The Medieval Page III:
Sources for Medieval Art on the WWW
Part the Second

Index to Art by Subject

Medieval Architecture and Urban Studies

General collections

• Islamic and Mudejar Architecture in Spain
• Medieval Technology and American History From Penn State University
• Florilegium Urbanum Documents and illustrations relating to medieval townlife.
• On Gothic Architecture Robert Branner's Introduction from his book. From Columbia University.
• The Gothic Catedral By Elizabeth A. Peterson. Several very detailed pages for cathedrals in England, France, and Italy.
• Late Gothic Architecture as Engineering From the course, History of Western Architecture, taught by Dr. Franklin Toker at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Late Gothic Architecture By Tamara Owens, Janet Blankenship, and Jennifer Scott.
• Images of Medieval Art and Architecture By Alison Stones of the University of Pittsburgh. An enormous site with plans, elevations, interior and exterior views.
• History of Gothic Architecture Mostly French.
• Architecture of the Trecento Part of the Website, Art and Architecture of the Trecento.
• Explore the Armenian ghost city of Ani Part of the Armenian Web Ring.
• The 92 Medieval Churches of Gotland Also in Swedish.

Secular Architecture in Britain and France

• Castles on the Web Everything about castles you would ever want to know: castle history, castles to visit, castles to buy, castle tours, castle vocabulary, castles for kids, and the castle chat room.
• Castles in Wales.
• Medieval Castles & Fortifications
• Medieval Model Castles For the truly obsessed.
• Castles Abbeys Medieval Buildings
• The Construction and History of Mediaeval Timber-Framed Houses in England and Wales Build your own Mediaeval [sic] cottage. Or just learn how it was done.
• History of Kenilworth Castle and its Abbey. With links to other English medieval towns.
• Carcassonne: a Medieval walled city.

French Religious Architecture

General Sites

• Medieval Architecture in France. From Alison Stone's site at the University of Pittsburgh.

  Romanesque

• Art-Roman.net Huge and beautifully done site on French Romanesque churches and their decoration.
• Early Medieval and Romanesque Architecture The AICT image database.
• Saint-Sernin : details This is the English-language site, but you may prefer the French version.
• Saint-Sernin: Plans and Drawings From Alison Stone's Images of Medieval Art and Architecture. Excellent site, as always.
• Saint-Sernin : the interior Quick-time movies!
• Vezelay From G. David Donahue and Jane Vadnal.
• "La basilique et la colline de Vezelay" From UNESCO.
• Domuskits Arte Romanico Build your own (usually Spanish) Romanesque model church!

  Gothic

• An overview of the History of Gothic Architecture Nice layout and pictures.
• French Gothic Architecture From the AICT image database.
• Chartres Begun 1145. From Mary Ann Sullivan's site at Bluffton College.
• Amiens: Cathedral of Notre Dame Begun 1220. From Alison Stones.
• Reims, Cathedral of Notre Dame ca. 1211 to late 13th century. Clickable images of the exterior and the sculpture. From Columbia University.
• Reims Plans, drawings, photos. From utah.edu.
• La Cathedrale Sainte Cecile 1282-1480.

  Rayonnant and Flamboyant

• On Rayonnant and Flamboyant Gothic Architecture From Rice University.
• Amiens Cathedral Begun 1220. A multi-media project from Columbia University.
• Saint-Denis 1231-ca. 1235. In French.
• The Sainte Chapelle, Paris 1243-1246. From Boston College by Jeffery Howe.
• On the Sainte Chapelle, Paris
• The Sainte Chapelle Several views of the exterior and the interior.
• Saint-Maclou, Rouen. Built 1434-1470 by Pierre Robin; new facade in 1447 by A. Havel, and finished 1500-1514.
• Saint-Maclou A small site with links to other sites in Rouen. Rouen Webcam With links to other Webcams in Europe.

