The website has been designed to supplement lecture attendance and readings. It is not to be used as the sole resource for the course.

Don't need to be here? If you don't like reading directions first, go back to the homepage.

• From the homepage, you may access any of the modules. Each module carries with it a theme or issue, and each module spans specific centuries. Thus, the course moves chronologically, and each chronological module centers on a theme.
• Each module is made up of several units. The sole exception to this is the Rock Art module, which includes only a single unit. Each unit remains within both the chronological and thematic boundaries of the module. Within those parameters, each unit focuses on a specific region or type of art.
• An example: The Art of Empire module deals with art production under imperial rule during the period 1450-1650 CE. The Mughal Empire unit, a part of the Art of Empire module, examines the Indian Mughal empire and its art during this time span.

Each module includes an image index. This is a nifty tool which allows you to view side-by-side any of the images from the entire module.

Each unit includes several pages:

• a "Show us you were here" page, which is sometimes also called a Quiz page
• a "Links and Bibliography" page, which includes further readings as well as links to sites on the web
• a "Further Thoughts" page, where projects or essay questions might be, or alternatively, where directions for further investigation are given.

Each page has been optimized to allow for quick access without too much waiting for the images to load. If you want to see a larger image of any work included here, click on the image itself. Generally, a larger (and slower-loading) image will come up. If you want to copy an image to your harddrive, you may do so, but only for your own personal use.

To copy an image to your harddrive: click and hold (Mac) or right click (Win95/8) on the image. A menu pops up at this point. Choose "Save this image as..." That's all there is to it. Keep in mind that the image indexes are there for you to review prior to exams, so there's no need to download every single image from the webpages to your harddrive.