| Directory: | Arts / Architecture / Building_Types / Pyramids |
| Title: | The Giza Plateau Mapping Project |
| Description: | Research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, construction and function of the Sphinx, Great Pyramids, associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity. |
| Location: | http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/GIZ/Giza.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Architecture / Building_Types / Religious / Christian / History / Churches |
| Title: | Churches of Italy |
| Description: | Bill Thayer's tour: thumbnail images lead to pages or sites on churches in Rome, Milan, the Marche and Umbria. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/_Topics/churches/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Architecture / Building_Types / Water_Houses |
| Title: | LacusCurtius: Roman Fountains |
| Description: | Article from William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1875), illustrated with three woodcuts. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Fons.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Architecture / History / Architects / V / Vitruvius_Pollio,_Marcus / De_Architectura |
| Title: | On Architecture |
| Description: | Text of the English-language translation of 1826 by Joseph Gwilt, as well as a French translation and the Latin text (Teubner 1899 edition), hosted by Bill Thayer in his Lacus Curtius site. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Vitruvius/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Architecture / History / Periods_and_Styles / Classical / Roman |
| Title: | Encyclopaedia Romana |
| Description: | James Grout's collection of articles, plans and pictures of ancient Rome and its remains, with an extensive bibliography. Includes Vitruvius's comments on temple architecture. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Architecture / History / Periods_and_Styles / Classical / Roman |
| Title: | A Gazetteer of the Roman World |
| Description: | This section of Bill Thayer's huge Lacus Curtius site provides many photographs of cities and monuments of the ancient Roman world, some with detailed commentary. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Architecture / History / Periods_and_Styles / Classical / Roman |
| Title: | Roman Domestic Architecture: A Bibliography |
| Description: | This bibliography compiled by Joshua Brandt lists sources in German, Italian, French, and (primarily) English. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Architecture/_General/Bibliography/Joshua_Brandt**/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Art_History / Artists / D / Da_Vinci,_Leonardo |
| Title: | The Last Supper |
| Description: | Very close details of the figure of Christ, the faces of Philip and John, and the hand of Thaddeus. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/504271.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Art_History / Journals |
| Title: | Winterthur Portfolio |
| Description: | Publishes articles on the arts in America and the historical context within which they developed. |
| Location: | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/WP/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Art_History / Journals |
| Title: | Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| Description: | Dedicated to exploring all aspects of the nation's visual heritage from colonial to contemporary times. |
| Location: | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AmArt/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Art_History / Periods_and_Movements / Ancient_Art / Egypt / Nubia |
| Title: | University of Chicago - The Nubian Salvage Project |
| Description: | Read and view photos of the expedition aimed to save ancient Nubian monuments. View the exhibition brochures, conducted by the Oriental Institute. |
| Location: | http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NUB/Nubia.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Art_History / Periods_and_Movements / Dada |
| Title: | The Photomontages of Hannah Hoch |
| Description: | A collection of photo montages created by Hannah Hoch. |
| Location: | http://humanities.uchicago.edu/classes/readcult/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Classical_Studies / Academic_Departments / North_America / United_States |
| Title: | Chicago, University of - Department of Classics |
| Description: | Featuring programs and summer sessions, faculty and students, calendar and events. Also provides a newsletter. |
| Location: | http://humanities.uchicago.edu/classics/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Classical_Studies / Greek / Cassius_Dio |
| Title: | Lacus Curtius: Cassius Dio's Roman History |
| Description: | Full text by chapter of the 1914 English translation by Earnest Cary. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Classical_Studies / Roman |
| Title: | Lacus Curtius |
| Description: | Extensive ancient Rome resource. Includes numerous photographs of Roman monuments, several classical texts, secondary sources in the public domain, and catalogues of parts of the Roman Empire. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Classical_Studies / Roman / Pliny_the_Elder |
| Title: | The Natural History |
