to some solid information such as the one on color at http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_color.html Written in easy to understand language, the site is worth a link from online syllabi. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/index.html Pacific Bell’s “Knowledge Network” and its “Eyes on Art: A Learning to Look Curriculum” is still one of the best sites around for all age groups. The different interactive projects, all with very good and clear instructions, include: 1) “You Choose,” an activity in which the student selects paintings from person, place and thing categories and then is asked to write an essay on the works selected. The student’s essay, with a thumbnail of the works selected, may be printed. 2) “ArtSpeak 101,” a visual glossary defining the elements of artistic design. The element, such as ‘color,’ is followed by three works of art and a question “how do you think color is used to create special effects.” The student may answer the questions and send the answer to the instructor. http://www.stonecarver.com/create.html http://www.stonecarver.com/carvtool.html Walter S. Arnold, sculptor and stone carver, offers his step by step display in the carving of gargoyles. The Chicago artist studied at the marble studios in Pietrasanta, Italy and worked on the sculpture at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for five years. His website offers a Teachers Q and A section, information on the history of stonecutting, and many links related to gargoyles and other sculpture. This is a worthwhile site for linking online art appreciation syllabi. http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/ A history of photography from its beginnings till the 1920s is presented by Dr. Robert Leggat, MA, M.Ed, and has written a book, Photography in School: A Guide for Teachers. In addition to the history, his site includes links to museums with significant photography collections, lists of photographic artists with links, and extensive information on processes, styles, and movements in photography. Individual Homepage Sites and K-12 Sites http://www.artcellarexchange.com/talk.html The Art Cellar Exchange includes interesting sections on art law and theft, and links to the National Stolen Art File, Interpol, and the International Foundation of Art Research, and the Art Loss Register which lists over 100,000 stolen works of art. The site also provides some interesting art history information and a glossary. The Art Cellar Exchange is a fine art brokerage firm designed to work with private collectors. Its work involves collection management, estate representation and exhibition consultation. http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/color/colortheory2.ppt This Color Theory powerpoint presentation was developed by Lazzelle Parker, at Cave Springs Middle School, in Roanoke, Virginia. Although developed for elementary school students, the powerpoint presentation is very well done and contains solid information for all age groups. http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/ http://www2.evansville.edu/drawinglab/ The Studio Chalk Board is a site developed in conjunction with the University of Evansville School of Art and the Herron School of Art at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. The Drawing and Paintings sites were developed by Ralph Larmann, art faculty member of the University of Evansville. The Figure Drawing Lab, also developed by Professor Larmann, is equally useful. The website states, “Individuals, schools and arts educational institutions are invited to use this resource.” Both of these sites offer good how-to information to supplement the theory presented in art appreciation courses. Sites Linking to Art Journals and Magazines http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/journals.html Artsource presents a list, with links, to art journals online. The links include Nexus, Art Review, Arts Journal, Ceramic Monthly and so on. This is a valuable resources for students. http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/artmags.html Princeton Online, as part of the service of its Incredible Art Department, offers an extensive listing of art journals and magazine online, similar to the list above but with some different publications listed. |
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