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How Can We Explore Art of the Middle Ages Without Textbooks?

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#AskACurator Today, grade 10 #art students are getting familiar with online art collections. Which galleries & museums will they explore? Which gallery or museum will be their favourite? #NipRockArt #gallery #museum #artsed A photo posted by Colleen Rose (@colleenkr) on Mar 21, 2016 at 8:05am PDT . . Grade 10 students are exploring online collections of art.  We have been introduced to a number of galleries and museums that offer a number of resources that are available to us.  Our question now:  if we are studying the art of the Middle Ages, how do we find information without relying on textbooks? Who can we contact? Will anyone be able to help us explore the art of the Middle Ages?

PLEASE Don't Make Me Memorize!

Grade 11 students, this is your chance to find your own path to learning a bit about art history.  We're taking a glimpse at the time of the French Revolution , and I would invite you to read, watch & respond to the introduction I've provided here: http://grade11art.wikispaces.com/Tell+Me+A+Story Use your blog to sort out your thoughts.  Do you understand what the Revolution was about?  If not, how can we simplify the issues?  Are some resources better at explaining the issues of the time?  Can you compare some issues to what we have (or take for granted) in today's society? After you have figured out the main issues that help you understand this time period, select an artwork from those that have been provided on the introduction page .  Keep in mind that there are other artworks from the same time period that also relate to the Revolution -- feel free to search for another artwork if you like. Now... how will you make your artwork tell a s...