MW2006 BoW Nomination: Online Exhibition: The Art of Asia [http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/]
Site: The Art of Asia
URL: http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/
Institution: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Designer[s]: Interactive Media Group (in-house; full credits at:
http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/introduction/credits.cfm )
Category: Online Exhibition
Explanation: "The ten thousand things under Heaven are extremely multitudinous; how, then, can we investigate them exhaustively?"
-- The student Bonin to the teacher Lu Xiangshan, circa 1180 C. E.
How, indeed? Yet this is the question the Minneapolis Institute of Arts poses itself in presenting its encyclopaedic collection of Asian Art online. The answer? Exploring three major cross-cultural themes -- Buddhism, Ceramics, and Architecture. Putting a face on the story of dozens of key objects through engaging curatorial interviews. Highlighting individual objects through extensive commentary and photography. Illustrating a variety of themes in Asian art by grouping together related objects. Providing historic and geographic context to the main cultures of Asia with illustrated timelines and maps. Unraveling the esoteric terms needed to describe Asian art through comprehensive glossaries. Offering a view of each Asian culture's artistic contributions through dynamically assembled collections. Letting people share their discoveries instantly with electronic postcards. In short, offering many avenues through which the visitor can explore these cultural treasures, and create their own rich, unique learning experience.
Nominated by:
Patrick Edwards
Interactive Media Assistant
Interactive Media Group
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
USA
www: http://www.artsmia.org/
See the Museums and the Web 2006 Best of the Web site http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/best/
for the results anytime after March 24, 2006.
All sites are reviewed by the Best of the Web judges. Nominating a
site multiple times does NOT improve its chances of winning an award.
Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/
URL: http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/
Institution: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Designer[s]: Interactive Media Group (in-house; full credits at:
http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/introduction/credits.cfm )
Category: Online Exhibition
Explanation: "The ten thousand things under Heaven are extremely multitudinous; how, then, can we investigate them exhaustively?"
-- The student Bonin to the teacher Lu Xiangshan, circa 1180 C. E.
How, indeed? Yet this is the question the Minneapolis Institute of Arts poses itself in presenting its encyclopaedic collection of Asian Art online. The answer? Exploring three major cross-cultural themes -- Buddhism, Ceramics, and Architecture. Putting a face on the story of dozens of key objects through engaging curatorial interviews. Highlighting individual objects through extensive commentary and photography. Illustrating a variety of themes in Asian art by grouping together related objects. Providing historic and geographic context to the main cultures of Asia with illustrated timelines and maps. Unraveling the esoteric terms needed to describe Asian art through comprehensive glossaries. Offering a view of each Asian culture's artistic contributions through dynamically assembled collections. Letting people share their discoveries instantly with electronic postcards. In short, offering many avenues through which the visitor can explore these cultural treasures, and create their own rich, unique learning experience.
Nominated by:
Patrick Edwards
Interactive Media Assistant
Interactive Media Group
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
USA
www: http://www.artsmia.org/
See the Museums and the Web 2006 Best of the Web site http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/best/
for the results anytime after March 24, 2006.
All sites are reviewed by the Best of the Web judges. Nominating a
site multiple times does NOT improve its chances of winning an award.
Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/
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