Do you know about Realism and Naturalism in the theater? Learn about how the French Theater was remade by playwrights such as Eugene Scribe, Alexandre de Dumas Fils, and Emile Zola. [12:36]

Professor John Bowen explains how Charlotte Bronte combines fairytale, Gothic techniques, and realism to give Jane Eyre its unique power. [5:05]

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]

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...

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]

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]

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.