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Art Sources Review

Title of Product:

Online article on the Arbanasi monastery

Country: Bulgaria
Century: 1600 - The 17th Century
Topic: “Christ great archangel”; “Transfiguration of Christ”; 12 scenes from the life of the Mother of God in the monastery “Saint Nicholas” in Arbanasi
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Name of Author(s): www.bulgaria-trips.info
Name of Producer: www.bulgaria-trips.info
Language/s of Product: English
Target Group: General audience
Website last update: n/a
Overall Evaluation: fair
Availability of community:
static article
Objectives & Structure:
This article gives general information on the history of the region and the monasteries.
The article does not require special learning skills.

The provided information could be incorporated into a training course should it be also supported by additional readings and visual materials.
Description of contents:
The text is structured into three parts – general information on the village of Arbanassi, where the monastery is situated, general information on the monastery “St. Nicolas” and general information on a second monastery in the area.
Evaluation and Comments:
Overall Evaluation: fair
Clarity of structure, logical sequence of contents: fair
Usability / easiness of navigation: good
The website is interesting / stimulating: fair
Educational and learning value: fair
Quality and relevancy of content: good
Compatibility of the content with the target group: good
Suitability and quality of graphic interface: good
Degree and quality of interaction: poor
Exploitation of the electronic potential: poor
Availability and quality of simulation exercises: poor
Quality of the evaluation tools: poor
Possibility of printing/saving material or tests: fair
How the product could be improved?: This content should be introduced into a general training course. The data is not rich enough both as far as reading and visual representation material is concerned.
Description of how the website can be used with the students::
This web-site is suitable to be used with the students. The information provided can be combined with the data available on http://www.arbanassibg.com/page.php?lang=bg&dir=1&id=11 /an article on the monastery in Bulgarian language/ and http://oikumen.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html /a quite well developed blog with a lot of information and some visual materials/.
Evaluation Date: 05 May 2008
Name of teacher: Virginija Milkova Pencheva
Name of School: National school of arts “Prof. Veselin Stoyanov» - Rousse
Country: Bulgaria
Subjects Taught: painting; History of Bulgarian Art

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