This new site from the University of Minnesota's College of Education features images and interpretive texts concerning the iconic representations of instruction in the Western world down through the ages. The site offers galleries of representations of the "seven liberal arts," the female figure of Grammar, St. Anne and the Education of the Virgin Mary, Jesus at School, Aristotle's fall from grace, choir stall carvings and misericords, and more. Available in thumbnail and full-frame sizes, the images will also eventually be offered in a searchable database. In order to appreciate the full significance of these representations of classic "scenes of instruction," users will want to read the excellent articles posted in the lecture hall that correspond to each gallery. Note: we did experience some odd routings in the site's navigation.
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