ART and ARCHITECTURE
Louvre
Museum Official Website: collections
http://mistral.culture.fr/louvre/anglais/collec/coll_d.htm
The Louvre has been a medieval fortress, palace of the kings of France, and,
for the last two hundred years, a museum. The Louvre's world-famous collections
include great art works dating from ancient times through the present.
Vatican
Museum
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html
The Vatican Museum houses some of the world's greatest literary and art treasures.
The museum collection can be traced back to 1503 when Pope Julius II placed
a statue of Apollo in the internal courtyard of the Belvedere Palace.
Tenochtitlan:
Ancient City
http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/anc_city.html
When Spaniards arrived in Tenochtitlan, they were impressed by the splendid
design and cleanliness of this city, one of the greatest metropolises in the
world at the time. See what the Spaniards saw on this site.
HISTORY
Indian
History
http://www.hiindia.com/arts/docs/history.htm
Various invasions have changed the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and the
mixing of diverse cultural elements into its complex civilization is a strong
feature of India's history. See this site to learn about ancient India, Medieval
India, the Mughal Empire, Islamic Influence, and many other phases of India's
colorful history.
CULTURE
Culinary
History
http://www.nypl.org:80/research/chss/grd/resguides/culryla.html
Food and drink touch all aspects of human culture and history. This site from
the New York Public Library offers a research guide into the history of food.
The
Native American Adventure
http://www.indians.org/
This stunning and extensive web site is the place to go for anyone interested
in anything Native American.
Costumes
Period and Styles
http://www.tulane.edu/~hughl/Period.Styles/Costumes/text/Cost.Per_Styles.html
This site is for students of clothing styles from many eras including Gothic,
Renaissance, Early Italian, High Renaissance, Reformation, Elizabethan, Baroque,
and Georgian.
SCIENCE
Museum
of the History of Science, Oxford
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/
On this site you can see such special exhibits as that of Danish astronomer
Tycho Brahe. Other pages cover such topics as mathematics and its application
in Renaissance Europe.
LITERATURE
Mr.
William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/default.htm
A guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet, including links to primary
texts, information on the Globe Theatre, and aspects of Shakespearean theatrical
performance.