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08/20/2008
Study: Cost often not factor when picking college (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Even if a student plans on a major where the financial rewards aren't so obvious, such as art history or philosophy, most American families don't factor in their child's expected earning power when considering the potential debt load for college.
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08/20/2008
Emotion affects college debt decision (The Oklahoman)
NEW YORK — Even if a student plans on a major where the financial rewards aren't so obvious, such as art history or philosophy, most American families don't factor in their child's expected earning power when considering the potential debt load for college. That's according to a study released today by student lender Sallie Mae, which also found 40 percent of families don't limit their search ...
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08/19/2008
Professor Michael Baxandall: Influential art historian with a rigorously cerebral approach to the study of painting ... (Independent)
Michael Baxandall was one of the greatest and most influential art historians of the second half of the 20th century, responsible for the introduction of ideas about language and rhetoric into the study of works of art and a key figure in establishing art history as a subject with its own intellectual rigour.
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08/18/2008
Portrait of an Iranian-American: Bay Area Artist Mahshid Modares (Payvand Iran News)
Mahshid Modares is an artist, art historian and art collector. She received her B.F.A. in painting from Azad University, Tehran, in 1995, and her M.A. in art history from San Jose State University, California, in 2006.
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08/20/2008
Business brief (Chicago Sun-Times)
Survey links politics with shopping habits
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08/20/2008
Tyler School of Art will relocate (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Tyler School of Art was founded in Elkins Park as an idyllic retreat where students could get away from the distractions of the city and immerse themselves totally in the arts.
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08/17/2008
Arts education is in the eyes of the beholden (The News Journal)
Art history class, with those projector-slide pictures of paintings colorfully exploding on a blank screen, pointed Reese toward a career of teaching children how to appreciate art as more than just learning how to stop and smell the roses.
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08/20/2008
Date Book (The St. Charles Sun)
Blackberry Farm's Pioneer Village: Pioneer Village is a living history museum on 54 acres at 100 S. Barnes Road, Aurora. Open daily. $4.25/$3.75, residents; $3/$5, non-residents. (630) 892-1550, Ext. 0. www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org
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08/19/2008
I was there. Just ask Photoshop. (International Herald Tribune)
As image-editing software grows in sophistication and ubiquity, alterations go far beyond removing red-eye and whitening teeth.
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08/20/2008
Scholars getting better at detecting masterpiece from fake (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Vincent van Gogh's masterpieces have inspired both young artists and prospective forgers seeking to recreate his vivid landscapes and portraits.
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  • About.com: Art History - Online community and resource guide for the artists and art periods of the past.
  • Andres Blaisten Museum - Masterpieces of Mexican Art from the XIX and XX Centuries from private collections.
  • ARC International - The Art Renewal Center - Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.
  • Art Cellar Exchange: Millenium Archive - The Art Cellar Exchange's alterego, Arty, looks back at some of the most significant art work produced in modern history and their impact on life today and in the coming millennium.
  • 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.
  • Art History at Loggia - Explores the history of art with information about artists, styles, and periods. Includes resources and reference materials about art history, searchable database, and forums.
  • Art History with Michelli - The Art Browser divides categories of resources by time period and their movements.
  • Art in the Picture.com - Offers an introduction to visual art history. Famous artist's galleries and biographies, movements, major museums.
  • Artists and Ancestors - Exhibtion of miniature portraits from XVIII - XX century, information about artists and sitters.
  • ArtMagick - Virtual art gallery displaying paintings and poetry from art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries with an emphasis on displaying works of art by artists who have been forgotten or neglected in recent years.
  • ArtMuseum.net - Internet-based art museum experience, includes specialized exhibitions with emphasis on background information not normally available to the public.
  • Audio Recordings of Great Works of Art - Exploring the aural aura of masterworks as found in the sounds in the immediate locations of highly regarded paintings, sculptures, and other artworks.
  • Carol Gerten's Virtual Art Museum - Broad gallery that includes biographies and images for hundreds of well-known American, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Japanese artists.
  • Christian Art and Artists from Late Medieval to Modern - Examples illustrating the development of Christian art, from the Christian Traveler's Guides.
  • Delineavit et Sculpsit - The Internet stepping stone for all those interested in Old Master prints and drawings: publications, events, links to the world's main print rooms, and the periodical Delineavit et Sculpsit.
  • The Getty Provenance Index - Collects and disseminates information related to the history of collecting and the provenance of individual works of art.
  • HuntFor Art History - Quick reference for all periods in the art history, images and links.
  • Lübeck's Dance of Death - Dances of Death in Lübeck, Tallinn, Berlin and Denmark. Pictures, books and primary sources. Several books are reproduced.
  • Mark Harden's Artchive - An art archive with thousands of images that are accessed through an alphabetical list of artist's names and art styles. Covers every style of art from ancient and African to impressionist and modern.
  • Mexican Masks - Collection of authentic danced masks from Mexico and Guatemala with discussions and comments on the art of collecting and other curious observations. Antique masks, patination techniques, insect infestation, techniques of collecting.
  • Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World - A site exploring the enduring fascination of the Mona Lisa, including history, parodies, homages and comments from site visitors.
  • New Deal Art During the Great Depression - Information and photographs of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. There are biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.
  • OCAIW: Art Images on the Web - Orazio Centaro's site. Includes a long alphabetical listing of artists and includes links to images that reside on both the OCAIW site and other artist sites on the Web.
  • Resources in Art History for Graduate Students - This newsletter lists grants, fellowships, internships, conferences, publication and study abroad opportunities for graduate students in art history and closely related areas.
  • Sister Wendy's American Collection - From PBS - Sister Wendy Beckett, nun and art commentator, takes viewers on a tour through six of America's greatest art museums.
  • University of Texas - Byzantine Medieval Hypertexts - Discussing the theory of hypertext and its medieval application in Byzantine manuscripts, using examples from the Theodore Psalter, a manuscript created in 1066.
  • WebMuseum: Famous Paintings - Offers images and historical context for artists and art movements ranging from Gothic and Renaissance to Impressionism and Pop.
  • World Art Treasures - Based on the Jacques-Edouard Berger collection of images of art objects and essays devoted to the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe.
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