Early American art
Subtitle: a window on history & culture
By: [project director, David Brigham ; research and photographic coordination, Laura K. Mills]
Publisher: Worcester Art Museum
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Worcester, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: American Art; Interactive multimedia; Social life and customs; History
Other titles: Window on history & culture; Window on history and culture; Art, history and culture
Description: An interactive program of images, narration, hyperlinked text and sound, providing a window on the American colonies and early Republic, 1670-1830, through an examination of period portraits and landscape paintings, furniture, silver, architecture and architectural drawings, poetry, music, and documents. The section "One family" takes a close look at the Salisbury family of Boston and Worcester, Mass. Also includes study questions, source materials, and other learning resources.
Notes: Narration also available in the program as text.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interactive multimedia.

System requirements: Mac OS8.1 or Windows 98/NT and 800x600 screen size; recommended: Mac PowerPC 233MHz or better, or Pentium 333MHz or better, 32 MB of memory, 8X CD-ROM drive, thousands of colors.
Table of contents: title: The Puritans; title: The new nation; title: One family; title: Gender roles; title: Style; title: Study tools.