During World War II, racism flourished the United States even as the war effort sought to bring people together. Romare Bearden, Factory Workers, 1942, gouache and casein on brown Kraft paper mounted on board, 94.93 × 73.03 cm (Minneapolis Institute of Art) A Seeing America video A conversation with Dennis Michael Jon, Senior Associate Curator, Minneapolis Institute of Art and Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

Portrait of a Man, late 1st century B.C.E., marble, 31.5 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm.; portrait bust of the emperor Gaius, known as Caligula, 37-41 C.E., marble, 50.8 x 18 cm; bust of the emperor Hadrian, 118-120 C.E., marble; and portrait of the emperor Caracalla, 212-17 C.E., marble, 36.2 cm high (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Speakers: Dr. Jeffrey Becker and Dr. Beth Harris.

A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris at the Castel Sant'Angelo (Mausoleum of Hadrian), 139 C.E., Rome. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

This art history video discussion examines the "Rosetta Stone", 196 B.C.E., granite (British Museum, London).

Rosso Fiorentino, The Dead Christ with Angels, c. 1524-7, oil on panel, 133.4 x 104.1 cm / 52-1/2 x 41 inches (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Mark Rothko, No. 210/No. 211 (Orange), 1960, oil on canvas, 175.3 x 160 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art). Speakers: Dr. Margi Conrads and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

This art history video discussion looks at Peter Paul Rubens' "The Consequences of War", 1638-39, oil on canvas (Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).

This art history video discussion examines Peter Paul Rubens' "Arrival (or Disembarkation) of Marie de Medici at Marseilles",1621-25, oil on canvas, 394 x 295 cm (Musee du Louvre, Paris).

Röttgen Pietà, c. 1300-25, painted wood, 34 1/2 inches high (Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn). Speakers: Dr. Nancy Ross and Dr. Beth Harris.

Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, begun 1063 and Anastasis (The Harrowing of Hell) mosaic, c. 1180-1200, Middle Byzantine. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Steven Zucker and Beth Harris.

Saint Matthew, folio 18 verso of the Ebbo Gospels (Gospel Book of the Archbishop of Reims) from Hautvillers, France, c. 816-35, ink and tempera on vellum, 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 (Bibliothèque Municipale, Épernay) Speakers: Dr. Nancy Ross and Jennifer Freeman. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Santiago on Horseback, 16th century, polychromed and gilded wood (Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, Mexico) A conversation between Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris, Steven Zucker, and Smarthistory.

Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England, begun 1220. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris.

The Church of San Pedro Apóstol de Andahuaylillas,1570-1606, stone, adobe, kur-kur, Andahuaylillas, Peru Speakers: Norma Barbacci, Program Director for Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, World Monuments Fund and Steven Zucker, Smarthistory. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

San Vitale is one of the most important surviving examples of Byzantine architecture and mosaic work. It was begun in 526 or 527 under Ostrogothic rule. It was consecrated in 547 and completed soon after. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Portraits by August Sander discussed: Pastry Cook, gelatin silver print, 1928 Secretary at a Radio Station, Cologne, gelatin silver print, c. 1931 Disabled Man, gelatin silver print, 1926 Speakers: Dr. Juliana Kreinik, Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, c. 533-49 (apse mosaic, 6th century, triumphal arch mosaics, likely c. 7th-12th centuries) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Santa Maria Antiqua, located at the foot of the Palatine Hill beside the Roman Forum (originally part of the Roman emperor Domitian's palace complex of c. 81-96 C.E.), consecrated in the 6th century with paintings from the 6th, 7th, and 8th centuries Special thanks to the World Monuments Fund, Giuseppe Morganti, Werner Schmid, and the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma. A conversation between Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.