| Description: | Complete Latin text, occasionally commented; linked when possible to translations. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Pliny_the_Elder/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Comics / Creators / A / Abel,_Jessica |
| Title: | The University of Chicago Magazine: Nice Guys Finish First |
| Description: | Six-page comics interview/profile of Sports Illustrated president Michael J. Klingensmith, written and illustrated by Abel. |
| Location: | http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0004/features/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / A / Auden,_W._H. / Works |
| Title: | Narrator |
| Description: | The last speaking part of Auden's Christmas oratorio "For the Time Being." |
| Location: | http://home.uchicago.edu/~narusso/m/narrator.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / B |
| Title: | Bottoms, Greg |
| Description: | Interview with the author of The Colorful Apocalypse: Journeys in Outsider Art. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/066851in.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / B / Baudelaire,_Charles / Poetry |
| Title: | Three poems from Les Fleurs du Mal |
| Description: | Three poems in French and English include an excerpt from Selected Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal, translated by Norman Shapiro. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/039250.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / B / Bernstein,_Charles |
| Title: | Report from Liberty Street |
| Description: | Charles Bernstein's musings on the terrorist attacks of 9/11. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/News/911bernstein.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / B / Breton,_André |
| Title: | Andre Breton and the Surrealist Manifesto |
| Description: | Excerpt of Gérard Durozoi's "History of the Surrealist Movement". |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/174115.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / F / Frank,_Thomas |
| Title: | The Conquest of Cool |
| Description: | Excerpt, images, quotes, and commentary regarding the book. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/259919.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / H / Hernández,_Miguel |
| Title: | Selected Poems of Miguel Hernández |
| Description: | Translations by Ted Genoways. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/327736.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / K / Kafka,_Franz |
| Title: | Kafka Goes to the Movies |
| Description: | An excerpt from "Kafka Goes to the Movies" by Hanns Zischler. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/986713.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / R / Rimbaud,_Arthur |
| Title: | Five poems by Arthur Rimbaud |
| Description: | Poems by Rimbaud in French with English translations, from the well-known edition by Wallace Fowlie. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/719774.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / V / Verlaine,_Paul / Works |
| Title: | Poems by Paul Verlaine |
| Description: | Four poems, in French and in English translation by Norman R. Shapiro. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/853446.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Authors / W / Woolf,_Virginia |
| Title: | World Wide Woolf |
| Description: | Article by Brenda Silver, author of the book Virginia Woolf Icon. Discusses the construction of Virginia Woolf as a modern cultural icon and argues that, as an icon, she is everywhere. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/757463.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Journals |
| Title: | Euphony |
| Description: | Issue list, staff, and submission guidelines for a journal of literature and art at the University of Chicago. |
| Location: | http://euphony.uchicago.edu/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Journals |
| Title: | Chicago Review |
| Description: | Website for University of Chicago magazine includes descriptions of recent issues, ordering and submission information, and a back issues catalog. |
| Location: | http://humanities.uchicago.edu/review |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Journals |
| Title: | Critical Inquiry |
| Description: | An academic journal relating to critical analysis of the literary arts. |
| Location: | http://criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Periods_and_Movements / Surrealism |
| Title: | Surrealist Love Poems |
| Description: | Three poems by surrealist writers, from the book of the same name. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/098710.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Poetry |
| Title: | Poems for a Long Winter's Night |
| Description: | A selection of poems about winter, snow, and ice from Charles Baudelaire, Yves Bonnefoy, John Hollander, Victor Hugo, Gail Mazur, Robert Pack, and Paul Verlaine. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/News/winterpoems.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Poetry / Criticism_and_Theory |
| Title: | Against National Poetry Month As Such |
| Description: | Poet and critic Charles Bernstein explains why National Poetry Month is bad for poetry. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/044106.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Poetry / In_Translation / French |
