Archive for July, 2008

Paleolithic Art: Popular Reading

Posted in Paleolithic on July 8th, 2008 by admin

The New Yorker has published a first-hand account of a visit to the Chauvet Cave by Judith Thurman.  A good read.

More Web 2.0 Tools for Art History

Posted in Preliminaries on July 7th, 2008 by admin

Cross-posted at Early Medieval Art.

Did you know that you do not need PowerPoint to make presentations, and that, in fact, better options may exist? I have tried the MDID image viewer, but I needed somewhere to put the translations of inscriptions, so I did not consider it a useful option.

But valid options exist. Slide Rocket looks amazing, but is not yet available to the public. 280 Slides looks less amazing, but is currently available.

Both of these programs make slideshows much easier to share, as well as facilitate greater mobility (no memory stick to forget).