This art history video discussion examines The Paris Opera (1860-75) by architect Charles Garnier.
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This art history video discussion examines Antoni Gaudi's Church of the Sagrada Familia or Basilica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia Basilica, 1882- (consecrated 2, but still under construction), Barcelona, Spain.
This art history video discussion examines Paul Gauguin's "Nevermore", 1897, oil on canvas (Courtauld Gallery, London).
This art history video discussion examines Paul Gauguin's "The Red Cow", 1889, oil on canvas (LACMA).
The topic of this video module is genetic basis for variation among humans. The main learning objective is that students will learn the genetic mechanisms that cause variation among humans (parents and children, brothers and sisters) and how to calculate the probability that two individuals will have an identical genetic makeup. This module does not require many prerequisites, only a general knowledge of DNA as the genetic material, as well as a knowledge of meiosis.
Geo-information has proven to be extremely helpful in many aspects of risk and disaster management: locational and situational awareness, monitoring of hazards, damage detection, sharing of information, defining vulnerability areas, etc. This course aims to provide knowledge on risk and disaster management activities, demonstrate use of geo-information technologies in emergency response, outline current challenges and motivate young geo-specialist to seek for advanced solutions. The course is organised as lectures and practicals. The practicals will be in the form of group assignments. Some excursions and guest lectures will be organised as well.
This BLOSSOMS lesson will help students conceptualize the enormity of geologic time and learn about important events in Earth s history. Students will also learn how geologic time can help explain seemingly incomprehensible processes, like the formation of the Himalayan Mountains from a flat plain to their current height, and the evolution of a tiny group of reptiles into enormous dinosaurs. During the breaks, students will construct a geologic timeline of their own in the classroom and do simple calculations to determine how long amounts of time can lead to impressive changes in the height of the Himalayan Mountains and the size of a group of reptiles.
This geometry lesson shows that that an inscribed angle is half of a central angle that subtends the same arc. [Geometry playlist: Lesson 24 of 31]
In this video Robert Storr talks about Gerhard Richter's painting "September".
In this video Robert Storr talks about Gerhard Richter's Cage paintings.
This art history video discussion examines Theodore Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa", oil on canvas, 193 x 282 inches, 1818-19 (Musee du Louvre, Paris).
This art history video discussion examines Alberto Giacometti's "Palace at 4am", wood, glass, wire and string, 1932 (MoMA).
This art history video lecture Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Giorgione's "The Tempest" c. 1506-8. At the Accademia in Venice.
In this Smarthistory art history video Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Giorgione's "Three Philosophers", c. 1506. At the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
This art history video discussion looks at Giotto di Bondone's St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata with predella scenes of the Dream of Innocent III, The Pope Approving the Rule of the Order, and St. Francis Preaching to the Birds, c. 1295-1300 (originally, Church of San Francesco, Pisa), tempera and gold on panel, 3.13 x 1.63m, original frame inscribed: "OPUS IOCTI FIORETINI".
This art history video discussion examines Giotto's "The Ognissanti Madonna", 1306-10, tempera on panel, 128 x 80 1/4" (325 x 204 cm). Painted for the Church of Ognissanti, Florence.
This art history video discussion examines Giotto's "The Lamentation", c. 1305 (Arena Chapel, Padua).
This art history video discussion examines Giotto's "The Entombment of Mary", 1310, tempera on poplar, 75 x 179 cm (Gemaldegalerie, Kaiser Friedrich-Museums-Verein, Berlin).
This art history video discussion examines Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson's "The Sleep of Endymion", 1791, oil on canvas, exhibited in the salons of 1793 and 1814 (Musee du Louvre, Paris).