Alberti's Window

I've always really liked the Colosseum (70-80 CE, shown on left) and its history: Vespasian! Nero the Loser! Gladiators! The bastardiz...

I'm in the middle of reading The Origins of the Baroque Art in Rome by Alois Riegl. This recent publication is a really exciting and in...

Each of my classes this quarter has its own distinct personality. My ancient art students are especially curious, and I love the questions t...

I guess the Renaissance artist Baccio Bandinelli has been on my mind lately. I realized that somehow I managed to bring up Bandinelli in eac...

Some of my long-time readers will remember my previous post on Saint Lucy , whose iconography (or visual symbol) is a pair of eyeballs. I re...

The quarter is over. Over the past few days I've reflected on what lectures I enjoyed teaching to my ancient art students. I think tha...

This week I've been thinking about several random art historical facts and ideas. Several of you might have seen some of these links on...

Tonight I've been researching why the so-called "Peplos Kore" (c. 530 BCE, shown left) might not be wearing a peplos garment...

I've been reading snippets of Pliny the Elder's Natural History over the past few days, and I can't help but think that the anc...

This past weekend, my family and I traveled to visit the Washington State Capitol Building. It's always fun for me to identify the dif...

This week I have been reading Colin Cunningham's essay "The Parthenon Marbles" (a preview of which is available here ). Cunnin...

So many prehistoric statuettes are nicknamed "Venus" (the most popular being the " Venus of Willendorf ") that I've ...

This evening I was flipping through some textbooks on ancient art. I am currently developing curriculum for an introductory course on anc...

Today I'm pleased to feature a guest post by Pamelia Brown. Pamelia writes for Associate Degree [dot] com, and has a written a couple o...

I was recently asked a question something like, "If you had to choose a favorite god or goddess from ancient Greek/Roman mythology, who...

One of the things I absolutely love about teaching is that students point out details in art that I have never noticed previously. Thanks ...

Someone requested that I write a few introductory posts on architecture, and I am more than happy to comply! I thought that it would be fun...