Chora Church (Kariye Müzesi), Istanbul, renovated c. 1315 - 1321. A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris, Steven Zucker, and Smarthistory.

Piero della Francesca, Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, 1467-72, tempera on panel, 47 x 33 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Piero della Francesca, The Baptism of Christ, 1450s, tempera on wood, 167 x 116 cm (National Gallery, London). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

This art history video discussion examines Pierre Le Gros the Younger's "Stanislas Kostka on His Deathbed", 1703, upstairs at Bernini's Sant'Andrea al Quirinale.

Pietro Cavallini, The Last Judgment, c.1293, fresco, Santa Cecilia, Rome This fresco was discovered in 1900 and represents one of the few works by Cavallini to survive. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Pietro Lorenzetti, Birth of the Virgin, c. 1342, tempera on panel, 6 feet, 1 inch x 5 feet, 11 inches, for the altar of St. Savinus, Siena Cathedral (now in Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Michelangelo, Pietà, marble, 1498-1500 (Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. The Pietà was a popular subject among northern european artists. It means Pity or Compassion, and represents Mary sorrowfully contemplating the dead body of her son which she holds on her lap. This sculpture was commissioned by a French Cardinal living in Rome. Look closely and see how Michelangelo made marble seem like flesh, and look at those complicated folds of drapery. It is important here to remember how sculpture is made. It was a messy, rather loud process (which is one of the reasons that Leonardo claimed that painting was superior to sculpture!). Just like painters often mixed their own paint, Michelangelo forged many of his own tools, and often participated in the quarrying of his marble -- a dangerous job. When we look at the extraordinary representation of the human body here we remember that Michelangelo, like Leonardo before him, had dissected cadavers to understand how the body worked. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Phidias (?), "Plaque of the Ergastines," 445 - 438 B.C.E., Pentelic marble (Attica), 0.96 x 2.07 m, fragment from the frieze on the east side of the Parthenon (Musée du Louvre, Paris). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

This video lecture looks at the painting techniques of Jackson Pollock: "One: Number 31, 1950". Abstract Expressionist New York. The Museum of Modern Art, October 3, 2--April 11, 2011. Filmed by Plowshares Media Images courtesy of Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Music by Chris Parrello Chris Parrello, Ian Young, Kevin Thomas, Ziv Ravitz.

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer), Classical Period, Roman marble copy after a Greek bronze original from c. 450-440 B.C.E. (Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Naples). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Dionysian Cult Cycle (?), Villa of Mysteries, before 79 C.E., fresco, Pompeii, Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Pontormo, Entombment (or Deposition from the Cross), oil on panel, 1525-28 (Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker, Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris, Steven Zucker, and Smarthistory.

This art history video discussion looks at Pontormo's "Entombment (or Deposition from the Cross)", oil on panel, 1525-28 (Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence).

Portrait Bust of a Flavian Woman (Fonseca Bust), from Rome, c. 100 C.E., marble, 63 cm (Capitoline Museums), part 1 of 2. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris For more art history, visit smarthistory.org. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

A conversation between Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker in front of Portrait Head of Queen Tiye with a Crown of Two Feathers, c. 1355 B.C.E., Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, New Kingdom, Egypt, yew wood, lapis lazuli, silver, gold, faience, 22.5 cm high (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection at the Neues Museum, Berlin). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs, from Constantinople, c. 305, porphyry, 4' 3" high (St. Marks, Venice). Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Nampeyo found inspiration from the old to create a pottery style that was entirely new and highly sought after. Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa), polychrome jar, c. 1930s, clay and pigment, 13 x 21 cm (National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution) Speakers: Dr. David Penney, Associate Director for Museum Scholarship, Exhibitions, and Public Engagement, National Museum of the American Indian and Dr. Steven Zucker A Seeing America video. 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 Nicolas Poussin's "Landscape with Saint John on Patmos", 1640, oil on canvas (Art Institute of Chicago).

This video is part of the Art Institute of Chicago's Art Explainer series. How does what you see in an artwork tell you how to look? 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 shape form and meaning in their works. Ultimately, it shows that each of us already possesses a powerful tool for making sense of art: looking closely. 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: Grant Wood, American Gothic; Yoruba Crown from Nigeria; Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day; Cindy Sherman, Untitled #92. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

This art history video discussion looks at Fra Andrea Pozzo's "Glorification of Saint Ignatius" ceiling fresco in the nave of Sant'Ignazio, Rome, 1691-1694.