WILLIAMSON, “Material Culture and Medieval Christianity (2014).”
Description: This brief article notes that material and spatial practices were key to medieval Christianity. By widening the field of [...]
Visual Thinking, Images, and Learning in College
Description: Philip Yenawine and Alexa Miller introduce the practice of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) and explain how class discussions using [...]
Visual Thinking, Art, and University Teaching Across Disciplines
Description: Wondering how Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) could work in your field? Dabney Hailey shares her experiences facilitating VTS discussions [...]
Visual Analysis How-To – Nasher Museum of Art
Description: Outlines the basics of Visual Analysis, a key component of close-looking and meaning-making when engaging in visual material, from [...]
Visible Bodies and the Politics of Sexuality
Description: This course examines the role of visual culture in producing varied and often-contested concepts of sexuality in American society. [...]
Using Images in the History Classroom
Description: This chapter describes the challenges and benefits of working with images in a history classroom. The first part indicates [...]
Scoring Rubric for Assessment of Visual Analysis
Description: Example of a scoring rubric for assessment of visual analysis, a key component to the analysis of a work [...]
Property and Possession in the Middle Ages Museum Visit
Description: The course traces the development of notions of possession, property and ownership in Europe from c. 900 to 1600. [...]
Pedagogic Approaches to Teaching with Art in the Sciences
Description: Informed by interactions with STEM faculty and pedagogic emphasis on active, inquiry-based learning that also touches on the creative [...]
Milkova, Teaching and Learning with Collections of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College (2018)
Description: This publication outlines five models for teaching with original works of art across academic disciplines. It highlights content-related curricular [...]
Close Looking Activities from the AMAM
Description: Sample group activities designed by Liliana Milkova, Curator of Academic Programs, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. These activities [...]