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Last update: Feb 4\/21<\/div>\r\n

Art<\/h1>\r\n3D Gandharan Sculptures<\/a> (CC BY)\r\n\r\nThree 3D models of Gandharan sculptures have been created from the University of Edinburgh\u2019s Centre for Research Collections (CRC), and made available on Sketchfab.\r\n

Courses<\/h1>\r\nArt and Music Since 1945<\/a> (CC BY)\r\n\r\nThis open website is used for a course on Art and Music since 1945 offered at The Ohio State University. The website contains a collection of biographies of artists and musicians<\/a>, a sample syllabus<\/a>, and\u00a0assignments<\/a>. Its companion textbook is meant to be A Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture<\/em>, which is posted below.\r\n\r\nHelen Langdon's \u2018Caravaggio\u2019<\/a> (CC BY-NC-SA)\r\n\r\nThis course will concentrate on one of the most common forms of art history writing \u2014 a biographical monograph about a single artist's life and work. You will be focusing on the way that one author, Helen Langdon, has used biography in her book about one artist, Caravaggio. In order to get the most out of studying this course you will need access to a copy of this book.\r\n

Monographs<\/h1>\r\nEssays on Paula Rego: Smile When You Think about Hell<\/a> (CC BY)\r\n\r\nIn these powerful and stylishly written essays, Maria Manuel Lisboa dissects the work of Paula Rego, the Portuguese-born artist considered one of the greatest artists of modern times. Focusing primarily on Rego\u2019s work since the 1980s, Lisboa explores the complex relationships between violence and nurturing, power and impotence, politics and the family that run through Rego\u2019s art.\r\n

Textbooks<\/h1>\r\nIntroduction to Art<\/a> (CC BY)\r\n\r\nFrom Boise State University.\r\n\r\nA Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture<\/a> (CC BY)\r\n\r\nAn open textbook by The Ohio State University that discusses\u00a0art and music in the context of popular culture. It is meant to work with the open course Art and Music Since 1945<\/em>, which is posted above.\r\n

Videos<\/h1>\r\nShakespeare in China<\/a> (CC BY)\r\n\r\nThe seminar \u2018Shakespeare in China \u2013 A conversation with Lin Zhaohua\u2019 is a series of videos covering the\u00a0event was held by the Confucius Institute for Scotland as part of the Edinburgh International Festival in 2013. The seminar was dual-language with both English and Chinese being translated by participants.\r\n

Websites<\/h1>\r\n19th-Century France: A Visual Resource<\/a>\u00a0(Licence unspecified)\r\n\r\nThis site contains a collection of photographs and information about 19th-century French painting, architecture, fashion, and caricature.\r\n\r\n\"ThisOpen Art Histories<\/a> (Various CC licences)\r\n\r\nA platform for art, art history, visual art, communication, and museum studies teachers and instructors in Canada.\r\n\r\nSmarthistory<\/a> (CC BY-NC-SA)\r\n\r\nA huge collection of educational resources related to art history from all over the world.\r\n\r\nVerdi in Victorian London<\/a> (CC BY)\r\n\r\nMassimo Zicari\u2019s Verdi in Victorian London reconstructs the reception of Verdi\u2019s operas in London from 1844, when a first critical account was published in the pages of The Athenaeum, to 1901, when Verdi\u2019s death received extensive tribute in The Musical Times.","rendered":"
Last update: Feb 4\/21<\/div>\n

Art<\/h1>\n

3D Gandharan Sculptures<\/a> (CC BY)<\/p>\n

Three 3D models of Gandharan sculptures have been created from the University of Edinburgh\u2019s Centre for Research Collections (CRC), and made available on Sketchfab.<\/p>\n

Courses<\/h1>\n

Art and Music Since 1945<\/a> (CC BY)<\/p>\n

This open website is used for a course on Art and Music since 1945 offered at The Ohio State University. The website contains a collection of biographies of artists and musicians<\/a>, a sample syllabus<\/a>, and\u00a0assignments<\/a>. Its companion textbook is meant to be A Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture<\/em>, which is posted below.<\/p>\n

Helen Langdon’s \u2018Caravaggio\u2019<\/a> (CC BY-NC-SA)<\/p>\n

This course will concentrate on one of the most common forms of art history writing \u2014 a biographical monograph about a single artist’s life and work. You will be focusing on the way that one author, Helen Langdon, has used biography in her book about one artist, Caravaggio. In order to get the most out of studying this course you will need access to a copy of this book.<\/p>\n

Monographs<\/h1>\n

Essays on Paula Rego: Smile When You Think about Hell<\/a> (CC BY)<\/p>\n

In these powerful and stylishly written essays, Maria Manuel Lisboa dissects the work of Paula Rego, the Portuguese-born artist considered one of the greatest artists of modern times. Focusing primarily on Rego\u2019s work since the 1980s, Lisboa explores the complex relationships between violence and nurturing, power and impotence, politics and the family that run through Rego\u2019s art.<\/p>\n

Textbooks<\/h1>\n

Introduction to Art<\/a> (CC BY)<\/p>\n

From Boise State University.<\/p>\n

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Art, Music, and Culture<\/a> (CC BY)<\/p>\n

An open textbook by The Ohio State University that discusses\u00a0art and music in the context of popular culture. It is meant to work with the open course Art and Music Since 1945<\/em>, which is posted above.<\/p>\n

Videos<\/h1>\n

Shakespeare in China<\/a> (CC BY)<\/p>\n

The seminar \u2018Shakespeare in China \u2013 A conversation with Lin Zhaohua\u2019 is a series of videos covering the\u00a0event was held by the Confucius Institute for Scotland as part of the Edinburgh International Festival in 2013. The seminar was dual-language with both English and Chinese being translated by participants.<\/p>\n

Websites<\/h1>\n

19th-Century France: A Visual Resource<\/a>\u00a0(Licence unspecified)<\/p>\n

This site contains a collection of photographs and information about 19th-century French painting, architecture, fashion, and caricature.<\/p>\n

\"ThisOpen Art Histories<\/a> (Various CC licences)<\/p>\n

A platform for art, art history, visual art, communication, and museum studies teachers and instructors in Canada.<\/p>\n

Smarthistory<\/a> (CC BY-NC-SA)<\/p>\n

A huge collection of educational resources related to art history from all over the world.<\/p>\n

Verdi in Victorian London<\/a> (CC BY)<\/p>\n

Massimo Zicari\u2019s Verdi in Victorian London reconstructs the reception of Verdi\u2019s operas in London from 1844, when a first critical account was published in the pages of The Athenaeum, to 1901, when Verdi\u2019s death received extensive tribute in The Musical Times.<\/p>\n

Media Attributions<\/h2>