This art history video discussion examines Gustave Caillebotte's "Paris Street; Rainy Day", 1877, oil on canvas 83-1/2 x 108-3/4 inches / 212.2 x 276.2 cm (The Art Institute of Chicago).
This video provides a virtual tour of Hadrian's Villa using a 3D digital model of the villa created under the direction of Dr. Bernard Frischer. The ruins of Hadrian's Villa, in the town of Tivoli, near Rome, is spread over an area of approximately 250 acres. Many of the structures were designed by the Emperor Hadrian who ruled from 117 until his death in 138 C.E. This virual rendering is based on current archeological research and has been created in consultation with art historians, archaeologists, and museum curators with expertise in this area. Please note, a few features are necessarily assumptions based on the best available evidence.
This art history video discussion examines Frans Hals' "Singing Boy with Flute", c. 1623, oil on canvas (Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
This art history video discussion examines Frans Hals's "Malle Babbe", c. 1633, oil on canvas, 78.50 x 66.20 cm (Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
This art history video discusses Hans Holbein the Younger's "Portrait of Henry VIII", 1540, oil on panel (Palazzo Barberini, Rome).
This art history video discussion looks at Eva Hesse's "Untitled (Rope Piece)", 1970, rope, latex, string, wire, variable dimensions (Whitney Museum of American Art).
This art history video discusses the Damien Hirst sculpture, "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living," and issues of interpretation.
This art history video discusses the Historiated capitals from the crossing of the Church of Sant Miquel of the castle of Camarasa (Noguera), early 13th century, stone, 77 x 1.65 x 77.5 cm (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Palau Nacional, Barcelona).
This art history video discusses Hannah Hoch's "Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada Through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany", collage, mixed media, 1919-1920.
This art history video discusses Hans Holbein the Younger's "Christina of Denmark", Duchess of Milan, 1538, oil on oak, 179.1 x 82.6 cm (The National Gallery, London).
This art history video discusses Hans Holbein the Younger's "The Ambassadors", 1533, oil on oak, 207 x 209.5 cm (The National Gallery, London).
This art history video discusses Hans Holbein the Younger's "The Merchant Georg Gisze", 1532, oil on oak, 97.5 x 86.2 cm (Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
This art history video discussion looks at the "Holy Thorn Reliquary" (made in Paris for Jean, Duc de Berry), c. 1390s, gold, enamel, ruby, pearl, sapphire, and rock crystal, 30 x 14.2 x 6.8 cm (British Museum, London).
This art history video discussion looks at Winslow Homer's "The Fog Warning (Halibut Fishing)", 1885, oil on canvas, 30-1/4 x 48-1/2 inches / 76.83 x 123.19 cm (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
This art history video discussion looks at Winslow Homer's "The Life Line", 1884, oil on canvas, 28-5/8 x 44-3/4 inches / 72.7 x 113.7 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
This art history video discussion looks at Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks", 1942, oil on canvas, 84.1 x 152.4 cm / 33-1/8 x 60 inches (The Art Institute of Chicago).
This art history video discussion looks at a "House Altar" depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three of their Daughters, limestone, New Kingdom, Amarna period, 18th dynasty, c.1350 BCE (Agyptisches Museum/Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
This art history video discussion looks at Jan (and Hubert?) Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece or The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", tempera and oil on panel, (closed panels), Cathedral of Saint Bavo, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432. Second Life correspondents Max Newbold and Sez Zabelin, discuss the closed Ghent Altarpiece (see the next video for a discussion of the open altarpiece) on the Vassar campus in Second Life.
This art history video is the second part of the discussion about Jan (and Hubert?) Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece or The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", tempera and oil on panel, (open panels), Cathedral of Saint Bavo, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432.
This art history video discussion examines William Holman Hunt's "Claudio and Isabella", 1850, oil on mahogany (Tate Britain). From William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Act III, scene 1 (a room in a prison).