Return to Theatre Tourr ------------Return to Whitman Theatre Created in 1999 by Danielle Glover, Class of 2001 "An exploration of historical events that shaped each major age of theatrical invention. Involves the study of art, architecture, decor, clothing, mannerisms, politics, social attitudes, and economic conditions as sources for creating a theatrical production in an appropriate historical milieu." --from the Whitman College Catalog The following collection of links should prove useful to those enrolled or interested in Period Styles. Links are sorted by time period when possible; sites which do not deal with a specific time period are in the Miscellaneous section. The links in the Costume section might be under other sections as well, but this gathers all the costume links in one place. The links in the Fun Stuff section are related to Period Styles, but are geared more towards fun than research. || Ancient World || Early Christian/Medieval || Renaissance || Costume || Miscellaneous || Links last checked: 9/18/02 Page maintained by Cameron Kiest Please direct all questions/comments to Tom Hines. The Ancient World Ancient Greek Theater -- Timelines; History; The Staging of Greek Plays; English and Greek Text of Greek Plays   Didaskalia: Ancient Theatre Today -- an electronic resource and journal dedicated to the study of ancient Greek and Roman drama and its reception.   Skenotheke: Images of the Ancient Stage -- Links to images of the ancient stage available on various sites on the WWW   The Perseus Project -- A wealth of information about ancient Greece and Rome. It's a highly respected site and it's easy to see why--the amount and quality of information is amazing. It's a good idea to read the site's FAQ to get a feel for how the search engine works and find the answers to common questions about the site.   Ancient Greece.org-- Ancient Greece Timeline as well as sections on archaeology, architecture art history and maps   Map of Ancient Greece -- Ancient Greece Map   The Ancient Library -- Classical Dictionaries   Herodotus on the Web -- Guide to the over 200 resources pertaining to the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus.   Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Sites on the World-Wide Web -- A very nice collection of links to sites on the internet dealing with ancient Greek texts, art, resources, maps, and the like.   ARMAMENTARIVM -- A site dealing with Roman arms and armour. Full of information, and has a nice beginner's guide and FAQ.   Boston College Honors Program: Art History on the WWW -- This site features links to works to art from many different historical periods.   Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World -- A quote from the website's Welcome section: "Diotima serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world."   Forum Antiquum (main page) -- From here you can go to sections on Egypt, the Ancient Near East, Aegean Art and Archeology, the Classical Studies page, and more. There is also a medieval section, which is linked to directly in the medieval section below.   The Institue of Egyptian Art and Archaeology -- This is the page for the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology The University of Memphis, in Memphis, Tennessee. The site has pictures of Egyptian artifacts and places in Egypt, and links to other sites dealing with Egypt.   LacusCurtius Homepage -- LacusCurtius contains The Roman Gazetteer, Roman Roads in Britain, the RomanSites Homepage (linked to below), and more. There is also this section on Roman theatres and ampitheatres.   RomanSites Homepage -- A large collection of links to sites with information on all things Roman. The site can take some time to load, and all the links open in a new browser window. Beyond that inconvenience, the site is well worth spending some time at. There is also this section on Roman theatres and ampitheatres.   Wladyslaw Jan Kowalski Home Page -- This is page has a couple interesting sections on Roman things. One is a page on ball games the Romans played. There are also sections on Roman board games and the Roman calendar. TOP Early Christian/Medieval Forum Antiquum -- Includes sites for Late Antique, Early Christian and Byzantine Studies. This is part of a large site listed in the Ancient World section above.   Index of Medieval Studies Ring -- A list of the sites in the Medieval Studies Webring.   The Internet Medieval Sourcebook -- This page has links to primary sources, secondary sources, full text sources...there's quite a lot of information here. One interesting aspect is a guide to over 200 medieval-themed films.   The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies -- "The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world." (text from the "About the Labyrinth" portion of the page)   Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc de Berry -- From the site: "The Tres Riches Heures is _the_ classic example of a medieval book of hours. This was a collection of the text for each liturgical hour of the day - hence the name - which often included other, supplementary, texts. Calendars, prayers, psalms and masses for certain holy days were commonly included." The site includes images of the calendar illustrations.   