| Title: | Three Poems from Surrealist Love Poems |
| Description: | Poems by Jacques-Bernard Brunius, Paul Eluard and Joyce Mansour in English translation. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/098710.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Poetry / In_Translation / Scandinavian |
| Title: | Three poems by Rolf Jacobsen |
| Description: | Translations by Roger Greenwald of works by the Norwegian poet. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/390357.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Poetry / Poets / N |
| Title: | Nemerov, Howard |
| Description: | Two poems about the space shuttle written by a former US Poet Laureate. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/572439.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / Reviews_and_Criticism / Authors |
| Title: | Richard McKeon |
| Description: | Bibliography and excerpts from this Chicago School of Criticism critic. |
| Location: | http://home.uchicago.edu/~ahkissel/mckeon/mckeon.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / World_Literature / British / 17th_Century / Browne,_Thomas |
| Title: | Sir Thomas Browne |
| Description: | Texts of several of Browne's works. Maintained by James Eason of the University of Chicago. |
| Location: | http://penelope.uchicago.edu |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / World_Literature / British / Shakespeare |
| Title: | Shakespeare and the French Poet: An Interview with Yves Bonnefoy |
| Description: | Yves Bonnefoy, a translator of Shakespeare into French, discusses the art of translating Shakespeare. |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/064433.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Literature / World_Literature / French |
| Title: | ARTFL Project |
| Description: | A cooperative project of the Institut National de la Langue Française of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the Divisions of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Chicago. |
| Location: | http://humanities.uchicago.edu/ARTFL/ARTFL.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Movies / Cultures_and_Groups / African_American |
| Title: | Black Film Research Online |
| Description: | A resource guide for the study of African American film and film culture, hosted by the University of Chicago. |
| Location: | http://bfro.uchicago.edu/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Movies / Theory_and_Criticism / Feminist |
| Title: | Signs: Call for Papers |
| Description: | A call for papers for a special issue of the Signs journal (Beyond the Gaze: Recent Approaches to Film Feminisms). |
| Location: | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/page/Signs/call.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Movies / Titles / 3 / 300 / Reviews |
| Title: | Chicago Maroon: 300 Creators Bang Heads for Glory |
| Description: | The independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago offers commentary on the film. By Ethan Stanislawski. |
| Location: | http://maroon.uchicago.edu/online_edition/voices/2007/03/06/300-creators-bang-heads-for-glory/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Music / Bands_and_Artists / T / They_Might_Be_Giants / Concerts |
| Title: | Alice's They Might Be Giants Pages |
| Description: | Extensive resource for information on They Might Be Giants performances. Contains MP3s, videos and set lists for dozens of recent shows. |
| Location: | http://diderot.uchicago.edu/~achou/tmbg/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Music / Bands_and_Artists / T / The_The |
| Title: | The Infected Mailing List |
| Description: | The The email list. |
| Location: | http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~behfar/infected.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Music / Composition / Composers / B / Beethoven,_Ludwig_van |
| Title: | The Romantic Cult and the Ode to Joy |
| Description: | An account of the international mourning following Beethoven's death and the acclamation of the Ode as a "European anthem." |
| Location: | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/15634.ctl |
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| Directory: | Arts / Music / Composition / Composers / C / Chopin,_Frederic |
| Title: | Chopin Early Editions |
| Description: | Collection of over 400 first and early printed editions of musical compositions in the University of Chicago Library. Catalogued and scanned. |
| Location: | http://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/ |
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| Directory: | Arts / Music / Composition / Composers / M / Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,_Jakob_Ludwig_Felix |
| Title: | Facility and Mastery: Felix Mendelssohn |
| Description: | Jeffrey Dane examines his life, conversion from Judaism to Christianity, works, and historical context. |
| Location: | http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravikant/hw4/mendelssohn.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Music / Composition / Composers / R / Ran,_Shulamit |
| Title: | Shulamit Ran |
| Description: | Faculty page from the Department of Music of the University of Chicago with biographical sketch, current projects, and photograph. |
| Location: | http://music.uchicago.edu/?ran |
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