This art history video discussion examines Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Moulin de la Galette", 1876, oil on canvas (Musee d'Orsay, Paris).
This art history video discussion examines Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "The Grands Boulevards", 1875, oil on canvas (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
This art history video discussion examines Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "The Large Bathers", 1884-87, oil on canvas, (Philadelphia Museum of Art
Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context is an OER textbook for the college-level music appreciation course. These are supplementary materials designed for music appreciation instructors to use for themselves and their students.
This art history video discussion examines Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons, 1773, oil on canvas.
This art history video discussion examines Jusepe (Jose) de Ribera's "The Martyrdom of Saint Philip", 1639, oil on canvas (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid). The English Romantic poet, Lord Byron , wrote that the artist, "Spagnoletto [the little Spaniard] tainted/His brush with all the blood of all the sainted" (Don Juan , xiii. 71).
This art history video discussion examines Auguste Rodin's "The Gates of Hell" 1880-1917, plaster (Musee d'Orsay, Paris).When the building, earlier on the site of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, was destroyed by fire during the Commune in 1871, plans were drawn up to replace it with a museum of decorative arts. Rodin won the competition to design a great set of doors for its entry way. Although the museum was never built, Rodin continued to work on the doors. They became an ongoing project; a grand stage for his sculptural ideas. It's fitting that the plaster of this great unfinished sculpture, The Gates of Hell, is now on display at the d'Orsay, the former railway terminal that was built on this site instead of the museum of decorative arts and that, by lovely coincidence, was converted into one of the world's great art museums.
This art history video discussion examines Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People", oil on canvas 1830 (Musee du Louvre, Paris).
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was one of the most popular of Franklin Delano Roosevelts New Deal programs. The CCCs mission was to conserve the natural resources of the United States while providing relief to the poor and encouraging the recovery of the economy. The program provided employment to enrolllees and financial support to their families during the Great Depression, while developing much needed conservation and infrastructure projects for a country that had been devastated by over logging and farming practices that contributed to soil erosion. Known as "Roosevelt's Tree Army," the program improved national and state parks, prevented erosion, controlled flooding, and assisted with natural disaster recovery. The unemployment rate during the Great Depression was estimated at twenty-five percent, which left a generation of young men without employment or opportunities. During its operation from 1933 to 1938, the CCC employed close to three million previously unemployed young men, although it disproportionately assisted whites. This exhibition tells the stories of the CCCs administration and controversial policies, the men who joined, and the contributions its projects made to the history of conservation in the United States. This exhibition was created as part of the DPLA's Public Library Partnerships Project by collaborators from Mountain West Digital Library. Exhibition organizer: Anna Neatrour.
This art history video discussion examines the "Rosetta Stone", 196 B.C.E., granite (British Museum, London).
This art history video discussion examines Rosso Fiorentino's "The Dead Christ with Angels", c. 1524-7, oil on panel (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
This art history video discussion looks at Peter Paul Rubens' "The Consequences of War", 1638-39, oil on canvas (Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).
This art history video discussion examines Peter Paul Rubens' "Arrival (or Disembarkation) of Marie de Medici at Marseilles",1621-25, oil on canvas, 394 x 295 cm (Musee du Louvre, Paris).
This art history video discussion looks at Saint Peter's Basilica and the numerous architects (see below) who contributed to Saint Peter's Basilica (Basilica Sancti Petri in Latin), begun 1506 completed 1626, Vatican City. Architectural contributors include: Donato Bramante who's design won Julius II's competition; Antonio da Sangallo, a student of Bramante, designed the Pauline Chapel; Fra Giocondo strengthened the foundation; Raphael worked with Fra Giocondo, his redesigned building plan was not executed; Michelangelo designed the dome, crossing, and exterior excluding the nave and facade; Giacomo della Porta, designed the cupola; Carlo Maderno, extended Michelangelo's plan adding a nave and grand facade; Gian Lorenzo Bernini added the piazza, the Cathedra Petri, and the Baldacchino.
This art history video discussion looks at Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 5th century A.D.
This art history video discussion looks at Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, marble, 359 C.E. (Treasury of Saint Peter's Basilica).
This art history video discussion looks at John Singer Sargent's "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose", 1885-86, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).
This art history video discussion looks at Christian Schad's "Self-Portrait", 1927, oil on wood, 29 x 24-3/8 inches, 76 x 62 cm (Tate Modern, London).
This art history video discussion looks at Egon Schiele's "Hermits" 1912, oil on canvas (Leopold Museum, Vienna).
This art history video discussion looks at Egon Schiele's "Seated Male Nude (Self-Portrait)", 1910, oil and gouache on canvas (Leopold Museum, Vienna).