The "National Archives Experience: Digital Vaults" is a site that features digital …
The "National Archives Experience: Digital Vaults" is a site that features digital items (mostly created or associated with the federal government) from the National Archives' extensive collection relating to United States history. The site provides interactive exercises and a tool to create posters, as well as slideshows with audio, captions, and multiple images.
This course studies how international modernism interacted with the concept of “nation” …
This course studies how international modernism interacted with the concept of “nation” and how contemporary discourses concerning globalism changes that dynamic. This course also looks at how art uses and critiques globalization on various levels.
Egon Schiele, Portrait of Wally Neuzil, 1912, oil on panel, 32 × …
Egon Schiele, Portrait of Wally Neuzil, 1912, oil on panel, 32 × 39.8 cm (Leopold Museum, Vienna) Speakers: Dr. Erin Thompson and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Marble Statue of a Kouros (New York Kouros), c. 590–580 B.C.E. (Attic, …
Marble Statue of a Kouros (New York Kouros), c. 590–580 B.C.E. (Attic, archaic), Naxian marble, 194.6 x 51.6 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Barnett Newman, Onement I, 1948, oil on canvas ,27 1/4 x 16 …
Barnett Newman, Onement I, 1948, oil on canvas ,27 1/4 x 16 1/4" (69.2 x 41.2 cm), The Museum of Modern Art Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker, Dr. Beth Harris http://smarthistory.org/barnett-newman.html. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
By Art21. Artist Nick Cave discusses the experiences that force him to …
By Art21. Artist Nick Cave discusses the experiences that force him to confront his identity as a black man—including being racially profiled by police—and how they fuel his impulse to create. Cave explains that in these moments he gets quiet and avoids lashing out in rage. “And if I do, lashing out for me is creating this,” he says in reference to his intricately constructed Soundsuits. “The Soundsuits hide gender, race, class and they force you to look at the work without judgment.” The exhibition “Here Hear,” which included a large-scale community performance, was installed at Detroit’s Cranbrook Art Museum in 2015. The museum is associated with the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where Nick Cave attended graduate school in the 1980s and was the only minority student at the time. Learn more about the artist at: https://art21.org/artist/nick-cave/
Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery, 1260 Giovanni Pisano, Slaughter of the Innocents, …
Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery, 1260 Giovanni Pisano, Slaughter of the Innocents, Marble, 1301, Pulpit, Sant'Andrea church, Pistoia Speakers: Dr. David Drogin, Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
In the United States, the nineteenth century was a time of tremendous …
In the United States, the nineteenth century was a time of tremendous growth and change. The new nation experienced a shift from a farming economy to an industrial one, major westward expansion, displacement of native peoples, rapid advances in technology and transportation, and a civil war. In this lesson, works of art from the nineteenth century are paired with written documents, including literary selections, a letter, and a speech. As budding historians, students can use these primary sources from the nineteenth century to reconstruct the influence of technology, geography, economics, and politics on daily life. In this lesson students will: Learn about daily life in the United States in the 1800s through visual art and literature; Understand some of the ways in which nineteenth-century life was affected by technology, geography, economics, and politics; Apply critical-thinking skills to consider the various choices artists and writers have made in depicting daily life around them; Make personal connections to the nineteenth century by placing themselves in the contexts of works of art and readings.
Niobid Painter, "Niobid Krater," Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 460-50 B.C.E., 54 x …
Niobid Painter, "Niobid Krater," Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 460-50 B.C.E., 54 x 56 cm (Musée du Louvre) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Steven Zucker and Beth Harris.
Excerpted primary texts from the East Asian philosophical traditions, including: Buddhism, Hinduism, …
Excerpted primary texts from the East Asian philosophical traditions, including: Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Shinto, Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Sikhism, and historical Zoroastrianism.
Representing women who entered the workforce during WWII, Rosie is strong, determined, …
Representing women who entered the workforce during WWII, Rosie is strong, determined, and eating a ham sandwich. Norman Rockwell, Rosie the Riveter, 1943, oil on canvas, 52 x 40 inches (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art). A conversation with Dr. Margi Conrads, Chief Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Dr. Beth Harris, Smarthistory. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/
Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf), c. 28,000-25,000 B.C.E., Limestone, 4 1/4" high …
Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf), c. 28,000-25,000 B.C.E., Limestone, 4 1/4" high (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Georgia O'Keeffe, The Lawrence Tree, 1929, oil on canvas, 31 x 40 …
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 stands in front of the house. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Obelisk (formerly Trivium) Art History is a free, online art history textbook …
Obelisk (formerly Trivium) Art History is a free, online art history textbook designed for discovery. Meet history's greatest artists, browse artwork, and explore the timeline of human creativity. Trivium offers short, conversational essays and artist biographies and encourages exploration by artistic movements, mediums and themes.
An ironwork cross almost 3m high was the uppermost feature of a …
An ironwork cross almost 3m high was the uppermost feature of a magnificent screen in Salisbury Cathedral, designed by G G Scott and made by Francis Skidmore, erected in about 1870. The screen was taken down in 1959 and mostly sold, but the cross survived. Its surface was rusty and corroded, but small traces of original distinctive red paint and gilding remained. Painstakingly the cross was taken apart and each piece cleaned using dry ice, then repainted and gilded. Replacement parts were made using the latest digital technology. The restored cross was reassembled and is now a dazzling highlight of the ironwork galleries. https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections.
Claes Oldenburg, Floor Cake, 1962, synthetic polymer paint and latex on canvas …
Claes Oldenburg, Floor Cake, 1962, synthetic polymer paint and latex on canvas filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes, 58.375 x 114.25 x 58.375 in. (148.2 x 290.2 x 148.2 cm) (MoMA) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
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