The Chinese Garden Court is one of the most popular destinations for visitors to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This resource introduces educators to significant ideas about nature and Chinese culture that can be discovered in this extraordinary place. The boxed set includes a booklet containing background information, references to related works of art in the Museum's collection, suggestions for classroom activities and projects, topics for discussion, glossary, bibliographies, and resources, as well as two posters and a CD-ROM featuring a 10-minute narrated video tour of the garden court....

This CD-ROM contains more than 475 masterpieces from the National Palace Museum, Taipei....

This CD-ROM provides a multifaceted introduction to the pleasures and fundamentals of Japanese art. Neolithic ceramics, sacred sculptures, brightly painted folding screens, boldly designed woodblock prints, and intricately embroidered robes are among the seventy-seven artworks explored through enlarged details, narrated tours of illustrated classic tales, and poetic and musical excerpts. In addition, Mary Griggs Burke describes how she assembled the collection of Japanese art on which the CD-ROM is based....