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Gauguin, The Red Cow
Paul Gauguin, The Red Cow, 1889, oil on canvas (LACMA) Note: Despite my saying that the cypress trees suggest this canvas may have been painted in the south, it was painted in Le Pouldu near Pont-Aven in Brittany (SZ). Created by Beth...
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Van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin, 1888, oil on canvas, 24 x 19-11/16 inches (Fogg, Harvard Art Museums) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. This self portrait was painted for Paul Gauguin as part of...
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Degas, The Bellelli Family
Edgar Degas, The Bellelli Family, 1858-67, oil on canvas, 78-3/4 x 98-1/2 inches, 200 x 250 cm (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Degas was in his mid-twenties when he painted this canvas. It depicts...
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050 Vincent Van Gogh - One Minute History
Born in the Netherlands, Vincent Willem van Gogh describes his childhood as cold and lonely. Unsuccessful as an art dealer and minister, he moves to Brussels to become an artist. He studies under his second cousin Anton Mauve before...
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Correggio, Jupiter and Io
Correggio, Jupiter and Io, 1532-33, oil on canvas 163.5 x 70.5 cm (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker Jupiter and Io and the other canvases by Correggio discussed in the video, The Rape...
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O'Keeffe, The Lawrence Tree
Georgia O'Keeffe, The Lawrence Tree, 1929, oil on canvas, 31 x 40 inches (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford) Painted in the summer of 1929 while visiting D.H. Lawrence at his Kiowa Ranch during O'Keeffe's first trip to New Mexico, the tree...
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Surfactants: Building greener chemicals
From cleaning supplies to pharmaceuticals, surfactants are the compounds that make your soap bubbly, your paint spread smoothly and your medication dissolve more easily. Surfactants can be found everywhere because of their unique...
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Barnett Newman's Verticality
Explore Newman's Genesis - The Break (1946), a highlight of the 13 November 2013 Contemporary Art Evening Auction. A pivotal piece that helps define the artist's classic zip paintings, the oil on canvas presages the turquoise blue seen...
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Premonition or memory? George Grosz's Remembering
George Grosz, Remembering, 1937, oil on canvas, 71.2 x 91.76 cm (Minneapolis Institute of Art, © Estate of George Grosz) A Seeing America video Dr. Robert Cozzolino, Patrick and Aimee Butler Curator of Paintings, Minneapolis Institute of...
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Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite and the battle for National Parks
Albert Bierstadt, Hetch Hetchy Valley, California, c. 1874-80, oil on canvas, 94.8 x 148.2 cm (Bequest of Laura M. Lyman, in memory of her husband Theodore Lyman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art) A conversation with Erin Monroe, Robert...
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Saenredam, Interior of Saint Bavo, Haarlem
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Interior of Saint Bavo, Haarlem, 1631, oil on panel, 82.9 x 110.5 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Christopher D. M. Atkins, Agnes and Jack Mulroney Associate Curator of European Painting and...
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David, Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas, 3.3 x 4.25 m, painted in Rome, exhibited at the salon of 1785 (Musée du Louvre) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
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The conservator’s eye: Anselm Kiefer, Bohemia Lies by the Sea
The conservator’s eye: Anselm Kiefer, Bohemia Lies by the Sea, 1996, oil, emulsion, shellac, charcoal, and powdered paint on burlap, 75 1/4 in. × 18 ft. 5 inches / 191.1 × 561.3 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Speakers: Corey...
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Bronzino, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid
Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, c. 1545, oil on panel, 146.1 x 116.2 cm (National Gallery, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker This passage by Vasari is most likely related to this canvas:...
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Jackson Pollock, One: Number 31, 1950
Jackson Pollock, One: Number 31, 1950, Oil and enamel paint on unprimed canvas, 1950 (MoMA) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker, Dr. Beth Harris
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Cassatt, In the Loge
Mary Cassatt, In the Loge, 1878, oil on canvas, 81.28 x 66.04 cm / 32 x 26 inches (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker In nineteenth century France, the gaze of the observer—whether on Napoleon's...
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Rubens, the Consequences of War
Peter Paul Rubens, The Consequences of War, 1638-39, oil on canvas (Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence), speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris Rubens, explaining his painting, The Consequences of War: The principal...
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Bonheur, Sheep in the Highlands
Rosa Bonheur, Sheep in the Highlands, 1857, oil on canvas, 46 x 65 cm (Wallace Collection, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker The Wallace Collection suggests that this painting is likely the result of a trip that the...
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Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne
Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520-23, oil on canvas now atop board, 69-1/2 x 75 inches (National Gallery, London). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker Part of a mythological cycle painted by Titian and Giovanni Bellini and...
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Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin
Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin, 1605-06, Oil on canvas, 12 feet, 10 inches x 8 feet (369 x 245 cm) (Musée du Louvre, Paris) Painted for the altar of a family chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Scala del Trastevere, Rome....
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Manet, Émile Zola
Édouard Manet, Émile Zola, 1868, oil on canvas, 57 x 45 inches or 146.5 x 114 cm (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) This portrait was painted in appreciation for the support Zola gave to Manet in his 1866 essay in La Revue du XXe siècle and during...
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Monet, The Argenteuil Bridge
Claude Monet, The Argenteuil Bridge, 1874, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 80 cm (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Drs. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker Please note that there is significant background chatter in this video. The Musée d'Orsay is...
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Matisse, Luxe, calme et volupté
Henri Matisse, Luxe, calme et volupté, 1904, oil on canvas, 37 x 46 inches (Museé d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker Painted while the artist stayed with the pointillist painter, Signac, at his home in...
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Boucher, Madame de Pompadour
François Boucher, Madame de Pompadour, oil on canvas, 1750 (extention of canvas and additional painting likely added by Boucher later, Fogg Museum. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
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