The database is designed to support classroom discussions and museum visits. The Search Function is correlated with the Art Humanities syllabus to reinforce the ideas and themes presented in class. Students enrolled in Art Humanities may register to create study portfolios of images that may be saved and modified throughout the semester of enrollment. This site is password protected and available only to students currently enrolled in the Art Humanities program. The Home Page for the Masterpieces of Western Art database provides a digital teaching and learning environment for use by faculty and students.
Digital technology offers new and often unexpected advantages in teaching the visual arts.
This example shows an arrangements of images used for discussing the pediment sculptures from the Parthenon. At the top left, an 18th century drawing of the pediment of the Parthenon is compared to a view of the pediment as it exists today and a sculpture removed from that pediment today located in the British Museum is displayed at the loser left. The Search Result Page from the database with an enlargement of Plato and Aristotle from Raphael's School of Athens. Images of female portraiture by Picasso, Rembrandt, Bernini and Raphael.