Leonardo, Last Supper, oil, tempera, fresco, 1495-98 (Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Michelangelo, Laurentian Library (vestibule and reading room), begun 1524, opened 1571, San Lorenzo, Florence. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
The Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi, 1792-1750 B.C.E., basalt, 225 x 65 cm (Louvre, Paris). Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris.
Sir Frederic Leighton, An Athlete Wrestling with a Python, 1877, bronze, 1746 x 984 x 1099 mm (Tate Britain, London). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Leonardo da Vinci's Letter to the Duke of Milan Speaker: Dr. David Drogin . Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Roy Lichtenstein, Rouen Cathedral Set V, 1969, oil and magna on canvas, 3 canvases: 63-5/8 x 141-7/8 x 1-3/4 inches or 161.61 x 360.36 x 4.45 cm (SFMOMA). Speakers: Dr,. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker . Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
How does an artist use light to help keep us out of the dark? Using three artworks from the Art Institute's collection, this video unpacks a central theme and uses innovative visual storytelling to highlight the choices artists made to create light and shadow in their works. Art Explainer videos empower you to look at and understand art from any historical period or culture. Designed for students as well as adults, this video series is produced for the web and usable in a wide range of learning environments, from mobile devices to formal school classrooms. The following works from the Art Institute of Chicago appear in this video: Tanner, The Two Disciples at the Tomb, Kollwitz, Battlefield, Flavin, “monument” for V. Tatlin
Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, begun 1088, Lincoln, England. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
Jeweled upper cover of the Lindau Gospels, c. 880, Court School of Charles the Bald, 350 x 275 mm, cover may have been made in the Royal Abbey of St. Denis (Morgan Library and Museum, New York) Speakers: Dr. Nancy Ross and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
The Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 700 (Northumbria), 340 x 250 mm (British Library, Cotton MS Nero D IV) © 2019 British Library, used by permission Speakers: Dr. Kathleen Doyle, Lead Curator, Illuminated manuscripts, British Library and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
An introduction to Filippo Brunelleschi's experiment regarding linear perspective, c. 1420, in front of the Baptistry in Florence . Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
limestone, relief panel 9' 6" high. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Curator Jill Cook introduces the 40,000-year-old sculpture of lion man. A figure made of mammoth ivory with the body of a man and the head of a cave lion. Living with gods: peoples, places and worlds beyond 2 November 2017 – 8 April 2018. Supported by the Genesis Foundation. With grateful thanks to John Studzinski CBE. The exhibition accompanies a series on BBC Radio 4 with Neil MacGregor. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Fra Fillippo Lippi, Portrait of a Man and Woman at a Casement, tempera on wood, c. 1440 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. David Drogin, Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Dr. Erik Kwakkel and Dr. Beth Harris look at two manuscripts: 1) Boethius, De institutione arithmetica, c. 1100, The Hague), Royal Library, MS 78 E 59 and 2) Paris Bible, mid 13th century, The Hague, Royal Library, MS 132 F 21 . With special thanks to Ed van der Vlist, Curator of Medieval Manuscripts, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
This art history video lesson looks at Sir John Everett Millais' "Ophelia", 1851-52, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London); and Barnett B. Newman's "Vir Heroicus Sublimis", oil on canvas, 1950-51 (MoMA).
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, 1342, tempera on panel, 257 x 168 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Louis Sullivan, Bayard-Condict Building, 1897–99 (65 Bleecker Street, NYC), a Seeing America video. Speakers: Dr. Matthew A. Postal and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Smarthistory. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/
This art history video discussion examines Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Judith with the Head of Holofernes", c. 1530, oil on panel (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
This art history video discussion examines Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Cupid complaining to Venus", c. 1525, oil on wood (The National Gallery, London).