Skip to content

Search

Generic filters

Hidden label

Search in excerpt

Hidden label

About
- - We believe art has the power to transform lives and to build understanding across cultures. We believe that the brilliant histories of art belong to everyone, no matter their background.
    
    Smarthistory unlocks the expertise of hundreds of scholars, making the history of art accessible and engaging to more people, in more places, than any other publisher.
Histories of Art
Guided learning
Commons
Support
- - We created Smarthistory to provide students around the world with the highest-quality educational resources for art and cultural heritage—for free.

Search

BBC One

Bayeux Tapestry thumbnail — A video camera captures all 70 meters of “tapestry.” Follow the embroidered narrative as it unfolds.

The Bayeux Tapestry, from BBC

by BBC One

Browse Smarthistory images for teaching & learning!

Sign up for our newsletter!

Receive occasional emails about new Smarthistory content.

The everyday experience of a woman is the subject of...

Carrie Mae Weems's The Kitchen Table Series

Learn more about this series

with a video and other learning resources

Check it out here

More resources about Weems Close

Smarthistory is a nonprofit organization

At Smarthistory we believe art has the power to transform lives and to build understanding across cultures. We believe that the brilliant histories of art belong to everyone, no matter their background. Smarthistory’s free, award-winning digital content unlocks the expertise of hundreds of leading scholars, making the history of art accessible and engaging to more people, in more places, than any other provider.

Donate
Subscribe to our newsletter
Contact Us

About Smarthistory
Smarthistory’s blog
Contribute an essay
Content editors and contributors

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License