Today's entry is a bit off the beaten path. Images of Women in Ancient Art is a site was written as a requirement for the honors seminar in art history of the same title.
This not the sort of thing I go looking for, but I may in the future. Though a scholarly site, the information is fascinating and quite readable. The images include a multitude of archeological gems that are large and clear... some I've only seen as tiny bits in a textbook. They begin to mean something at the size and clarity shown.
Areas studied include women in: (1) Prehistory, (2) Egypt, (3) the Aegean, (4) Palestine, (5) Greece, and (6) Barbarian Women. This last includes Wild Women: The Amazons. Each entry includes links to other sites and many links to references. Author of the site is Chris Witcombe, Professor of Art History, Sweet Briar College in Virginia.
This not the sort of thing I go looking for, but I may in the future. Though a scholarly site, the information is fascinating and quite readable. The images include a multitude of archeological gems that are large and clear... some I've only seen as tiny bits in a textbook. They begin to mean something at the size and clarity shown.
Areas studied include women in: (1) Prehistory, (2) Egypt, (3) the Aegean, (4) Palestine, (5) Greece, and (6) Barbarian Women. This last includes Wild Women: The Amazons. Each entry includes links to other sites and many links to references. Author of the site is Chris Witcombe, Professor of Art History, Sweet Briar College in Virginia.
