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Art Sources Review

Title of Product:

Online article with images from the Kremikovtsi monastery

Country: Bulgaria
Century: 1400 - The 15th Century
Topic: Tarnovo art school
Image of the product:

Name of Producer: www.pravoslavieto.com
Language/s of Product: Bulgarian, Russian
Target Group: General audience
Overall Evaluation: fair
Objectives & Structure:
This article gives insufficient information on the monastery, but is supported by good visual materials.
The article does not require special learning skills and provides some opportunities for reaching additional information.

The provided information can be incorporated into a training course, which, due to the many images, can provide the learners with a good idea of the visual arts at the Kremikovtsi monastery.
Description of contents:
The Bulgarian language part presents the murals at the monastery.
The Russian part gives some details on the current monastery management.
Evaluation and Comments:
Overall Evaluation: fair
Clarity of structure, logical sequence of contents: good
Usability / easiness of navigation: good
The website is interesting / stimulating: fair
Educational and learning value: fair
Quality and relevancy of content: excellent
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: fair
Availability and quality of simulation exercises: poor
Quality of the evaluation tools: poor
Possibility of printing/saving material or tests: good
How the product could be improved?: The product can be improved by adding actual analysis on the art, which is found inside the monastery. This is one of the most important Bulgarian cultural monuments, recently restored, of which there is little or no online information at all. The authors
Description of how the website can be used with the students::
This material is suitable to be used with the students. Its visual representations should be supported by additional visual ones, such as those available at: http://news.webshots.com/album/256976780Jbivmc /presenting the weapon images at the monastery/, and http://kdecheva.com/cmgallery/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-28 /excellent photos from the interior and exterior/ as well as further reading materials, such as those available at http://en.journey.bg/bulgaria/bulgaria.php?guide=555, http://www.bulgarian-monasteries.com/archive/kremikovci_monastery.html /an article on the monastery arts and architecture - in English/ and http://sic.mfa.government.bg/images/content/966/catalog%20-%20eng.pdf /an article on the Orthodox tradition of Bulgaria – very good document, with a lot of information, details, good visual representations/.
Evaluation Date: 14 May 2008
Name of teacher: Elena Marinova Haralambieva
Name of School: 106 school «Grigorii Tzamblak»
Country: Bulgaria
Subjects Taught: fine arts

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