http://www.cavestocathedrals.com Teaching Ancient and Medieval Art Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:53:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2010/02/bbcs-history-of-the-world-in-100-objects/ I have just returned from the annual meeting of the College Art Association, and on the plane trip there, I read an article in the Harvard Magazine on how "visual, audio, and interactive media are transforming the college classroom." Sadly, I am not at all surprised that the article makes ... http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2010/02/the-mission-of-art-history/ The Metropolitan Museum of Art which includes photos from ElissaCS, whose photostream is  amazing, including multiple sets of the Met and other museums, and of major sites in Europe and elsewhere.  In fact now that I have discovered it, I will probably search for works here first, and more broadly later. http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2009/08/interesting-groups-and-photostreams-on-flickr-the-met-and-elissacs/ British Museum http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2009/08/interesting-groups-on-flickr-british-museum/ Parthenon Marbles & The Acropolis Museum http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2009/08/other-interesting-photostreams-parthenon-marbles-the-acropolis-museum/ Brooklyn Museum of Art Highlights: Pompeii: Objects and Places Middle East: Ruins North Africa: Ruins Egyptian Lantern Slides - General Views & People Egyptian Lantern Slides - Places Rams & Sphinxes http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2009/08/other-interesting-photostreams-brooklyn-museum-of-art/ I have discovered that a great source for photographs of church and other religious art, Sacred Destinations, now has a photostream on Flickr (I only mean to imply that it is more recent than when I last taught in the Spring of 2008).  I have found many photos for teaching ... http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2009/08/in-praise-of-sacred-destinations/ I have just set up a new Flickr group to supplement the material on this website.  Please join and feel free to add photos, uploaded and found. Caves to Cathedrals on Flickr http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2009/08/new-caves-to-cathedrals-flickr-group/ Full-Figured Statuette, 35,000 Years Old, Provides New Clues to How Art Evolved Old and Fat:  Were there obese people 35,000 years ago? Flutes Offer Clues to Stone-Age Music http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2009/06/popular-interest-in-the-paleolithic/ SCIENTISTS BRING 2000-YEAR-OLD PAINTED WARRIOR TO LIFE and the Amazon Warrior Picture Gallery http://www.cavestocathedrals.com/2009/06/painted-roman-sculpture/