Smarthistory | Art. History. Conversation.
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Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker—together with 200 leading art historians, and museum partners—have created and published hundreds of short engaging conversational videos and articles, making Smarthistory one of the most accessible and extensive resources for the study of the history of art.
Smarthistory | Art. History. Conversation.
2y ago
A way forward
In the past nine months, we’ve asked in what ways the Smarthistory community can mobilize and transform to meet the needs of students and their professors during this period of crisis in education. We knew Smarthistory was having a positive impact from the dozens of emails and comments we were receiving, and our analytics showed that usage was up almost 80% year-over-year, nevertheless we wondered what else we could be doing. There are issues that are critical for our discipline to address—drawing more students to our classes, elevating the value of the discipline to society at ..read more
Smarthistory | Art. History. Conversation.
4y ago
We have created a Google Doc with resources that we hope will help everyone as we navigate unprecedented teaching challenges with Covid-19. We invite comments and suggestions. This living document will transform as a result ..read more
Smarthistory | Art. History. Conversation.
5y ago
Don’t use powerpoint (or keynote) in the classroom. Try this instead!
Want to engage your art history class? Don’t use Powerpoint.
Cards on the table, we hate teaching with powerpoint, keynote, or any other presentation software. No matter how much energy you bring to your class, no matter how beautiful the images they hold, these programs work against you, causing atrophy and boredom for you and your students.
What’s so bad about .ppt or .key?
Powerpoint (and its cousins) do not easily allow for deviation from a set order — especially with comparisons, which are often at the center of art h ..read more
Smarthistory | Art. History. Conversation.
5y ago
If you google the word “Renaissance,” on the image tab, you’ll find yourself exclusively in Italy. Smarthistory would like to do something about that.
Google image search results for the term “Renaissance”
The Expanding Renaissance Initiative (ERI), is a new Andrew W. Mellon-funded project from Smartistory to expand the boundaries of art history in the classroom—in this case specifically the early modern period. Our plan is to work towards art histories that do not present European art as superior and help to weaken the binary western/non-western paradigm. The ERI is aligned with recent schola ..read more