The main feature of the site is its multimedia database of Celtic-related images, maps, timelines, and vocabulary aids complete with spoken pronunciations. Images can be viewed by period, material, object, and country. Provides basic information and some unusual aspects of art history and theory. World Wide Arts Resources Excellent starting point for art on the Web. Carefully researched and presented by Roy Evans, the site introduces the user to Giotto, an art historical legend, and presents Giotto's fresco representation of the lives of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.
Users can browse through the frescos, zooming in on details.
Giotto is often regarded as a founder of modern painting since he broke with the painting conventions of his day and attempted to depict three-dimensional figures in space on a flat surface. The frescos in the Scrovegni Chapel show the full scope of this artistic revolution. The images are grouped topically, as they were covered in the class. Each section contains a number of thumbnails each of which leads to a full-sized JPEG image. It should be noted that the images are not individually labelled, but instead each section offers a description list at the bottom of the page.