Living With Art 5e Online content by Brian Gore
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Artists: Rembrandt

Like many successful artists, Rembrandt knew great fame as well as great poverty during his lifetime. More than simply famous, Rembrandt is regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time because of  the depth and range of his work. To view his work on-line and learn more about the ups and downs in his lifetime, check out the sites listed below:

Rembrandt: One-Man Show
http://www.artchive.com/rembrandt/rembrandt.html
This Artchive-related website provides access to paintings and portraits on-line.

Museum het Rembrandthuis
http://www.rembrandthuis.nl/english.htm
Useful information on the young Rembrandt, the house where he lived, and samples from the exhibitions housed in the "Rembrandthuis" can be found here.

Artists: Kathe Kollwitz

This Prussian-born German artist's highly esteemed work touched on gender and class issues, and she was able to transcend the tragic losses of her son and grandson in the two World Wars by addressing the cruelties of war in her work.

Artist Profile: Kathe Kollwitz
http://www.nmwa.org/legacy/bios/bkollwit.htm

The Kollwitz Homepage
http://www.kollwitz.de/default.htm
Homepage for the Kollwitz Museum, entirely in German.

Art Issues: Losing Art

The limited existence of codex artifacts from the cultures of Central and South America adds to the mystique surrounding "lost" Mayan culture. The Dresden Codex is a tribute to this culture. To learn more about the Codex, as well as this period in Mayan culture, check out the website below:

Yucatan
http://arcturus.pomona.edu/yucatan/ca-yucatan.html

Imagine how devastating the effects of losing the Constitution, the Bible, or even the first version of MS-DOS could be to future generations. Many natural, sociocultural and technological factors can have a dramatic influence on our ability to effectively preserve important texts and artifacts. For more information on issues surrounding preservation, check out this website at the Harvard Library:

Preservation
http://preserve.harvard.edu/
This website provides links to major on-line resources describing present and future challenges in the preservation of text and visual artifacts.

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