Caves to Cathedrals » Uncategorized http://www.cavestocathedrals.com Teaching Ancient and Medieval Art Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:53:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Art History Blogs? http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2008/06/art-history-blogs/ http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2008/06/art-history-blogs/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:22:25 +0000 admin http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/?p=30 As I develop this site, I notice that while I find plenty of medieval blogs (my field of specialization), I find almost no art history blogs. 

Let me, then, draw attention to one written by the Director of the Walters Art Museum – Gary Vikan – called the Director’s Blog.  Dr. Vikan posts infrequently, but well.  I would appreciate to learn of any others!

]]> http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2008/06/art-history-blogs/feed/ 0 Teaching Philosophy, Part 3: Primary Sources http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2008/06/teaching-philosophy-part-3-primary-sources/ http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2008/06/teaching-philosophy-part-3-primary-sources/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:33:33 +0000 admin http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/?p=25 In my teaching, I privilege the close examination of material original to the period of study.  I advocate an openness to all sources, whether visual, textual, or material, and I cultivate in my students the intellectual tools - from the disciplines of art history, history and archaeology - that one needs to examine these primary sources.  The meaningful contextualization of works of art then results from the interrelating of visual, textual, and material evidence.

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