Category: pedagogy

  • Ara Pacis Augustae in pictures and words

    Charles S. Rhyne, Professor Emeritus of Art History at Reed College, has created a new website dedicated to the visual and historiographical study of the ancient Roman monument Ara Pacis Augustae. In his preface, Professor Rhyne explains that the site’s objective is “to make available a more comprehensive body of images of the Ara Pacis…

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  • Creating interactive images with Speaking Image

    The online application Speaking_Image lets you create, edit and share interactive annotative images. After uploading images (those without copyright infringement), you can isolate and annotate areas of the image for your viewers. Students can also edit these images so they can create interactive and collective study guides as a group (edits are listed so everyone…

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  • Art History Association Meeting Feb. 8

    UCSB’s Art History Association has organized a Museum Panel, featuring the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Anne Mersmann, Associate Registrar; Patsy Hicks, Director of Education; and Michelle Sullivan, Senior Curatorial Assistant. When: Tuesday, February 8th, 5:30pm Where: Phelps 3526.

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  • Explaining and exploring photographic processes

    If students are having a hard time distinguishing their autochrome from their photogram, here are three fantastic on-line resources that offer definitions and examples of photographic processes: Historic Photographs, from the British Library, is an on-line gallery tour of photography “in its formative years.” Exploring Photography, from the Victoria & Albert Museum, has a series…

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  • Library of Images From the Environment

    LIFE (Library of Images From the Environment) database contains over 28000 high-resolution images from nature, including views of landscapes, plant and animal examples, as well as broader environmental issues like management and research. Hosted by the National Biological Information Infrastructure and the Center for Biological Informatics, the site is organized by subject (each with extensive…

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  • Some online time wasters, I mean “Sites for Expressing Your Creativity”

    Flower Power – flowing, psychedelic flower designs – very soothing (and reminiscent of The Wonderful World of Disney!) Mr. PicassoHead – pretty self-explanatory – potato heads in the style of Picasso, ca. 1920 Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Prints – change the colors on the famous print of Marilyn Monroe ArtPad – paint on a canvas, using…

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