This art history video discussion looks at Giovanni Bellini and Titian, The Feast of the Gods, 1514 and 1529, oil on canvas (National Gallery of Art).
This art history video discussion looks at Bonaventura Berlinghieri's "Altarpiece of St. Francis", c. 1235 (Church of San Francesco, Pescia, Italy).
This art history video discussion looks at Bernini's "Apollo and Daphne", 1622-25 (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
This art history video discussion examines Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Bust of Medusa," marble, c. 1644-48 (Capitoline Museum).
This art history video discussion looks at Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Cathedra Petri (or Chair of St. Peter), gilded bronze, gold, wood, stained glass, 1647-53 (apse of Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome). According to tradition, St. Peter himself, the founder of the institution of the Church and considered the first pope, sat on the ancient wooden chair that is encased within this larger bronze and gold chair.
This art history video discussion looks at Gian Lorenzo Bernini, David, 1623-24, marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
This art history video discussion looks at Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Ecstasy of Saint Theresa", 1647-52 (Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome).
This art history video discussion examines Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Pluto and Proserpina" (also know as the Rape of Proserpina), 1621-22, marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome). Proserpina is the Latin varient of the mythic Greek Persephone.
This art history video discussion looks at Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Saint Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro)", Vatican City, Rome, 1656-67.
This art history video discussion looks at Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Sant'Andrea al Quirinale", 1658-70, Rome; commissioned by Cardinal Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili for the nearby Jesuit seminary.
This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about bills and coins - word problems.
This learning video introduces high school students to a topic they would not ordinarily study in school, biotechnology, and to different applications of biotechnology that relate to the main theme of the module - making the desert greener. After reviewing traditional methods used for manipulating plants to produce desired traits, students will learn about the methods of making transgenic plants. Dr. Ziad discusses a real world problem that is critical in his country, Jordan, where much of the land is desert. A prerequisite to this video lesson is some background in biology.
This art history video discussion examines the Ambulatory at the Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, 1140-44.
The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about blood and its components while instilling an appreciation of its importance for survival. The lesson takes a step-by-step approach to determining the recipe for blood while introducing students to important laboratory techniques like centrifugation and microscopy, as well as some diseases of cell types found in blood. It also highlights the importance of donating blood by explaining basic physiological concepts and the blood donation procedure.
This art history video discussion looks at Arnold Bocklin's "Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle", 1872, oil on canvas, 75 x 61 cm (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).
This art history video discussion looks at Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Northern Qi dynasty, c. 550--60, Shanxi Province, China, sandstone with pigments, 13-3/4 feet / 419.1 cm high (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
This art history video discussion looks at Rosa Bonheur's "Plowing in the Nivernais (or The First Dressing)", oil on canvas, 1849 (Musee d'Orsay, Paris).
This art history video discussion looks at Rosa Bonheur "Sheep in the Highlands", 1857, oil on canvas (Wallace Collection, London). The Wallace Collection suggests that this painting is likely the result of a trip that the artist made to Scotland the previous year.
This art history video discussion examines Hieronymus Bosch's "Last Judgment Triptych", 1504-08, Akademie fur bildenden Kunste, Vienna, overall dimensions.
This art history video discussion looks at Botticelli's "La Primavera (Spring)", 1481-1482, tempera on panel, 80 x 123 1/2" (203 x 314), Uffizi, Florence.