- Smarthistory
The brilliant histories of art belong to everyone, no matter their background Smarthistory’s free, award-winning digital content unlocks the expertise of hundreds of leading scholars, making the history of art accessible and engaging to more people, in more places, than any other publisher
- Smarthistory – Start here
We created Smarthistory to provide students around the world with the highest-quality educational resources for art and cultural heritage—for free
- Smarthistory – Our mission
Smarthistory has become the most visited art history resource in the world We are the official provider of art history for khanacademy org and we support AP and A-level art history and students, instructors, and lifelong learners everywhere
- Smarthistory – What is art history and where is it going?
Smarthistory’s videos and articles reflect this history of art history Since the site was originally created to support a course in Western art and history, the content initially focused on the most celebrated works of the Western canon
- Smarthistory – AP®︎ Art History
AP®︎ Art History Below are short videos, essays, high-resolution photographs, and additional resources for each of the 250 required works of art that form the central curriculum for the AP®︎ Art History course These works of art were selected by the College Board because they "represent foundational exemplars of global artistic traditions " You might find our free world art history
- Smarthistory – Reframing Art History a new kind of textbook
Global perspectives through an open-access multimedia "textbook" for the 21st century Reframing Art History, an open-access multimedia art history "textbook," gives you a guided journey through the living, breathing, meaningful side of art history We’re less concerned with names and dates than with meaning and movement With chapters developed by a group of more than 50 experts, it
- Historical overview: to 1600 - Smarthistory
Humankind’s origins and the beginnings of cultural expression may be traced to Africa Recent discoveries in the southern tip of Africa provide remarkable evidence of the earliest stirrings of human creativity Ocher plaques with engraved designs, made some 70,000 years ago, represent some of humankind’s earliest attempts at visual expression Although much remains to be learned about
- Smarthistory – Raphael, School of Athens
Raphael, School of Athens, fresco, 1509–11 (Stanza della Segnatura, Papal Palace, Vatican) Speakers: Dr Beth Harris and Dr Steven Zucker
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