A brief introduction to Italian Renaissance art Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Humanism Renaissance (Part 4)

A Church in Crisis - Renaissance (Part 3)

Political Power of the Merchant Class Renaissance (Part 2)

Rise of the City States in Italy Renaissance (Part 1)

The Renaissance was a cultural revitalization that spread across Europe, and had repercussions across the globe, but one smallish city-state in Italy was in many ways the epicenter of the thing. Florence, or as Italians might say,...

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...

Luke Syson was a curator of Renaissance art, of transcendent paintings of saints and solemn Italian ladies -- Very Serious Art. And then he changed jobs, and inherited the Met's collection of ceramics -- pretty, frilly, "useless"...

MOT 1940: VATICAN CITY MUSEUMS (Musei Vaticani): VS The Simonetti Staircase. People walking into Loggia di Raffaello (Raphael Sanzio). People standing before 'The Transfiguration' painting. Italian High Renaissance, art, artist,...

You've seen Caravaggio's stunning paintings, but do you know the story behind the images? Caravaggio was a violent and tragic figure who likely died because of his commitment to his art. He became "the most famous painter in Rome" in...

Mona Lisa's stature and expression seem normal today, but were rather groundbreaking at the time. Portraits of Italian women usually depicted them in profile or looking down. Never looking at the audience as da Vinci does with Mona Lisa....

Venice’s territorial ambitions and strategic alliances during the 15th century led to decades of warfare, including the Italian Wars, where the Republic faced existential threats like the League of Cambrai. Despite setbacks, Venice...

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...

Ever wonder what exactly Classical Art or Classical Architecture is? This week we are talking about Classical Revival and the Renaissance. Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/c2PYPmwWQOQ Watch Part 3: https://youtu.be/V9WJbvXsJkk 13...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...

Some extra information from "Bellini" (https://youtu.be/WVRP2EDTyCM) about Mannerism, art & the Counter-Reformation, and the etymology of Propaganda. Show notes: http://www.alliterative.net/bellini Image Credits:...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...

View images from this exhibition: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore the various exceptional objects created to...