BBC’s History of the World in 100 Objects
The BBC and the British Museum have selected 100 objects through which to present a History of the World. It is a great concept, and the website has a flash timeline with which you can scroll yourself out of prehistory and into the present. Each object has some text, a zoomable image, supplementary images, and a podcast. I hope to incorporate some of this material when I next teach Caves to Cathedrals.
Gardner’s Art through the Ages shares only three objects with the BBC/BM selection.
Number 27: Parthenon Sculpture, Centaur and Lapith
But, there are many objects very similar to something in Gardner’s that would well complement the textbook. I will post a chapter-by-chapter list in the coming days.