The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 425 C.E., Ravenna, Italy Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Max Ernst, Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale, 1924, oil with painted wood elements and cut-and-pasted printed paper on wood with wood frame, 69.8 x 57.1 x 11.4 cm (The Museum of Modern Art, New York) With Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris, Smarthistory, and Steven Zucker.
Maya Lin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982, granite, 2 acres within Constitution Gardens, (National Mall, Washington, D.C.), speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/
A video from the Utah System of Higher Education (with special thanks to Dr. Nancy Ross). Video by Ydraw. Created by Nancy Ross.
Dr. Erik Kwakkel and Dr. Beth Harris look at a medieval textbook: Boethius, De institutione arithmetica, c. 1100 (National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague, MS 78 E 59). 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.
How women contributed to the repairing a country that had been torn apart. Lilly Martin Spencer, The Home of the Red, White, and Blue, c. 1867–68, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches (Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2007.1), a Seeing America video Speakers: Taylor Poulin, Assistant Curator, Terra Foundation for American Art, and Beth Harris. Created by Smarthistory, Beth Harris, and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/
Some of the most remarkable structures in the U.S. are a millennium old. Mesa Verde and the preservation of Ancestral Puebloan heritage - Speakers: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/
Yoke, c. 1 - 900 C.E., Classic Veracruz culture, greenstone, 11.5 x 38 x 41.5 cm (American Museum of Natural History) Speakers: Dr. Rex Koontz and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
In this art history video discussion Beth Harris and Steven Zucker consider Michael Pacher's "Saint Wolfgang Altarpiece," 1471-81, polychrome pine, linden, gilding, and oil (sculpture and painting). Parish Church, Sankt Wolfgang, Austria.
Michelangelo, Medici Chapel (New Sacristy), 1519-34, San Lorenzo, Florence Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Michelangelo, David, 1501–04, marble, 17 feet high (The Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence), a conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. More art history on Smarthistory.org. Created by Beth Harris, Smarthistory, and Steven Zucker.
Michelozzo, Palazzo Medici, Florence, begun 1444 A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Smarthistory.
The artist asks us if maintaining can be as important as creating. Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Washing/Tracks/Maintenance: Outside (July 23, 1973), Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ©Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a Seeing America video Speakers: Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine Curator of Contemporary Art, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York City (1958) Speakers: Dr. Matthew Postal, Dr. Steven Zucker. Note: In the video we call Le Corbusier a French architect, but he was born in Swizerland and became a French citizen in 1930. Created by Beth Harris, Steven Zucker, and Smarthistory.
Sir John Everett Millais, Mariana, 1851, oil on wood, 597 x 495 mm (Tate Britain). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Sir John Everett Millais, The Vale of Rest: where the weary find repose, 1858 (partially repainted 1862), oil on canvas, 40 1/2 x 68 inches (Tate Britain, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Jean-François Millet (French), L'Angélus, c. 1857-1859, oil on canvas, 21 x 26 (53.3 × 66.0 cm) (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Drs. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker For more art history videos, visit Smarthistory.org. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Jean-François Millet (French), The Gleaners, 1857, oil on canvas, 33 x 43 in (83.5 x 110 cm) (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Drs. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker . Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Mirror-Bearer, 6th century (Classic Maya), wood and red hematite, 35.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Special thanks to The Metropolitan Museum of Art A conversation with Dr. James Doyle, Assistant Curator for the Art of the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Dr. Beth Harris.
Portrait Head Bottle, 5th–6th century (Moche culture), Peru, ceramic, 32.39 cm high (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Sarahh Scher and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.