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World Heritage
World Heritage: Elegant site from UNESCO explaining the choice of certain buildings and sites as World Heritage. List with pictures and information available on each. French and English language options. (History)
http://whc.unesco.org/ |
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Cupola
Cupola: A picture gallery of cupolas, architecture, art, and picturesque landscapes from around the world. Also US state capitol building histories, wordplay, FAQ and Autocad links. (History)
http://www.cupola.com/ |
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Digital Images of Historic Architecture
Digital Images of Historic Architecture: Galleries of photographs of European and North American architecture from Classical to Post-Modern, whole facades and details, with explanations, by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College, US. (History)
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ |
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Architectural History
Architectural History: General outline from architecture student Oki, plus specific information on Egyptian, Roman and 19th-20th century architecture and design. [Geocities pop-ups and music.] (History)
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/4460/arch.html |
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Art Historians' Guide to the Movies
Art Historians' Guide to the Movies: A record by Craig Eliason of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies, arranged by period. (History)
http://personal1.stthomas.edu/cdeliason/ahgttm.htm |
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Great Buildings Online
Great Buildings Online: Documents hundreds of buildings and leading architects across the world with 3D models, photographs and drawings, commentaries, biographies and bibliographies. Searchable. (History)
http://www.greatbuildings.com |
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Architecture Through the Ages
Architecture Through the Ages: An introduction to world architecture produced by American teenagers through Think Quest. Images, discussion and bibliography for Egyptian, Chinese, Aztec, Mayan, Greek Roman and Gothic buildings. (History)
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/ |
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Thais 4000 Years of Architecture
Thais 4000 Years of Architecture: A photographic guide to Egyptian, Greek, Islamic and Romanesque architecture, indexed by localities, subjects and periods. (History)
http://www.thais.it/architettura/default_uk.htm |
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World Art Treasures
World Art Treasures: Images of a range of ancient and historic art and architecture from the collection of slides in the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland. (History)
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/ |
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Cities and Buildings Image Database
Cities and Buildings Image Database: A searchable photographic database of buildings from around the world and across the ages, designed by the University of Washington's Architecture, History and Art History Departments. (History)
http://content.lib.washington.edu/buildingsweb/index.html |
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ArtServe
ArtServe: A huge collection of images of architecture across the world, with an emphasis on the Mediterranean region, Australia and Japan, collated by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University. (History)
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/ |
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Digital Archive of Architecture
Digital Archive of Architecture: Images of buildings in Europe and America from prehistoric to 20th century by Prof. Jeffrey Howe of Boston College, USA. (History)
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/ |
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UCLA Cultural VR Lab
UCLA Cultural VR Lab: The University of California develops Virtual Reality models of ancient and historic buildings around the world. Mission, staff profiles, computer-generated reconstructions. (History)
http://www.cvrlab.org/ |
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Glass Steel and Stone
Glass Steel and Stone: Offers photographs and descriptions of outstanding buildings across the world, historic and modern. (History)
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com |
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SPIRO: Architecture Slide Library
SPIRO: Architecture Slide Library: Online images from the large collection of slides at the University of California at Berkeley. Can be searched by period, place, building name, personal name, subject type. (History)
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse_spiro_form.html |
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Information: The study of structures built in periods earlier than the last fifty years, including those who commissioned, designed, built, altered and used them.
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