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Accessible Art History is a social media based education initiative focusing on bringing art history to anyone who is curious about human creativity.
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Welcome to the Conversation: How to Read Scholarly Articles (opens the original)
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One of the things I wish someone had taught me earlier in my academic career is that reading a scholarly article is not the same thing as reading a book for fun. When we pick up a novel, we might start on page one and work our way to the end. We follow the story, absorb the information, and eventually close the book. Scholarly articles require something different. They are arguments and conversations. They are interventions into an existing body of research. And if we’re going to get something m
Ancient Egypt: Pre-Dynastic Period (opens the original)
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This Mask Was Never Meant to Be in a Museum (opens the original)
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What does it mean to remember someone? What does it mean to be remembered? Sometimes, it’s in the form of stories, told by relatives to keep the memories alive. But sometimes, the memories take on a physical form. When this happens, it becomes about more than just the person it’s depicting. Instead, it can embody their power, preserve their legacy, and continue to play an active role in the culture that created it. One of the best examples of this is The Pendant Mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià.<a class="ima
Why Do We Still Teach Art History Like a Parade of Genius Men? (opens the original)
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Giotto. Leonardo. Michelangelo. Raphael. Caravaggio. Rembrandt. Velázquez. Goya. Monet. Van Gogh. Picasso. Matisse. Pollock. The names change depending on the course, but the basic narrative often remains consistent: one male artist after another, each supposedly revolutionizing art through his singular genius. Their ideas and motifs build upon one another, moving from one style to the next. But, why? Why is this the story we tell?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substa
Top 100 Works of Art (opens the original)
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Over the last seven years of running Accessible Art History, I’ve covered a lot of works of art! Naturally, this led me to think about what I would consider the “best” works of art in the historical canon. Of course, any attempt to identify the “best” or “most important” works of art is inherently subjective. There are undoubtedly far more than 100 works that have shaped the history of human creativity, and the very concept of an artistic canon is shaped by cultural, historical, and institutiona
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