Crash Course
Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte: Crash Course Theater #12
This week, we're going to Italy for a Renaissance. The Middle Ages are over, and it's time to talk about the flourishing of art and humanism across Europe. Painting, sculpture, music, architecture, and plays with fart jokes were all...
Crash Course
The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History
The European Renaissance may have started in Florence, but it pretty quickly moved out of Italy and spread the art, architecture, literature, and humanism across Europe to places like France, Spain, England, and the Low Countries....
Crash Course
The Spanish Golden Age: Crash Course Theater #19
This week on Crash Course Theater, Mike and Yorick take us to beautiful Spain, and look at its Golden Age. Spain was having kind of a moment in the 16th and 17th centuries. They had this big empire, the culture was really flowering, and...
Curated Video
Humanists celebrate new life
Pupil outcome: I can describe how a baby is welcomed into a humanist family. Key learning points: - Some people choose to have a humanist naming ceremony for their child. - The humanist naming ceremony is personal to each family. -...
Weird History
How The Renaissance Directly Shaped Modern Life
The Renaissance lasted from the 1300s to the late 1600s, and what a time it was to be alive. Even if you don't love Renaissance Faires (and come on, who doesn't?), you should definitely love the Renaissance itself. Where else can you...
Mazz Media
The Renaissance (An Introduction)
The period of history between the 14th and 17th century became known as the Renaissance—a word that means revival or rebirth. Itt is considered one of most important events in European history and it has had a lasting influence on...
Religion for Breakfast
The Rise of Atheist Churches?
As religiously unaffiliated people become a larger and larger portion of the US population, scholars are noticing a rise in atheist/humanist/agnostic gatherings that mirror some of the characteristics of Christian churches (i.e. meeting...
History Hit
How Christianity Shapes Our Morality: Humanism
Listen to Tom Holland's thoughts on humanism and science. How Christianity Shapes Our Morality, Part 5
ShortCutsTv
Free-Will and Determinism
How 'free' are you? Professor Patrick Haggard explains the differences between determinism and free will and we look at behavioural, psychic and neurological determinism. We then reconstruct Libet's seminal experiment showing that brain...
Cerebellum
The Reformation - The Humanist Movement
This programme examines the period of time during the 16th and 17th centuries in Western Europe commonly referred to as; The Reformation. Scholars from Saint Anselm College and California Lutheran University provide a balanced and...
Cerebellum
The Age Of Enlightenment - Second Generation Of Philosophers
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Coliseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at key ideas that...
Cerebellum
The Renaissance - How It Began And What It Represented
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video looks at...
Curated Video
'Concert for Peace': Vienna Philharmonic and pianist Yuja Wang mark 100 years since end of Great War
The world famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War with a symbolic "Concert for Peace" during a memorable performance at the Royal Opera House at the Palace of Versailles....
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Renaissance ideal city inspires anew
CLEAN : Renaissance ideal city inspires anew
Curated Video
Venice prepares for 57th Biennale of Art
LEAD-IN:Against the dreamy backdrop of canals, gondolas and bridges, the Italian city of Venice is gearing up for the much-anticipated 57th Biennale of Art. Hundreds of international artists will exhibit their works at the Biennale, one...
Curated Video
Venice prepares for 57th Biennale of Art
LEAD-IN:Against the dreamy backdrop of canals, gondolas and bridges, the Italian city of Venice is gearing up for the much-anticipated 57th Biennale of Art. Hundreds of international artists will exhibit their works at the Biennale, one...
Curated Video
USA: 51ST ANNIVERSARY OF US ATOMIC BOMB ATTACK ON HIROSHIMA
English/Nat
American and Japanese peace activists have gathered in Washington DC to mark the 51st anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima.
They sang anti-nuclear songs before floating lighted candles on a pool.
Japanese...
TED-Ed
Is There a Difference Between Art and Craft?
How do we come to view objects and artifacts as art? What terms and ideas do we associate with craft instead? The distinction between art and craft may be subtle, but has profound roots in art history and the development of western...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rogers and Maslow on Humanistic Theory: Lesson 2
This lesson will introduce the methods, people, and theories of Humanism and their contribution to the origins of the field of psychology.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Confucianism: Lesson 4
This lesson discusses Confucianism from a historical, religious, and cultural standpoint, with emphasis on its role in societal stability and its unique ability to meld with religions as different as Buddhism and Christianity. It is 4 of...