QFI's Mosaic Tile Generator application will introduce students to fundamental concepts of Islamic art and architecture through exploration and creation of mosaic tile art. The app will provide historical information about the centrality of repeating geometric designs in the art and architecture of the Islamic world, and users will engage in an interactive learning process exploring concepts like tessellation, symmetry, and calligraphy in mosaics.
A Google+ Game for Hangouts. You and others (your Google+ contacts) race with each other to find famous works of art within Google maps (indoor street view). Currently, the Palace of Versailles is the only available game.
For almost half a century, The Oxford Classical Dictionary has been regarded as the unrivalled one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Graeco-Roman world.It provides both scholars and non-specialists with a comprehensive source of reference which aims to answer all their questions about the classical world. Written by the very best of classical scholars from all over the world, the Dictionary provides coverage of Greek and Roman history, literature, myth, religion, linguistics, philosophy, law, science, art and archaeology, and topics in near eastern studies and late antiquity.