Web Linkings

Web Linkings: Art & Spirit

Library Resources:
WWW Virtual Library: Spirituality & Consciousness— 1000+ links to meditation, mystic, & yoga
WWW Virtual Library: Art History— maintained by Birkbeck College, University of London
Art History Library (UiO)— well-organized resources from University of Oslo
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Art— sources on literature & art
Art Resources:
World Wide Arts Resources— comprehensive catalog of visual arts, galleries & museums
Native American Art Resources on the Internet— artists, group exhibits, and study guides
ArtServe: Art & Architecture from the Mediterranean— 80,000 art images to explore
Illustration List (Prof. Dennis' Art History 202)— 122 artists from Renaissance to Post-Modernism
Spiritual Resources:
World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts— illumined words in 21 chapters
Noosphere: An Emerging Web of Consciousness— New Age sites exploring consciousness
Wisdom Goldenrod— Center for Philosophic Studies: Forums, Links, Chat, Publications
The Gnosis Archive— Platonism, Hermeticism, Kabbalah, Mysticism
Alchemy Virtual Library— sacred images for spiritual transformation
Museums & Art Galleries:
WebMuseum, Paris— paintings indexed by 132 artists & 8 themes
Sistine Chapel: Extended Tour (325 images)— Michelangelo's masterpieces frame by frame
Raphael Stanza at the Vatican (226 images)— see the philosophers at "School of Athens"
WebMuseum: Sandro Botticelli— visit Venus in her garden or her birth at sea
Vermeer Clickable Map— thumbnails of all 35 Vermeer paintings!
M. C. Escher: Life & Work— 24 of Escher's artwork arranged chronologically
Asian Arts— On-line journal for study & exhibition of Asian art
Art of the Spirit:
Dürer: "Melencolia I" (1514)— angel in contemplation (What is puzzling the angel?)
Hakuin: "The Bridge of Mama" (1766)— an old Zen Master's drawing
Escher: "Liberation" (1955)— Free from paper! Free as a bird! Free at last!
Bev Dolittle: "The Forest Has Eyes" (1985)— camouflage art: how many faces can you find?
Poems of the Spirit:
Kakuan: "Ten Bulls" (12th century)— Zen stages of enlightenment (Illustrated by Tomikichiro Tokuriki)
K'uo-an: "Ten Bulls" (12th century)— another version with paintings by Master Jikihara
Wordsworth: "Tintern Abbey" (1798)— a poet's experience of cosmic consciousness
Rilke: "Just as the Winged Energy of Delight" (1924)— "inside human beings is where God learns"
Interesting Reading:
Paul Brunton: "The Arts in Culture"— insight from a sage's Notebooks,Vol. 9 (1987)
Allura Westly: "Expanded Perception Through Art"— an artist on her inspiration
Mark Harden: "Vermeer in Washington"— National Gallery of Art Exhibit (11-12-95 to 2-11-96)
David R. Noack: "Visiting Museums Virtually"— from Internet World(October 1995)
Ernst Gombrich: "Art is Long..."— an editorial from Leonardomagazine, Vol. 28, No. 4 (1995)