Landmarks in World Art and Architecture covered art through the ages and across the globe, from ancient Mesopotamia and China to Pre-Columbian America, to early modern Japan and modern Europe and the United States. Members of the History of Art and Architecture faculty each lectured on an outstanding example in their area of expertise. For fall 2012, the faculty decided to teach the course chronologically for the first time in order to give students a deeper understanding of the historic currencies in play and to frame the discussion around ideas of art and revolution—intellectual, scientific, and political.

There were two main goals for this ATG project. The first goal was to create a map for the website that linked works of art discussed in class to specific places and periods in world history, enabling students to explore the broad cross-currencies of art and revolution at different times and places. The second goal was to build a list of objects in and around campus (with the help of staff at the Harvard Art Museum) and introduce those works on the course website. Students would then select a specific work of art from the object lists and blog about it based on weekly assignments over the course of the semester.

The course PITF created a layer in WorldMap to display key works of study within a geographical context and created object lists of works of art and architecture around Cambridge and Boston. In addition, the use of the iSite Flashcard tool allowed the teaching staff to post specific works from each lecture for which the students were responsible on the exam.

See the course website for specific examples and more information.

See what other technologies are being used in teaching, learning, and research in History of Art and Architecture.