(Also
check the individual units for other related sites.)
The
very first website you should visit is WebMuseum. You
will be using this sight for your first assignment. It has a listing
of artists and their works which span most of the eras we will be looking
at. It also has brief discussions of the various historical epochs from
the gothic era to the twentieth century. This is a good introduction to
our section on the visual arts and you will be visiting here often.
Another
good sight for the visual arts component is ArtSource. As
its name implies, it is a terrific source for many of the websites devoted
to the visual arts. There is also an excellent glossary for words associated
with the arts to be found at Words
of Art. Make sure you at least take a look at their listings for the
termhermeneutics
and related words.
More
specific sites include--
Christus
Rex This is the website of the Pope himself. It has terrific
images of the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, and lots more.
Cave
Paintings in France Also use this site to get to the Ministry
of Culture in France--lots of great sites.
African
Arts: Aesthetics and Meanings This is a nice article with images on
the various forms of African art and what we need to know to begin to understand
them.
Art
History Sites (ARTHistory) Innumerable Links for the following eras
can be found at this site-- Medieval
(Middle Ages)-- Renaissance-- Baroque and Rococo-- Enlightenment-- Classical--
Romantic-- Modern-- Postmodern
Explore
the Internet (Library of Congress)This
is a great site for multiple sources--everything from finding people to
finding sources on the arts. There is a search engine to make your "surfing"
more efficient. There are also several sites for learning how to use the
Internet.
Science
and Culture-- A list of sites which treat science as history.
A good one for developing other perspectives for looking at the art of
the various historical eras.