Medieval Drama Links -- A collection of over 200 links dealing with all sorts of medieval topics.   Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies -- "The Online Resource Book for Medieval Studies (ORB) is a cooperative effort on the part of scholars across the internet to establish an online textbook source for medieval studies on the World-Wide Web." (text from the Who We Are and What We Do portion of the site) TOP Renaissance The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy -- This site has sections on: The State as a Work of Art, The Development of the Individual, The Revival of Antiquity, The Discovery of the World and of Man, Society and Festivals, and Morality and Religion.   Iter: Gateway to the Renaissance -- This site contains a searchable database of bibliographic data on published material relating to the Renaissance. Whitman has a subscription, so Whitman students are able to search the full database, not just the Guest version.   Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet -- This site's goal is to be "a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet," and to have "Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet."   Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe -- An excerpt from the page: "This project involves the creation of a hypertext archive of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual writings and images documenting the arrival, impact and response to the problem of epidemic disease in Western Europe between 1348 and 1530."   Renaissance Texts Research Centre: Shakespeare and the Globe -- This webpage is done by Chantal Miller-Schütz, a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the University of Reading's Renaissance Texts Research Centre. The page has information on the Globe as it was in the time of Shakespeare, and information on the reconstructed version (the New Globe).   Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture -- Here's an excerpt from the site's preface: "The exhibition which this book accompanies is the first in a series of exhibitions that the Library of Congress plans to present about great libraries of the world . . . These books will be distinguished by highly readable scholarly studies, written by leading specialists, of the intellectual, social, and cultural environments that created the objects on display."   The Sistine Chapel -- Want to see the Sistine Chapel? This is the site for it! The extended tour has 90 gif images. TOP Costume The Costumer's Manifesto -- This page is *filled* with information and links on costuming and costume history. A wonderful resource!   The Costume Ring -- The site list of all the websites in the Costume Ring.   Greek Costume Through the Centuries -- Information of Greek costume at different times throughout history.   Milieux -- Contains the Costume Site (links to information, history, and research on costumes) and the Costume Source (links to costume supplies and costumers).   Museum of the City of New York -- Has some interesting collections currently online, such as New York Footnotes (listed below), clothing designed by Charles Frederick Worth, and Uncommon Threads: Three Hundred Years of New York Style.   New York Footnotes -- From the website: "18th Century Women's Shoes from the Costume Collection of the Museum of the City of New York" This site has some nice close-up images of shoes in their collection, as well as information about them.   The Regency Fashion Page -- A wealth of information on Regency fashion. Here you can find information on clothing and footwear for men, women, and children.   Therion's armor and weapons page -- Some nice pictures of armor and weapons, but not much in the way of information on them. TOP Miscellaneous Art History Resources on the Web -- This page has links to sites all over the web that deal with art. They're sorted by period, to make finding what you need easier.   Dezignaré Resources - Design Libraries & Research Information -- This is part of a large site dealing with interior design. The particular page linked to is a list of web-based interior design libraries and resources. There are some very interesting sites linked to, such as one on classical Chinese furniture.   Dramaturgy Northwest -- Information on dramaturgy and dramaturgy resources.   The Dramaturgy Pages -- More resources and information on dramaturgy.   Flag Emporium -- Need to buy a flag or see what a certain flag looks like? Has US and early American flags, world flags, and specialty flags, as well as flag hardware.   The History Ring -- An index of all the websites in the History Webring.   Voice of the Shuttle -- This page, run by Professor Alan Liu of Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, is a great resource. Links to places all over the internet dealing with archaeology, anthropology, art, classical studies, music and dance, gender studies, and more. In the General Humanities resource section there is also quite a bit about searching the web.   Virtual Library museums pages -- Links to online museums from around the world, covering many topics.   TOP