M&D and GR related web sites

[Doug Millison]

Two from today's Internet Scout Report:

Jefferson Digital Archive
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/

As a joint project of the Electronic Text Center and the University of
Virginia Library, this Web site offers extensive information on former US
President Thomas Jefferson. The site includes an in-depth biography,
electronic texts written by or sent to Jefferson, quotations from his
writings, and comprehensive annotated bibliographies of writings about
Jefferson, dating from 1826 to 1997. In addition, this site provides a
comprehensive documentary edition of papers surrounding the construction of
the Academical Village, Jefferson's nineteenth century "architectural
masterpiece" at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. [MG]


7.  Crystal Palace
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/london/model/

The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of
Virginia has recently released _Models of the Crystal Palace_, an extension
of the "Monuments and Dust: The Culture of Victorian London" research
project (last mentioned in the December 4, 1998 _Scout Report_). This
amazing site contains luminous photos of the shape and design of the Crystal
Palace and provides source materials on its history and construction. The
graphics include both high and low detail VRML models, along with interior
and exterior animations that give clear and illuminating depictions of the
palace. In addition, the site contains a "Lighting Simulation" field that
renders images and animations of the building's lighting, as it existed in
1851. This is definitely a site to explore for architects and those users
awe-struck by 3-D graphic images. [MG]



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