18th Century Art Resources

This section of Jack Lynch's Web site contains information and resources about 18th century art.

Romanticism

From the Web museum, read this article that discusses Romanticism of the 18th century.

American 18th Century

From the National Gallery of Art, you can view some available paintings by an anonymous American artist of the 18th century.

George Washington: General Braddocks Defeat

This is a play by Sanderson Beck, about the defeat of General Braddock that took place during the French and Indian war. A good read.

Mohawk River Valley in Art

Take a look at the history of the Mohawk River Valley through art on the Tryon County Rootsweb site. This web site also contains a link to the Niagara Falls in Art. This site was created by Nancy Knechtel, Associate Professor of Art History at NCCC.

National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art in the United States contains a large collection of art in all mediums. Start your tour with a Copley painting.

Native American Technology and Art

Here you will find essays and articles on The Native Americans From 1600-1850. This page is a part of the Native Tech Web Site. An excellent resource for the study of the Native American culture.

Edinburgh New Town 18th century Architects

This site discusses 18th century Scottish architects, with some links to examples of the times.

18th Century American Architecture

From the Digital Archive of American Architecture, take a look at two distinct forms or styles that was prevalent in America in this period.

Eighteenth Century Views of Europe

This is a highly graphical Web site shows views of Europe.

FAMSF- Legion-European Art collection

Take a look at some European art and learn about the masters at this site.

NGA Boucger and Fragonard

Begin a tour of 18th century French art here. This site is provided by the National Gallery of Art, is dedicated to two French artist Boucher and Fragonard.

The Glass Armonica

Read about the Franklin invention at this informative site. It also has a letter written by Franklin that talks about his instrument.

Johann Sebastian Bach

This is the biography of Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750) on the Classical Net website.

The Clavichord

Learn about this early keyboard instrument at this site. You can even purchase a kit from this site if you so wish. This site is a part of The Early Music Shop located in The United Kingdom.

Crystal Music

Learn about Benjamin Franklin's Crystal Harmonica from the crystal music web site.

Early Music FAQ's

A FAQ sheet about early music from Plain chant to Baroque can be found here. This is a compilation of many Authors. The Editor is Todd M. McComb Send questions and comments to him. Read The Mission Statement for clarification.

The Glass Harmonica

This article by Thomas Bloch describes the development of the glass harmonica by Benjamin Franklin.

Glass Harmonica Samples

The Finkenbeiner web site provides some sample sounds of the Glass Harmonica in mp3 format. You can hear tunes like Away in the Manger and Greensleeves.

Hildebrand Studio on Colonial Music

Check out the information about Colonial Music provided by the Hildebrand family.

The Mozart Project

This site contains information and resources about this famous composer and his works. You will also find selected essays by noted Mozart scholars on this site.

Operabase

This is a huge resource for finding information on Opera. It includes timelines, opera house listings and more. The site is maintained by Mike Gibb.

Sounds of harpsichords and related instruments

Here are some samples of Harpsichord music. All are 15 seconds long, 300k and in wav format.

Joshua Reynolds

The Artsy website provides visitors with Reynolds's bio, over 10 of his works, exclusive articles, and up-to-date Reynolds exhibition listings.