The Aspasia Project
FINE ART SCHOLARLY RESOURCES
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Research - Individual topics arranged in chronological categories
Also see the Links page, and Art History Resources on the Web for extensive resources on individual topics.
Prehistoric: Class Slides
Ancient Near East:
Art of the First Cities, Metropolitan Museum
Code of Hammurabi (Babylonia) - Follow link to "A Closer Look at the Code of Hammurabi" - click more - and view the Interactive Exploration
Ancient Egypt:
Descriptions for a wide array of Egyptian art and architecture.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Masterpieces (first of 16 pages)
Saqqara
Explore the Pyramids (PBS NOVA) Online,
Ancient Greece:
For an extended bibliography, see the Readings Page for Prof. Sanders's Ancient and Classical course, or download a printable version in Word.
Maps: Greek World I / Greek World II / Greek City States
Minoan Crete - Archaeological sites of Bronze Age Crete.
The Minoan Snake Goddess -- essays by Christopher Witcombe.
Hercules - Greece's Greatest Hero - Read about his Twelve Labors
Perseus Digital Library of Tufts University: Source materials digital library. Especially for research in Classics. Overview of Greek history.
The Ancient Olympics - A Special Exhibit of the Perseus Digital Library
Hybrid Creatures - Mythological monsters & decorative motifs
Classical Myth - The Ancient Sources
Ancient Greek World Virtual Gallery at U. Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Map of the Acropolis of Athens
Parthenon Gallery of Images (includes the Acropolis, the temple and sculptures with reconstructions)
Ancient Rome:
Rome at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
The Roman Republic (509 - 27 B.C.)
The Roman Empire (27 B.C. - 393 A.D.)
The Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 B.C. - 68 A.D.)
Augustan Rule (27 B.C. - 14 A.D.)
The Flavian Dynasty (69 - 96 A.D.)
The Antonine Dynasty (138 - 193 A.D.)
The Severan Dynasty (193 - 235 A.D.)
Architecture in the City of Rome - including
THE PANTHEONAugustus: Works -
including the Ara Pacis
Early Christian:
Byzantine:
- The Glory of Byzantium, exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantium (c. 330 - 1453 A.D.) Early Christian & Byzantine Art Hagia Sophia - computer model
European Middle Ages:
Explore
the Cloisters
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection Highlights
See forty-eight specially selected works of art.
Explore
Medieval Art
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection Highlights
See more than fifty specially selected works of art.
Topics through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History
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Animals in Medieval Art
Arms and Armor in Medieval Europe
The Art of the Book in the Middle Ages
Byzantium (c. 330 - 1453 A.D.)
The Crusades (1095 - 1291 A.D.)
Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages
Late Medieval German Sculpture
The Age of Justinian I (527 - 565 A.D.)
Provinces of the Later Roman Empire (1 - 500 A.D.)
The Age of Saint Louis (1226 - 1270 A.D.)
Web Gallery of Art:
Duccio, 1255-1319
European Renaissance:
Introduction to the Renaissance (printable pdf - courtesy of the Met Museum)
Renaissance Timeline (printable pdf - courtesy of the Met Museum)
The Papacy & the Vatican Palace
Leonardo da Vinci - Scientist, Inventor, Artist
Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman
Chronology of Leonardo's Life & Work
Introduction to Leonardo and His Drawings
Leonardo da Vinci, Selected Notes on Painting
Architecture in the Renaissance
Santa Maria Novella, Florence - Leon Battista Alberti
Sant' Andrea, Mantua - Leon Battista Alberti
Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art & Magnificence (Met Museum Exhibition)
Baroque & Seventeenth Century Art:
Revolutionary Art:
Romanticism:
Modern Art:
Contemporary Art:
Art Net: Contemporary Art Resource including artists & galleries.
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