| Key to Art History |
About this Program
The Key to Art History is a summary of important styles in the history of western artistic expression with hyperlinks to sites that contain "in depth" information and images relating to each period.
Each section contains:
 | an overview of the period; |
| important things to know for each period; |
| a list of questions that can be researched by "clicking" on the button following each question and answered within text blocks provided; |
| a critical thinking question requiring more thoughtful and reflective answers. |
Other parts of this program include a Biography page with links to famous artists, a Timeline page with links to timelines of artistic movements throughout history, a Vocablulary page with definitions of words used throughout the text and a Resources page that identifies Web Resources for Art, Museums, Image Collections, and contributions to Art from ethnic and cultural groups throughout the world.
This program works as does any other online web site. In order to use the links to other web sites, you must be using a computer which is online and connected to the Internet with a browser. Navigation bars are provided in the program either on the right, top, or bottom of each page. By using the mouse and clicking the link in the navigation bar, you can browse to any page in the program. You can tell you are on a link when the mouse icon turns into a hand. The link is shown in the status bar at the bottom of the browser. You can also use the Back and Forward buttons in the browser's toolbar to return to previously viewed pages.
Links to other web sites or parts in the program are also identified by underlined text. When you click on these links you will be connected to the web site or page whose address is linked to the text. The address of the web site will show in the bottom of the browser as you make the link. You can return to this program from other web sites by using the Back button in the browser until you reach the page where the link occurred, or by calling using the buttons at the bottom of the page.