Smarthistory – a multimedia art textbook

Smarthistory.org is a free, not-for-profit, multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement for the traditional art history textbook. It “uses multimedia to deliver unscripted conversations between art historians about the history of art.” The site contains audios and videos about works of art found in standard art history survey texts, organized the files stylistically and chronologically, and added text and still images.

It’s a very impressive resource – and I am sure Art teachers will find some very useful stuff here.

Check out Smart history at http://www.smarthistory.org and let me know what you think of it in the comments section.

Thanks to Lisa Dubernard (@onboardlearning) for the link

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