. . . with some excellent resources, including podcasts, for Ancient Studies.
"Smarthistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker began smARThistory in 2005 by creating a blog featuring free audio guides in the form of podcasts for use in The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soon after, we embedded the audio files in our online survey courses. The response from our students was so positive that we decided to create a multi-media survey of art history web-book. We created 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 . . ."
Monday, May 18, 2009
Boris likes Horace. So what?
The study of Ancient History and Literature has long suffered from its defenders and the ideological assumptions with which bourgeois culture is most comfortable . . .
Latin and Greek are the keys to a breathtaking intellectual playground whether you come from Eton or a state school
opines Charlotte Higgins in the Guardian . . .
Cannes film festival falls in love with Ancient mathematician
Democritus's atomic theory and Aristarchus's heliocentric model of the universe are not subjects that can often be said to delight audiences at the Cannes film festival.
But Alejandro Amenabar's Agora did just that
But Alejandro Amenabar's Agora did just that
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