Art Teacher in Your Pocket
Art history junkies take note: learning about Italian art is easy with Jane’s Smart Art Guides. Order a CD set - or, even better, download the MP3s to your iPod - and you can learn more about St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome’s Santa Maria del Popolo, or the Fra Angelico fresco cycle in Florence’s San Marco while you’re visiting them this summer or fall. Jane is also at work on audiotours for Orvieto’s San Brizio Chapel and Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico. We especially like Jane’s blog, which is rich with information on art history and happenings around the world.
While we encourage our readers to support Jane and her excellent guides, we also want to point out another artsy podcast of note. A team called smARThistory has an interesting - and FREE - video podcast on Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Theresa. Upload this - rather than Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons - before your next trip to Rome.
