All Mona Lisa, All the Time

Earliest known copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa found at Spain's Prado Museum
A black background was cleaned off two years ago and the painting was x-rayed. Conservators believe an apprentice of Leonardo's painted it at the same time the Mona Lisa herself was made.

Happy New Year and a New Old Controversy

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Virgin and Child With Saint Anne” is currently undergoing restoration at the Louvre, and like so many restoration stories, not everyone is in agreement about the right course of action. Check out the full article to learn more.

The Devil in Giotto

A fresco in Assisi by Giotto was just cleaned. Look what they found! There is always more to know.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/8872780/Smirking-face-of-the-Devil-discovered-in-Giotto-fresco.html

ARTstor Tips!

Are you enjoying using our subscription to ARTstor? Go to library.artstor.org and look around! Try looking at Trajan's Column for a good example of the richness of this incredible resource. Check this article for a great teaching project

Remember when you use ARTstor, allow pop-ups in your browser and make ARTstor a trusted site. See here for more instructions on how to get the most out of this rich art image database.

Take A Tour

Just stumbled across this new tour of the Anzio Museum. Nice to look around and imagine we can visit and then go out for an espresso and a walk in the Italian sunshine.

http://anzio.arounder.com/en/city-tour

Also check out the QTVRs in ARTstor. Log in to library.artstor.org and put QTVR in the search box. The Pantheon is particularly nice to view this way.

BACK TO SCHOOL!

Our new subscription to ARTstor is up and available for everyone on campus (including the campus groups in Reading, Strasbourg, Merida and elsewhere)! Please go to Library.Artstor.Org and look around. Over a million images of art from around the globe, in beautiful detail!

You can use images with ARTstor's own software or download them to use in your powerpoints and documents.

Most importantly--check out their incredible zoom feature!

Contact me for more information or a tutorial. You are going to love it!

COMING ATTRACTION!

Beginning in July we will start a campus-wide subscription to ARTstor, the leading digital image library. It contains over a million images for teaching and is global in scope! You can explore it at the link here: http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml

We will continue to support teaching with both MDID, the local art image library, and 35 millimeter slides for those who prefer them, but get ready to have an ocean of images available to you!