This art history video discussion looks at Titian's "Noli me Tangere", c. 1514, oil on canvas (The National Gallery, London).
This art history video discussion looks at Titian's "Venus of Urbino" 1538, oil on canvas (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
This art history video discussion looks at Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "At the Moulin Rouge", 1893-95, oil on canvas (Art Institute of Chicago).
This art history video discussion examines Verrocchio's (with Leonardo) "Baptism of Christ", 1470-75.
This art history video discussion looks at "Joseph Mallord William Turner, Rain, Steam, and Speed -- The Great Western Railway", oil on canvas, 1844 (National Gallery, London). It depicts the Maidenhead Railway Bridge (completed (1838) looking east, across the River Thames between Taplow and Maidenhead.
This art history video looks at Joseph Mallord William Turner" "Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On" from 1840. Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
This art history video features a conversation between Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker in front of "Two Royal Figures," Iran (Saljuq period), mid 11th - mid 12th c., painted and gilded stucco (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
This art history video discussion looks at Umbo's (Otto Umbehr) "The Roving Reporter", photomontage (rephotographed), 1926.
This art history video discussion examines "The Unicorn in Captivity" (one of seven woven hangings popularly known as the Unicorn Tapestries or the Hunt of the Unicorn), 1495-1505, South Netherlandish, wool, silk, silver, and gilt (The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
In 1853, the City of New York set aside hundreds of acres of swampland in the middle of Manhattan, with the idea that this uninhabitable space could serve a practical, public purpose. Today, we know that area as Central Park, one of the most widely visited and celebrated public spaces in the country. The then-unknown park designer who won the bid to design Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, would go on to inspire and revolutionize urban park design in the United States. The work of Olmsted and other early parks pioneers, building on older concepts like town squares, would spur the growth of urban parks large and small nationwide. Benefiting from new innovations in design, these parks serve as community centers and defining features of cities and towns across the country. Urban parks have continually adapted to meet the needs of the publics they serve, evolving, for example, from places to simply enjoy nature into recreation sites that offer activities and equipment. More than just sites for leisure, they also play a broader role in supporting community engagement by providing places for civic participation, enhancing quality of life and property values, and offering safe, healthy, and convenient recreation options. This exhibition was created as part of the DPLAs Public Library Partnerships Project by collaborators from the Minnesota Digital Library. Exhibition Coordinator: Carla Urban.
This art history video discussion examines Jan Van Eyck's "Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife", tempera and oil on wood, 1434 (National Gallery, London).
This art history video discussion looks at Jan van Eyck's "The Madonna in the Church", c. 1438, oil on oak (Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
This art history video discussion looks at Rogier van der Weyden's "The Crucifixion, with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist Mourning", c. 1460, oil on panel (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
This art history video discussion looks at Rogier van der Weyden's "Deposition", c. 1435 (Prado, Madrid).
This art history video discussion looks at Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez's "Las Meninas", c. 1656, oil on canvas (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
This art history video discussion examines Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez's "Los Borrachos" (The Drunks) or The Triumph of Bacchus, 1628-1629 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
This art history video discussion looks at Diego Velazquez's "Vulcan's Forge", c. 1630, oil on canvas (Museo del Prado, Madrid).
This art history video discussion looks at Domenico Veneziano's "Saint Lucy Altarpiece", 1445-47, fresco transfered to canvas (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
This art history video discussion looks at Jan Vermeer's "The Glass of Wine", c. 1661, oil on canvas (Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
This art history video discussion looks at Paolo Veronese's "The Dream of Saint Helena", c. 1570, oil on canvas (The National Gallery, London).