The Arts

All CD-ROM titles are for room use only.

 

Ancient Egyptian Art: Showcases the Brooklyn Museum's collection of Egyptian art, including hieroglyphics and statues, with descriptive information. You can also view the artifacts in large format for close study. MCS 355

 

Electronic Library of Art (Impressionism, Renaissance Masters I & II, Survey of Western Art): An electric slide library that allows searching by artist, title, medium, date, school, or object. Includes painting, sculpture, and architecture, with explanatory text and biographical material for many artists. MCS 359, 360, 361, 356

 

Escher Interactive: Video biography of M. C. Escher with a gallery of over 600 works, and animations and games that teach about perspective and distortion. MCS 483

 

Great Paintings: Renaissance to Impressionism: The Frick Collection: Includes 241 full-color images of paintings from the Frick, accompanied by descriptive information and biographies of the artists. MCS 476

 

Le Louvre: The Palace and Its Paintings: An interactive visit to the world's grandest art museum. MCS 472

 

Leonardo da Vinci: Explores da Vinci's artworks and documents including all of his known paintings. It also presents the story of the Codex Leicester and his theories on geology, astronomy, and the movement of water. MCS 545

 

Magill's Survey of Cinema (1993 ed.): Contains citations and abstracts from over 14,000 classic and contemporary films, including full-text reviews, and story-line summaries for 4000 films. Also has credit information and other film details. MCS 485

 

Microsoft Art Gallery: The Collection of the National Gallery, London: Includes 2000 color reproductions of paintings, information about the artists and their works, spoken names of artists, and animations. MCS 317

 

Modern Art: Virtual tour of the museum of the Marguerite and Aimé Maeght Foundation. MCS 430

 

National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution: Video, slide shows and sound showcase more than 750 major works of art with complete background information on the artists and commentary on the works. Has extensive search and play tools, as well as American art reference volumes. MCS 532

 

 

SIM City 2000: City simulator that allows the user to design, build, and customize any city. MCS 575

 

SIRS Renaissance: Current Perspectives on the Arts and Humanities: Database of subject-searchable articles and graphics from 500 publications pertaining to architecture, design, culture, literature, music, film, radio, television, video, the performing arts, philosophy, religion and the visual arts. MCS 463

 

Total Television: The Ultimate TV Encyclopedia: Includes live action video, photos, a trivia game, interactive TV history timeline, and a searchable database on television programs from 1948 to the mid 1990s. MCS 628

 

Starry Night: Examines in detail Van Gogh's masterpiece "Starry Night" and places it in historical context. It includes 250 images, along with Van Gogh's correspondence, illustrations, and essays on stellar phenomena in the works of other painters. MCS 474


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