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Free! The Guggenheim has put 65 modern art books and catalogues online.
From OpenCulture:
In recent days, the museum has made 65 art catalogues available online, all free of charge. The catalogues offer an intellectual and visual introduction to the work of Alexander Calder, Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon, Gustav Klimt & Egon Schiele, and Kandinsky. Plus there are other texts (e.g., Masterpieces of Modern Art and Abstract Expressionists Imagists) that tackle meta movements and themes.
Now let me give you a few handy instructions to get you started. 1.) Select a text from the collection. 2.) Click the “Read Catalogue Online” button. 3.) Start reading the book in the pop-up browser, and use the controls at thevery bottom of the pop-up browser to move through the book. 4.) If you have any problems accessing these texts, you can find alternate versions on Archive.org, which lets you download books in multiple formats – ePUB, PDF and the rest.
Sounding Out Your Heritage
The SOYH project brought together groups of over-60s from a wide variety of backgrounds across Kent and Medway over a series of learning sessions. These sessions provided learning support to the participants to help them explore an aspect of their heritage that interested them and produce a resource which would enable others to learn about their heritage too. Over the course of the sessions, it was intended that where possible learners would begin to develop a new skill or realise other opportunities for learning which could help to sustain their informal learning activity in the future. Learning goals for each individual were identified and supported. The achievements of the learners were celebrated at an end of project event and the resources they have produced are being made widely available. The project was evaluated, and best practice as well as lessons learned from the project are being widely disseminated. GEM will continue its work with over-60s by organising professional development events for care professionals and heritage educators, and producing further resources and publications – including updating and improving this toolkit.
This web area provides access to information about the project, the online version of the toolkit, and resources for you to download and use.
