PBS
Pbs: The Story of India: Taj Mahal
A picture of the impressive Taj Mahal dominates the site, but there is also a brief video where our guide discusses the mysterious history and architecture. Clicking on "Explore the Topic" provides more information on the architecture....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Course Syllabi
Smarthistory is an "Open Educational Resource". This resource has a growing collection of videos and essays that focus on the art of Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Islamic world, and Oceania.
Curated OER
Unesco: Syria: Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
Some 40 villages grouped in eight parks situated in north-western Syria provide remarkable testimony to rural life in late Antiquity and during the Byzantine period. Abandoned in the 8th to 10th centuries, the villages, which date from...
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Interactive Nolli Map of Rome: 1748 Map of Rome
Interactive Nolli Map introduces students to Rome and the structure of its urban form based on the work of eighteenth-century Italian architect Giambattista Nolli. Using the map engine, navigate through the city at a variety of scales,...
INTERNET Red 2000
All About Spain: Travel and Tourism
An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information.
INTERNET Red 2000
All About Spain: Todo Sobre Espana
An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information. In Spanish and German also.
Peabody Essex Museum
Peabody Essex Museum: A Late Qing Dynasty Home
A multimedia-rich exhibition that explores the traditional Chinese home of the Huang family. With excellent photographs and cross-sections of the structure of the home and its surroundings. Includes a fascinating genealogy of the family...
Boston College
Digital Archive of Architecture: Ionic Pillar
Here is a photo of an ionic column in the Erechtheum.
Other
Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation: Islamic Art Network
This resource presents a treasure trove of scholarly resources on the art and architectural history of Islam. A work in process, the network's resources focus principally on Cairo but are expected, over time, to move outward to cover the...
Curated OER
National Park Service: North Carolina State Capitol
A teaching unit designed for grades 5-12. Students will examine North Carolina's early history and learn how Raleigh became the state's permanent capital. They will also probe into the building history of North Carolina's State House and...
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Rococo Style
This website gives the history of the Rococo, a style of decoration in Europe and France in the 18th century. It applies to other forms of art, but not architecture. Provides related links.
Other
Pearson Education: Chapter Summary: Fourteenth Century Art in Europe [Pdf]
Excerpted textbook chapter includes background information about Europe in the fourteenth century and then focuses on architecture, visual arts, and literary works from Italy, France, England, and the Holy Roman Empire. Numerous images...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye
Le Corbusier's famous dictum, that "The house should be a machine for living in," is perfectly realized within the forms, layout, materials, and siting of the Villa Savoye. View pictures and details of this house on this site.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mission Churches as Theaters of Conversion in New Spain
Mission churches, which followed a similar architectural plan but varied in terms of decoration, are among the earliest examples of colonial architecture. View pictures and read the history of these mission churches, or conventos, in New...
World InfoZone
World Info Zone: Barbados
Great resource that is full of useful information about the Caribbean Island of Barbados. Content includes geography, environment, architecture, religion, food, history, economy, arts, sports, and news. Be sure to look at the fact sheet...
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