British Cathedrals and Churches

• Medieval Architecture in England Also by Alison Stones from her series "Images of Medieval Art and Architecture."
• Exeter Cathedral: Keystones and Carvings A large Web site with many photos of the sculpture and an annotated plan of the church. A bit specialized, but thorough. By Avril K. Henry and Anna C. Hulbert.
• Gothic Architecture in England Basic, clear definitions and illustrations.
• Gothic Architecture : The Cathedrals A collection of sites studying the history and characteristics of the English Gothic Cathedral.
• English Gothic Cathedrals
• Early English Gothic Architecture Mostly religious architecture. From a British tourist site.
• St. Alban's Cathedral and Abbey Church Eleventh-century, Norman construction.
• Lincoln Cathedral The Official Website.
• Lincoln Cathedral Also has photos of the interior and neighboring buildings.
• The Cloister Garden of Lincoln Cathedral The photo is rather fuzzy, but the text gives a most minute description of the garden and its history.
• WebCam Live photos of Lincoln Cathedral.
• Salisbury Cathedral The Official Web site.
• Salisbury Cathedral Map, plans, details.
• The Salisbury Cathedral Project A complete descriptive site from the Art History Department of the University of Virginia.
• Durham Cathedral. Includes a virtual tour of the Cathedral and the Castle. From Durham University.
• On Durham Cathedral A bit of bibliography and a photo.
• On Durham Cathedral and St. Cuthbert From the Penny Magazine, 1835.
• Durham Cathedral View of the nave.
• Durham Cathedral Nave showing detail of incised pillars.
• Some history and bibliography for Wells.
• Wells Cathedral West front, begun circa 1220.
• Gloucester Cathedral 11th (?) to 15th centuries. The Official Web Site. Check here also for information on its use as one of the locales for the Harry Potter movie.
• Gloucester Cathedral Another local site with many photos.
• Gloucester Cathedral Some photos of sculptural restoration by a company that has worked on other historic sites and makes obelisks, too.
• King's College Chapel, Cambridge 1446-1515. Fan vaulting.
• St. Mungo's, Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by St. Ninian in 397.

Religious and Secular Architecture in Italy

Italian Medieval Architecture and Urbanism

• The Duomo and Giotto's Campanile Trecento architecture in Florence.
• Italian Gothic and the Mendicant Orders
• The Churches of Umbria By Bill Thayer.

The Bayeux Tapestry

• Historical background illustrated with scenes from the Tapestry [sic].
• The Bayeux Tapestry From the Australian National University.
• The Flashiest, Most Garish Bayeux Site on the Web
• No, this: Bayeux Tapestry Animated! Sound effects, too!
• The Reading (U.K.) Bayeux Tapestry On the 19th century copy made for the city of Reading.

Sutton Hoo

• Visit Sutton Hoo From the National Trust, U.K.
• The Sutton Hoo Room
• On Sutton Hoo Text linked to photos and quotes from Beowulf.
• The purse cover
• The Sutton Hoo ship recreated
• The Warrior's Mask from Sutton Hoo.
• A Bibliography for Sutton Hoo From Rhodes College.

Vikings and Art

• The World of the Vikings Everything you need to know.

Medieval Movies

There are periodic discussions of movies with medieval themes on the listserv MEDIEV-L. Find them at: MEDIEV-L@listproc.cc.ku.edu (.)

• See also the new listserv "Medieval Studies at the Movies" at (http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSAM_DL/)

Museums of interest to Medievalists

• The British Museum
• The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
• The Cleveland Museum of Art
• The J. Paul Getty Museum
• Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
• The Louvre
• Musee National du Moyen Age Formerly Musee de Cluny.
• Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
• Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence
• The Uffizi
• Museo del Prado

Web Pages for Medieval Art History Courses at Colleges and Universities

• Reframing Medieval Art: Difference, Margins, Boundaries An online course taught by Madeline H. Caviness at Tufts University.
• History of Western Art from Prehistory to Early Renaissance An online course Taught by Prof. Dorothy Verkerk at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
• Another version of the above course, to be taken at UNC.
• Celtic Art and Cultures Taught by Prof. Dorothy Verkerk at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
• Survey of Ancient and Medieval Art Taught by Nick Cahill at the University of Wisconsin. A full outline and many (small) images.
• Images and the Imagination: Ancient to Medieval Art Taught by Michael Ann Holly at the University of Rochester.
• Early Christian Archaeology and Art Catholic University of Leuven. In Dutch.
• History of Byzantine Art Catholic University of Leuven. In Dutch.
• History of Byzantine Art From the Universita di Lecce, Italy. Brief site in English.
• Byzantine Art and Civilization. From the University of Kentucky.
• Art of the Middle Ages Taught by ??? at SUNY, Buffalo.
• Art and Archaeology of Medieval Byzantium Taught by Prof. Gerstel at the University of Maryland. Full description of the course, although the images don't load.
• Western Medieval Art University of Kentucky.
• Medieval Artistic Patronage Taught by Prof. Alison Stones at the University of Pittsburgh.
• History of Western Architecture Taught by Dr. Franklin Toker at the University of Pittsburgh.
• History of Medieval Architecture From Robert Ousterhout, at UIUC.
• Byzantine Architecture Project at Princeton University Not a course, but an ongoing project to document the architecture of Constantinople.
• Gothic Architecture Taught by Prof. Minott Kerr at Reed College.