carole, at my site we have broken every rule of norm in terms of presentation - especially on the bookstore page. you dont want a typical website that is ugly, boring and average. do what you feel is visually 'correct' as it relates to your project's aesthetic. regarding website display law? although there are many theories, all one can really do is claim and post copyright and trademark. all images that are not owned by the owner of the site must be cleared for publication and the same copyright and trademark notices must be displayed for the owners of the images used (see our art news page for example.) the reality is - the digital ease at which people can R&D (rip off and duplicate) is too hard to control. best, james james linza managing director thegentry.com project for contemporary art Homepage: http://www.thegentry.com E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Telephone: 561/301-2474 Text Messaging: [log in to unmask] Hours: Online 24/7 Appointments: Monday - Friday: Noon to 5 pm Catalogues issued via e-mail & snail mail. Snail mail: P.O. Box 2474, Palm Beach, Florida 33480-2474 thegentry.com project for contemporary art is an Internet based e-commerce site that sustains programming in visual arts, poetry, arts news and education, and critical discourse. ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Riggles <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 8:24 AM Subject: Re: Mouseia > Don, > > There is a trend in web design to limit the table size to the width of 600 > and to left justify. Lots of sites follow this "norm." However, I prefer > things centered as well. > > Lynne, > > Regardless of whether you choose to center or not, your site is extremely > attractive. I am really getting tired of all the bells and whistles people > insist on adding to websites that increase loading time and detract from the > overall appearance. Thanks for keeping your site subtle and sophisticated > in appearance. > > Now, however, I am forced to ask, have you obtained copyright to the images > you are displaying on the home page? I saw no reference to such permission. > The reason I ask is because, one, I instantly recognize the snippet from > Vermeer's "The Art of Painting" that belongs to the Kunsthistorisches Museum > in Vienna. The painting was recently hanging in the National Gallery of > Art, Washington, DC for a very happy American audience that had been hoping > to have this painting on display in 1995/6 when the NGA put together a > Vermeer exhibition and was unable to show the above-mentioned painting > because of its fragile condition. After several years of restoration, the > painting was finally available, and luckily the NGA realized having it show > up late was better than never. > > A second reason for me to ask is that copyright issues and websites have > been a major topic of discussion in the classes I have been taking, and I am > hoping to find out what others are doing, or how they interpret the > rules/laws as they apply to website display. > > Thanks, > > Carol Carpenter Riggles > Graduate Student, Art History > University of Maryland > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).