Programs

Image database links

As mentioned by our librarian, Janice Lurie, here are two good free resources to tap for visuals in research and tour development:

Minnesota Reflections:

http://reflections.mndigital.org/

The information from Minnesota also feeds into the national library, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA):

http://dp.la/

 

February 10, 2016

PowerPoint for Proto-Renaissance:

Proto Renaissance 14th century

PowerPoint for Early Southern Renaissance:

Southern Renaissance JDT 2016

(Note: For those printing off PowerPoint lectures, you can select “grayscale” in the print menu so the black background will not print.)

Handout for Proto-Renaissance (14th century, Italy):

Proto-Renaissance handout (Word) and Proto-Renaissance handout (PDF)

Handout for Southern Renaissance:

Southern Renaissance Handout 2016

Class video links:

JDT class video links for February 10 (Word) and JDT class video links for February 10 (PDF)

Here’s the Best Practices for using iPads on tours:

iPadQAHandout2016 (Word) and iPadQAHandout2016 (PDF)

See the Shared Resources page for links to Minnesota Reflections and the DPLA, as discussed in the library session. See the Homework Assignments page for the European Gallery Talk guidelines and signup sheets for March 2, 9, and 16.

Literacy rates in Medieval Europe

Our friend Sandra Pietron has a neighbor who is a professor of medieval studies at the U of M. Sandra asked her for the literacy rates in Europe at that time, and here is her response:

“…I don’t have figures for literacy in Europe as a whole.  I do know that the highest literacy rate is thought to have been in Iceland.  This is usually explained in part by the easy access to writing material, i.e., parchment (from sheepskins).  But it is easy to think of collateral explanations, too: the richness and importance to society of the saga tradition, the need to spend much time indoors during certain seasons, and the importance of written law to the civilization.

The next highest rate is thought to have been in Florence, where the 14th-century chronicler Giovanni Villani reports 40%.  He may be writing as a civic “booster,” but the merchant class did need to read and established schools for merchant’s sons
early.  Merchant memoirs prove that some merchants even encouraged their grown sons to spend part of each day reading the Latin classics, in order to develop good judgment and prudence.
A fun book to read to become familiar with the practical uses of literacy for a merchant in 14th-century Tuscany is “The Merchant of Prato” by Iris Origo.”

February 3, 2016

PPT lecture on Medieval Europe:

Medieval Europe

(Note: For those printing off PowerPoint lectures, you can select “grayscale” in the print menu so the black background will not print.)

Docent handout:

Medieval art handout (Word) and Medieval art handout (PDF)

Class video links:

JDT class video links for February 3 (Word) and  JDT class video links for February 3 (PDF)

Study sheet for Renaissance lecture on 2/10/16:

The Southern and Northern Renaissance studysheet (Word) and The Southern and Northern Renaissance studysheet (PDF)

January 27, 2016

PPT from lecture (Americas and Africa):

Later Americas Africa

Docent lecture handout:

Art of the Americas Africa Docent handout (Word) and Art of the Americas Africa Docent handout (PDF)

Class video links:

JDT class video links for January 27 (Word) and JDT class video links for January 27 (PDF)

Worksheet for next week’s lecture (Medieval and Proto-Renaissance):

Medieval and Proto Ren study sheet (Word) and Medieval and Proto Ren study sheet (PDF)

Handout on transitions (showing examples of types of transitions):

Transitions