Unprecedented access to high-quality images, a revamped AP curriculum, and museums' social media initiatives have transformed the fundamentals of art history instruction.
These are 21st century learners who are just more engaged in multimedia.
Teachers of art history are introducing students to great works with new precision through high-resolution images, immersive technologies, YouTube videos, and other platforms and digital systems.
Students in AP art history classes are now exposed to a much wider range of artworks from different cultures as part of a revision of the curriculum.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is generating a huge online following of young people through its irreverent use of social networking tools.