Dr. Beth Harris

Beth is co-founder and executive director of Smarthistory. Previously, she was dean of art and history at Khan Academy and director of digital learning at The Museum of Modern Art. Before joining MoMA, Beth was Associate Professor of art history and director of distance learning at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she taught both online and in the classroom. She has co-authored, with Dr. Steven Zucker, numerous articles on the future of education and the future of museums, and is the editor of Famine and Fashion: Needlewomen in the Nineteenth Century (2005). She received her Master’s degree from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and her doctorate in Art History from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Rashid Johnson, <em>Stacked Heads</em>
Rashid Johnson, Stacked Heads
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Beatriz Cortez, <em>Ilopango, The Volcano That Left</em>
Beatriz Cortez, Ilopango, The Volcano That Left
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Maya Lin, <em>Ghost Forest</em>
Maya Lin, Ghost Forest
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Donatello, <em>The Miracle of the Mule</em>
Donatello, The Miracle of the Mule
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Stefan Lochner, <em>Madonna of the Rose Bower</em>
Stefan Lochner, Madonna of the Rose Bower
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Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini, <em>Saint Mark Preaching in Alexandria</em>
Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini, Saint Mark Preaching in Alexandria
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Scenes from Homer’s <em>Odyssey</em>, Via Graziosa
Scenes from Homer’s Odyssey, Via Graziosa
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Martin Schongauer, <em>Madonna of the Rose Bower</em>
Martin Schongauer, Madonna of the Rose Bower
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Basilica of Constantine (Aula Palatina), Trier
Basilica of Constantine (Aula Palatina), Trier
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Cross of Lothair II
Cross of Lothair II
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Gustave Moreau, <em>Jupiter and Semele</em>
Gustave Moreau, Jupiter and Semele
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Death of the Virgin, South portal, Strasbourg Cathedral
Death of the Virgin, South portal, Strasbourg Cathedral
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Annibale Carracci, <em>Landscape with the Flight into Egypt</em>
Annibale Carracci, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
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The Chapter House of York Minster
The Chapter House of York Minster
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Mirror with game board design and animals of the four directions
Mirror with game board design and animals of the four directions
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Maria Sybilla Merian’s <i>Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum</i><br>Getty Conversations
Maria Sybilla Merian’s Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum
Getty Conversations
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Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type<br>Getty Conversations
Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type
Getty Conversations
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Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan
Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan
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Violence and drama, Caravaggio’s <em>The Flagellation of Christ</em>
Violence and drama, Caravaggio’s The Flagellation of Christ
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SS. Sergius and Bacchus, preserved as the mosque, Küçük Ayasofya
SS. Sergius and Bacchus, preserved as the mosque, Küçük Ayasofya
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