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Pbs Nova: Secrets of Easter Island
This site is after a PBS special on NOVA, "Secrets of Easter Island". Archaeologists and a crew tried to find out how the huge statues were created and physically moved around the island. If you can't find the information here that you...
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Nova Online: Special Effects, Titanic and Beyond
This site is on special effects. Play a game and learn "where the science of perception meets the art of special effects."
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Permanent Collection comprises some 17,000 artworks. This includes historic and contemporary, paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, decorative arts, video, as well as other materials that may be considered...
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Pbs: Nova: Lost Treasures of Tibet: Deciphering Buddha Imagery
Interactive presentation explains the many ways that the Buddha is represented in art. Discusses the symbolic nature of his appearance as well as the Buddha's characteristic hand gestures, or mudras.
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Nova Roma
This site is dedicated to the study and restoration of ancient Roman culture. Site allows student to apply for Roman citizenship and live as a Roman! Delve into the religion, the philosophy, the virtues, the art, and more - of ancient Rome.
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Pbs Nova: Restoring of a Buddhist Wall Painting
It's amazing how restoration of artwork can really bring it back to life! See how nine Buddhist paintings were drastically changed by restoration viewing their before and after pictures.
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Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Jan Van Eyck
This online gallery contains copies of many van Eyck paintings. Also includes a link to view his biography. A good source for reports and papers.
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Pbs: World in the Balance: Material World
Photographer Peter Menzel takes us into the lives of five very different families from around the world. The vision for his art is to capture the large discrepancy that exists between the rich and the poor.
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Pbs Nova: Eastern Island Moai (Stone Sculptures)
Easter Island's famous carvings, called moai, bear silent witness to the collapse of the Polynesian culture that once thrived there. View these massive artworks and read about the deforestation of the island. An excellent site for...
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Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Nova Scotia
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Nova Scotia."
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia: The Inside Current
This is a lesson plan for Grade 8 that focuses on ocean currents and wind patterns. Part of it looks at the lessons learned from studying the flow of the rubber ducks accidentally dumped into the north Pacific Ocean in 1992.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Joseph Howe
(1804-1873) Canadian statesman and leader of Nova Scotia.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edmund Fanning
(1739-1818) Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia and of St. John's Island. Born in the colony of New York, he was driven from his home during the American Revolution and was commissioned by British General William Howe. He raised a...