Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:58:23 -0400 From: Jenny Wilker <jenny_wil...@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu> Subject: Scholarly CD-ROM To: mc...@world.std.com, vr...@uafsysb.uark.edu Message-Id: <n1308770751.50...@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mail*Link SMTP-QM 4.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; Name="Message Body" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear Colleagues: The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin has just published Masterworks = for Learning: A College Collection Catalogue, a CD-ROM catalogue of works = in Oberlin College's Allen Memorial Art Museum, one of the top college = and university art museums in the country. Three years in the making, = this catalogue was produced almost entirely by museum staff in = collaboration with Oberlin College students, alumni, and faculty. It = developed out of our desire to make the collection more accessible--and mo= re useful--to college students and to our wider international audience as = well. The non-profit project was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon = Foundation. The scholarly catalogue presents 171 important works of art from the = entire range of art history in all media, from a Chinese Buddhist stele = to Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes. Although each work is illustrated with a = larger than screen size image, this publication is much more than an = imagebase and much more than general audience entertainment. Each entry = consists of 500-1000 words of succinct information, a full bibliography, = and technical data; and may be may be printed out in its entirety for = further research. Also provided are glossary definitions of art = historical terms, artist biographies, contextual material, comparative = illustrations, and three-dimensional views of sculpture. The CD-ROM also = includes a multimedia introduction to museum programs and functions, a = complete collection database of 10,000 objects, and a history of the = collection and the buildings that house it. Masterworks runs on Mac Power PCs ( and Mac 6800s with system 7 or later) = and Windows 95 systems with thousands of colors capability and at least = 16 MB RAM. For further information on obtaining Masterworks contact Jenny Wilker Publications Editor Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin College 440-775-6870 jenny_wil...@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu
