http://www.womenbeyondborders.org/main.htm
Most of you reading this will know something of the symbolic value of an empty box – full of possibilities and hope. This is a cross-cultural exhibition of glorious boxes created by women artists from over 30 countries. Its purpose is to “honor women’s visions and voices.” A grassroots project begun in California, it has brought women from many different cultures closer.
http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/shapes.html
This site is dedicated to exploring ”how the sacred is embodied in art and in architecture.” Full of resources and links for further research.
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
Contains thousands of high quality images of paintings. Also gives the provenance of each work and a cogent summary of the artist’s life and work. Allows search by name of artist or category. In addition, if you sign up as a patron ($55) you can receive a free CD of all the artwork on the site. For a limited time they are giving away two CD’s for the price of one.
Thousands of images. You can search for art by name of artist or country. Also gives many links to other art sites.
http://www.shira.net/symbols.htm
This site has been created by a woman named Shira who has great love and appreciation for Middle Eastern traditions. The site contains a lot of information about symbols and as well as links to several other sites.
http://home.earthlink.net/~evacernik/links.htm
Broad-based, eclectic assortment of links compiled by the dancer Eva Cernik. (See Music & Dance links, below.).