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Symbolism
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Buddhist Art & Architecture 
 Images and information on Indonesia's Borobodur Temple; India's Hill of Sanchi; the image of the Buddha (canon of physical proportions), the symbolism of stupas and mandalas, Mudras, Tibetan art, and thangkas. From BuddhaNet. http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm Topics: Architecture, Art by Region, Faiths, Schools of Art Last updated Oct 5, 2003 George Washington: A National Treasure
Presents the first U.S. president through an exploration of the Landsdowne portrait of him by Gilbert Stuart. The site provides an interactive, detailed look at the portrait, using symbolic, biographic, and artistic filters. The site also has a chronology of Washington's life, a Town Hall with several discussion forums, a section for children, and more. From the Smithsonian. http://georgewashington.si.edu/ Topics: Presidents by Name, Schools of Art Last updated Feb 15, 2007 Guernica: Testimony of War
Devoted to Pablo Picasso's Guernica , commissioned for the Spanish Pavillion of the 1937 World's Fair. Includes a timeline, and information on the Spanish Civil War, Franco, and the bombing of Guernica, Spain. Also explores the symbolism and artistic process behind the creation of the mural. From the PBS site Treasures of the World . http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/guernica_nav/main_guerfrm.html Topics: Art by Region, History By Place, Schools of Art, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Feb 20, 2003 Melencolia I: Albrecht Dürer
Devoted to the life and work of artist Albrecht Dürer. Includes images of Dürer's woodcuts and engravings; a profile of Nüremberg, Germany, during the Renaissance; a guide to symbols featured in Renaissance art; and technical information on printmaking. Also explores themes of melancholy in Dürer's work and Renaissance music, and past and present perceptions of clinical depression. From the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www2.hammer.ucla.edu/etc/durer/ Topics: Artists, Arts and Humanities, Mental Conditions, Schools of Art Last updated Feb 7, 2004 Tibetan Healing Mandala
This companion to an exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution features information about the mandala ("a geometric composition wherein deities reside") and Tibetan Buddhism. "In response to the September 11 tragedies, twenty Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery constructed a sand mandala" at the gallery. View images of the exhibit and time-lapse photos of the mandala construction process. http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/mandala/ Topics: Art by Region, Faiths, Photograph Collections: Regional, Schools of Art Last updated Dec 16, 2003 |
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