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The Scream: Great Art Explained
Between 1863 when Munch was born and the years before the first world war, European cities were going through unprecedented change. Industrialization and economic change brought anxieties and obsessions, political unrest, and radicalism....
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Caravaggio's Taking of Christ: Great Art Explained
The Taking of Christ is a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The subject is the moment that the son of God is betrayed with a kiss, and arrested in the garden of Gethsemane. Caravaggio’s approach to religious art was shocking...
Poetry Foundation
Jon Sands reads "Keith Haring says every audience member is an artist..."
Jon Sands (he/him/his) reads his poem, “Keith Haring says every audience member is an artist because they create the meaning of a piece of art
Curated Video
Monet's Water Lilies: Great Art Explained
"Thoroughly researched and cleverly presented, with stunning visuals, Great Art Explained makes you realise that familiarity with a work of art sometimes makes us indifferent to its power" - Forbes Magazine, 9 July 2020
Curated Video
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part One): Great Art Explained
In this video I look at Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. Nobody painted Hell quite like Bosch. What we think of as Hell, and certainly what Bosch thought of as Hell is not based on the bible. What we think of as hell...
Mythology & Fiction Explained
The Strange & Terrifying Creatures of Sweden - (Exploring Scandinavian Folklore)
Today on Mythology & Fiction Explained, we take a look at the many strange creatures and legends that are native to Sweden. These creatures include the Draugr, Skogsraet, Myling, Nacken, Mara, Trollcat and Vittra.
Curated Video
Mastering Django Web Development (Video 21)
Django is one of the world's leading web development platforms that follows the model-view-template development method. This Python web framework makes your app building experience smoother, faster, and easier. It has been and continues...
Curated Video
Overview of the Disasters of War Series by Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya's series of aquatint prints, The Disasters of War are hard to look at. Rather than focus on the bombastics of usual war art, he depicts the suffering of regular people - the starving, assaults, executions. He does not...
Curated Video
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper: Great Art Explained
Edward Hopper’s world was New York, and he understood that city more than most people. He understood that, even though you may live in one of the most crowded and busy cities on earth, it is still possible to feel entirely alone. This...
Curated Video
Great Art Cities Explained: London
In the first of a new series, James Payne and Joanne Shurvell combine their love of Art and Travel, as they look at less well known museums in cities around the world. In "Great Art Cities Explained: London", we look at three museums...
Curated Video
The Thinker by Rodin: Great Art Explained
The Thinker, captured in a moment of concentrated introspection has come to represent a multitude of ideas about the nature of man and his place in the world. For some it is a symbol of knowledge, others philosophy, even existence...
Curated Video
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part Two): Great Art Explained
In this video I look at Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. Nobody painted Hell quite like Bosch. What we think of as Hell, and certainly what Bosch thought of as Hell is not based on the bible. There is no mention of Hell...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Scott Higgins - Film in the Classroom
Scott Higgins is a professor and chair of the College of Film and the Moving Image at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. He teaches courses about film history, genre, and aesthetics. He is the author of Harnessing the...
The March of Time
Makeup artist works on gorilla makeup
MOT 1939: BEHIND THE SCENES: 'Gorilla' playfully bites at the artist.
Curated Video
AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02) Exam Prep Course - 2021 UPDATED! - How to Take Notes?
This video demonstrates how to take notes while watching the training videos. This clip is from the chapter "Exam Tips and Tricks" of the series "AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02) Exam Prep Course - 2021 UPDATED!".This section...
Curated Video
The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault: Great Art Explained
This is the story about the painting of the raft that shook the world and scandalised high society. Not only for its anti-royalist statements but also for its choice of a black man as the hero. In an age of slavery. In its brutality,...
Curated Video
Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi: Great Art Explained
Women were excluded from almost all cultural and social resources in the centuries from 1400 to 1900 when so much of the world's great art was created. And visual art was almost entirely a male industry before modern times. Having an...
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Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part Three): Great Art Explained
The painting was just too complex and detailed to deal with in fifteen minutes, so I made it in three parts. There are no records to tell us what Bosch or his contemporaries were thinking. There are so many theories out there, some more...
Curated Video
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan Van Eyck: Great Art Explained
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan Van Eyck has baffled art historians ever since it was painted in 1434. It has been dissected and analysed, maybe more than any other painting in history, and in the process, become even more mysterious....
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Francisco Goya: From Light to the Dark Paintings
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes began working as a court painter for King Charles III of Spain in 1786. He painted mainly portriats and was well-known for his romantic style. His artistic style turned darker, however, when his health...
Espresso Media
Exploring the Artistic Legacy of Pierre Auguste Renoir in Kamya Sirmour
The video explores the life and work of Pierre Auguste Renoir, a pioneering impressionist artist who lived in Kamya Sirmour on the French Riviera. It discusses his friendship with fellow artist Suzanne and his move to the south for...
NASA
NASA | Making Science Fun For Kids Through Comics
To get young students reading about science, NASA is trying something different. Instead of a press release or a scientific paper, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission has launched a Japanese manga-style comic book. GPM, a...