Art Links - Art of the Middle Ages

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Images of Medieval Art and Architecture
Many images provided by Alison Stones of Medieval Architecture mostly in England France. A glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture by Jane Vadnal is also included.
www1.pitt.edu/~medar./index.html

Medieval Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fifty images of highlights in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=17

The Glory of Byzantium -An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, explores the art of the second golden age of Byzantine art (843-1261). The website also includes examples of art from the first golden age of Byzantine art (324-730) and the late period, which ended with the Turkish conquest in 1453.
www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzhome.html

Byzantine Churches and Monasteries- An excellent survey of a number of Byzantine churches and monasteries, including the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (with some QuickTime movies!)
www.patriarchate.org/ecumenical_patriarchate/chapter_./index.html

Islamic Architecture- Textual and visual resources for the study of Islamic architecture at MIT's Rotch Library and Rotch Visual Collections.
http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/islamicarchitecture/

The Art of the Scythians in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Finds from burial complexes in the Crimea, Kuban basin and in the valleys of the Dnieper and Don rivers. The collection includes an abundance of articles of applied art, with objects created in the Scythian Animal style as well as items made by Greek craftsmen.
www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_6.html

The Salisbury Project- Marion E. Roberts's Salisbury Project is an archive of color photographs of the cathedral (interior and exterior) and town of Salisbury in England.
jefferson.village.virginia.edu/salisbury/docs/salisbury.html

The Oeuvre of Notre-Dame, Paris -The building of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
www.oeuvre-notre-dame.org/gb/histoire/Histoire.htm

Amiens Cathedral Project -The great Gothic Cathedral of Amiens is presented by Columbia University art the Media Center for Art History with images of the exterior, interior, and sculpture program, plus texts, computer graphics, Flash animation, and QuickTime movies.
www.learn.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/Amiens.html