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Lost and Found: Edmonia Lewis's Cleopatra     A long-missing masterwork, The Death of Cleopatra is now on display. Shows a half dozen related works. From Cleopatra Overview http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/lewis/intro.html

More Than Meets the Eye     Japanese Art in the Asia Society Collection. Virtual exhibition of more than 25 objects in a collection. In the spring of 1998, the Asia Society offered a rare opportunity to view Japanese art of the highest quality from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. From Asia Society: More Than Meets the Eye: Japanese Art in the Asia Society Collection http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/japan/

African Craftspeople and Cooperatives     Dedicated to bringing the arts and the artisans of Africa online. Craftspeople, product designers and shops. Artisan web pages, retailers offering a wide selection of traditional and contemporary artifacts, arts and clothing. From AfricanCraft.com: Craftspeople http://www.africancrafts.com/artist/index.htm

Bamboo masterworks     Japanese Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection. Here you will find a collection of 25 images from the exhibition, along with a detailed essay which should help provide some context and historical background to the work being presented. In addition, Energy and Strength in Balance: The Bamboo Basket Art of Fujinuma Noboru, an article by Robert Coffland, published initially in Orientations Magazine and reproduced here in full, examines the trajectory of a renowned post-war bamboo basket artist, Fujinuma Noboru whose works are on view at the Asia Society. From Asia Society - Arts & Culture http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/baskets/

Congo gorilla forest     Online version of the Bronx Zoo's most spectacular exhibit ever, has animal facts, an online game and a virtual tour of the brand new Congo Gorilla Forest. The exhibit is designed to get people involved in saving the African rain forest, and to solicit donations. From home http://www.congogorillaforest.com/home.html

Restoration of Shaw memorial     Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment honors one of the first African-American units of the Civil War. Artist and his working methods, historical background on Shaw and the regiment, the memorial and its conservation, text from the exhibition, and teaching resources. From NGA -- Shaw Memorial Home Page http://www.nga.gov/feature/shaw/

The Potters of Mata Ortiz     On the high plains of Chihuahua in northern Mexico, about 150 miles from the Arizona, New Mexico or Texas borders, lies the small remote village of Mata Ortiz, which has recently become known for its production of exquisite, handmade, decorative pottery, reviving a lost ceramic tradition dating back to prehistoric times. From OneWorld Magazine: The Potters of Mata Ortiz http://www.oneworldmagazine.org/gallery/matao/

Secrets of Easter Island     Story of a team of archaeologists and a 75-person crew who sought to unravel a central mystery of Easter Island: how hundreds of giant stone statues that dominate the island's coast were moved and erected. For one month, the team struggled to raise a 10-ton moai, using only the tools and materials available to the ancient Easter Islanders. From NOVA Online | Secrets of Easter Island http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/

Ethnography of Lewis and Clark     Brief site displaying a handful of ethnographic objects collected by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, or Thomas Jefferson during the Corps of Discovery expedition. From ERROR http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/Lewis_and_Clark/

Conservation of Ram in the Thicket     The so-called "Ram" (actually a goat) has long been the subject of curiosity by museum-goers and scholars. What is it? How was it constructed? How did the excavator, Sir Leonard Woolley, piece it together after it had been crushed under the weight of the earth for thousands of years? Some of these questions were answered as the "Ram" underwent new conservation work, almost 70 years after its initial discovery and reconstruction. From Conservation of “The Ram in the Thicket” @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Collections/ramconservation.html

Exploring Origami     The art of paper folding began in China, but it spread to Japan by the sixth century C.E. Over the centuries, it became an integral part of Japanese culture. Paper butterflies symbolized the bride and groom at weddings; folding a thousand paper cranes became a traditional way to ensure a long and healthy life. From Exploratorium Magazine: The Body http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/

Exploring ancient worlds: Trojan's Rome     Who was emperor Trajan? Why did he build the massive Forum of Trajan? What kinds of artworks were in Trajan's Forum and why were they there? What other kinds of art works were made in ancient Greece and Rome? Particularly useful to teachers. From Exploring An Ancient World: Four Online Resources http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/Trajan/welcome.html

Michelangelo Buonarroti     Michelangelo Buonarroti and his times. Three brief sections of his early, middle and late life. Quite attractive, but minimally interactive. From Michelangelo Buonarroti http://www.michelangelo.com/buonarroti.html

Treasures of the World     Stories of several treasures valued beyond price. Traces the growing fame of several cultural icons as they brush up against the events and personalities of their time: tales of mishap and madness, inspiration and intrigue, devotion and discovery. Theft of the Mona Lisa, Guernica, Fabergé Eggs, Hope Diamond, Taj Mahal, Borobudur. From Treasures of the World Home Page http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/