Guest! Login/Join

DomainTools.com


 

The Giza Plateau Mapping Project 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.


Uchicago.edu DMOZ 1-50 of 811



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
 
  
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/
 
  
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
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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**/
 
  
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
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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/
 
  
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
 
  
Directory: Arts / Literature / Journals
Title: Critical Inquiry
Description: An academic journal relating to critical analysis of the literary arts.
Location: http://criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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/
 
  
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
 
  
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/
 
  
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/
 
  
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
 
  
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
 
  
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/
 
  
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
 
  
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