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Christus Rex
This is one of the most visited websites and one that has won a lot of awards for presentation. Some hundred images are offered - for each of the chapters of this art-historical site: Vatican City, Capella Sistina, The Raphael Stanze and Loggia, The Vatican Museums, Franciscans in Malta and the Holy Land, Capharnaum: The Town of Jesus, Bethlehem: The Birthplace of Jesus, Nazareth: The Flower of Galilee.
Splendors of Christendom A Worldwide Tour of Churches, this is another part, once again divided into many chapters. Take a virtual tour of churches, cloisters and cathedrals all over the world (among them: Assisi, Modena, Ottawa, Russia, Hungary) with internal and external views, frescoes, altars and paintings.
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Leonardo da Vinci Museum (Vinci, Italy)
The Leonardo Museum, located in Vinci, Italy, offers not only a biographical time line, photos from Vinci and historical information but a
lot more. The museums features many models of Leonardo's machines: from military machines to building-construction machines, to instruments
for scientific use. You'll find 18 of them in the first hall and 22 in the
second, each presented and described with precise reference to
Leonardo's drafts and notes.
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Leonardo da Vinci Web-Museum
This is one of the most popular and comprehensive websites on Leonardo: With many of his art works, oil paintings, drawings and etchings. You'll find in the East Wing: Oil paintings, including "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper"; in the West Wing: Engineering and futuristic designs, including fantastic weapons, flying machines and water transport systems; in th North Wing: Drawings and sketches, including illustrations, anatomical sketches and unfinished works; and finally in the South Wing: Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci, a historical exhibit.
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Rembrandt van Rijn
These pages are a product of the Rembrandt project aiming at putting together a comprehensive catalog of Rembrandt's paintings. A series of texts explains his particular painting techniques, a great number of quicktime videos with explanations and interpretations (of the "Night Watchman" for example) can be downloaded. But caution! The smallest video has 5.2 MB, the biggest nearly 10 MB!
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Cappella Sistina and Michelangelo
This site offers a really great number of images from this famous church, including more than 60 images of Michelangelo's "Last Judegement" and almost 20 images of the chapel ceiling, painted by him.
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Albrecht Dürer
The (Hungarian) Web Gallery of Art presents a detailed biography, 18 graphical works and 8 paintings, altarpieces, Adam and Eve, The Four Apostels
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Andrea Palladio
The Italian architect Andrea Palladio and his buildings are presented at this website. The principles of this brilliant designer of Italian villas have exercised great influence on architects since the Renaissance. This online memorial shows a detailed analysis of his construction secrets, a virtual tour of five villas near Venice, his life story and a timetable of Venice.
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