British Library
British Library: Jane Eyre: Fairytale and Realism
Professor John Bowen explains how Charlotte Bronte combines fairytale, Gothic techniques, and realism to give Jane Eyre its unique power. [5:05]
British Library
British Library: Oliver Twist: Depicting Crime and Poverty
In Oliver Twist, Dickens paints a vivid picture of London's criminal underworld, a subject he harnesses both to excite the reader and to explore the effects of social deprivation. [8:10]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Folkestone Mermaid and the Model Figure
In a piece for the Folkestone Triennial 2011, artist Cornelia Parker immortalized one local woman in a sculpture perched upon a seaside rock. Parker selected the 38-year-old mother of two Georgina Baker as the model of her version of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Couture, Romans of the Decadence
This video spotlights Thomas Couture's "Romans of the Decadence". View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss the painting. [5:45]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Courbet, a Burial at Ornans, 1849 50
This video spotlights Gustave Courbet's "A Burial at Ornans". View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss the painting. [5:45]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Courbet, the Artist's Studio
This video spotlights Gustave Courbet's "The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory Summing Up Seven Years of My Life as an Artist". View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss this historical painting.