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Reconstruction drawing of Nimrud, the site of an ancient Assyrian palace, by James Fergusson for Sir Henry Layard, published in 1853. The columns depicted here were never found. The reconstruction is clearly influenced by what was known at that time of Greco-Roman architecture and by John Martin's Fall of Nineveh (1829).

Archaeological Reconstructions, by Sebastian Hageneuer, M.A.

Katsushika Hokusai, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa, Edo period, 19th century (Tokyo National Museum)

Freshman year jitters (as a professor)! (by Dr. Melody Rod-ari)

Come to: “The Ancient Cities of Uzbekistan: An Exploration into the Silk Road and its Architectural and Religious Heritage,” an illustrated lecture given by Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis (Smarthistory contributing editor) and George H. Lewis

Manar-al-Athar — Free resource for the study of the Middle East (by Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis)

Beth in the Abbey of Fontenay

Just what is Smarthistory?

Andrea Mantegna, The Triumphs of Caesar: Trumpeters and Standard-Bearer, after 1486, Hampton Court Palace

Pliny’s (sm)art history—a post from Dr. Jeffrey Becker

View from Süleymaniye to the Golden Horn, Mimar Sinan, Süleymaniye Mosque for the Sultan Süleyman the Lawgiver, 1558, Istanbul

Doing digital art History & archaeology won’t hurt much! (I promise…) —a post from Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay Lewis

Learning evolves—by Jimena Berzal

Smarthistory is for professors and instructors too…

Exterior tiles, Mimar Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque

From our contributors and community (a new series)