03 December 2006
01 December 2006
artists and art...the-artists.org
by jlesage & 1 other
extended visual, biographical, and textual database of 20th Century and contemporary visual artists
22 November 2006
ArtLex on New Media
by jlesage
entry in big art site has many links and hypertext connections to trace out; useful
Sharpening 101
by jlesage & 1 other
an explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds
Jo’s Toolkit for grassroots and student journalists
by jlesage
tips and links for lots of aspects of the media, both print and visual
21 November 2006
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
by jlesage
Geography courses, both present and past, with exercises, links, bibliography. Also see Urban Studies and American Indian Studies. Understanding place as cultural should inform both fiction and non-fiction film.
20 November 2006
Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
by jlesage & 4 others
portal to essays, museums, art work web reproductions
Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs
by jlesage
"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
by jlesage
large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
Theories of Internet Culture and Internet Textuality by Janez Strehovec, Ph.D.
by jlesage
useful and intriguingly designed website, with resources such as essays, links, keywords and definitions pages
Picture This: Literary Theory and the Study of Visual Culture
by jlesage
by Paul Jay, Univ. of Chicago
Nicholas Mirzoeff : An Introduction to Visual Culture (Routledge, 1999)
by jlesage
Introduction to book, tells basic concepts, history
16 November 2006
Sequence Analysis
by jlesage & 1 other
by a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
illusions.html
by jlesage
a page of links to visual illusions and their explanations; kids love these
Book Review of "Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization"
by jlesage
Filmmakers and writers need to be aware of the history and social practice "spoken" by spaces and places. This is about the politics of gardens.
12 November 2006
'The Science Of Ghosts' - Derrida In 'Ghost Dance' (1983)
by jlesage
Derrida plays himself in 1983 film about concepts of memory; he says he is here a ghost in the art of ghosts, cinema. Many clips from this film found here
11 November 2006
Literary Theory. Literary Criticism
by jlesage
very large site, also contains links for art and film, among other things, lots of branching possiblities
06 November 2006
howstuffismade.org
by jlesage
visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty
