Art and Civilizations: Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas in the Louvre.Art and Civilizations: Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas in the Louvre Louvre (l  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. . Glenview, IL: Crystal Productions (www.crystalproductions
.com), CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , 32 MB Ram Pentium+, WIN95+ or MAC PowerPC with OS7.5+, $39.95. (For sample or digital images call Crystal Productions, 1-800-657-8149.) As a multi-criteria reference tool, this CD provides a comprehensive presentation of 113 masterworks related to authority, daily activities, the supernatural, or symbols in the Louvre's collection. Through the technology of QuickTime VR The virtual reality version of QuickTime. It allows subjects to be viewed on screen in 3D space. Scenes are compiled from renderings or from multiple still shots taken of all sides. See QuickTime. , you see them in the round by rotating them through 360 degrees and zooming in on details. The commentary addresses history, function, life-style, and prevailing beliefs of the societies from which the objects came. Features include: printable print·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being printed or of producing a print: printable negatives. 2. Fit for publication: printable language. texts, iconographic i·co·nog·ra·phy n. pl. i·co·nog·ra·phies 1. a. Pictorial illustration of a subject. b. The collected representations illustrating a subject. 2. documents, close-up photographs, forty minutes of original sound documents (archival films, photographs, musical extracts), and 105 minutes of aesthetic commentaries. Probably the next best thing to experiencing the works firsthand. Highly recommended for middle and high-school libraries. |
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