Category: pedagogy

  • The Making of a Roman Silver Cup

    If you’re having trouble visualizing how ancient Roman silversmiths fashioned their works, here is a video that deconstructs, and then reconstructs, one of a pair of silver and gold cups currently featured in a rare exhibition of Ancient Luxury and the Roman Silver Treasure from Berthouville on view at the Getty Villa until August 15,…

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  • Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante

    The digital image of Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante (o/c, 2006) by Chinese artists Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang An, comes with more than dozens of “influential people” from world history. It is also interactive, as the figures (and some of the objects and creatures) have all been tagged — roll the cursor over…

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  • Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon at UCSB Arts Library

    Planned to coincide with International Women’s Day, there will be a Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon 2:30 – 6:00 pm on Sunday, March 8, in Seminar Room 2406 on the 2nd Floor of the Arts Library on the UCSB campus. UCSB is just one of over 70 venues participating this weekend and everyone is welcome — no…

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  • Using Thinglink for teaching and student projects

    A few years ago we posted on an online tool called Thinglink, which facilitates the annotation of online images.  It’s got great potential for study pages and student projects so we thought it was worth re-visiting with these examples.  Instructors and students can get free accounts.  In addition to adding text annotations, you can add…

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  • CAA publishes Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts

    The College Art Association (CAA) has published the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts, a set of principles addressing best practices in the fair use of copyrighted materials based on a consensus of opinion developed through discussions with visual-arts and legal professionals. Initiated by CAA in 2012, it will be…

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  • College Art Association advocates for Fair Use of images in education

    The College Art Association’s Advocacy blog posted news items relating to their continuing advocacy for image fair use in educational settings: CAA signed on a Petition to the US Copyright Office for Proposed Exemption Under 17 U.S.C. 1201 to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for the use of audiovisual media by college and university…

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