Arch of Constantine, 312-315 C.E., approximately 20m high, 25m wide, and 7m deep, central opening approximately 12m high, Rome. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Video produced by Dr. Naraelle Hohensee, Dr. Beth Harris, and Dr. Steven Zucker.
Material Type: Lesson
Relief panel showing The Spoils of Jerusalem being brought into Rome, Arch of Titus, Rome, after 81 C.E., marble, 7 feet,10 inches high. Speakers: Dr. Steven Fine and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Material Type: Lesson
This site presents a program that places art in the context of people's lives so our students will understand how important and effective a tool art is in solving problems and overcoming adversity. The student will recognize that Africans sometimes face problems that are similar to his own, and while the solutions Africans create may look different than ours, they are logical and effective.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Reading
This course is an exploration of visual art forms and their cultural connections for the student with little experience in the visual arts. It includes a brief study of art history and in depth studies of the elements, media, and methods used in creative processes and thought. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: interpret examples of visual art using a five-step critical process that includes description, analysis, context, meaning, and judgment; identify and describe the elements and principles of art; use analytical skills to connect formal attributes of art with their meaning and expression; explain the role and effect of the visual arts in societies, history, and other world cultures; articulate the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic themes and issues that artists examine in their work; identify the processes and materials involved in art and architectural production; utilize information to locate, evaluate, and communicate information about visual art in its various forms. Note that this course is an alternative to the Saylor FoundationĺÎĺ_ĺĚĺ_s ARTH101A and has been developed through a partnership with the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; the Saylor Foundation has modified some WSBCTC materials. This free course may be completed online at any time. (Art History 101B)
Material Type: Assessment, Full Course, Homework/Assignment, Reading, Syllabus
Paul Troost's the House of (German) Art, 1933-37 is discussed in relation to the Great Exhibition of German Art and the Entartete Kunst Exhibitions of 1937 in Munich. The House of German Art now exhibits international contemporary art in direct opposition to the original National Socialist intent. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Material Type: Lesson
The visual narratives and abstractions of this preeminent African American artist explore the places where he lived and worked: the rural South, Pittsburgh, Harlem, and the Caribbean. Bearden's central themes: religion, jazz and blues, history, literature, and the realities of black life he endured throughout his remarkable career in watercolors, oils, and especially collages and photomontages from the 1940s through the 1980s.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Textbook
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.
Material Type: Lesson
This art history video looks at "The Painting Techniques of Barnett Newman: Vir Heroicus Sublimis" Abstract Expressionist New York, The Museum of Modern Art, October 3, 2--April 11, 2011. Filmed by Plowshares Media; Music by Chris Parrello, Ian Young, Kevin Thomas, Ziv Ravitz.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture
This art history video discussion looks at Johannes Vermeer's "Young Woman with a Water Pitcher", oil on canvas, c. 1662 (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture
Giovanni Bellini and Titian, The Feast of the Gods, 1514 and 1529, oil on canvas (National Gallery of Art) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. Part of a mythological cycle painted by Titian and Giovanni Bellini and commissioned by Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara that includes Bacchus and Ariadne and the Andrians. Originally hung in the studiolo or Camerini d'Alabastro of the Duke's Ferranese castle.
Material Type: Lesson
Giovanni Bellini, Saint Francis in the Desert, c. 1480, oil and tempera on poplar, 124.5 x 141.9 cm (The Frick Collection, New York) . View this work up close on the Google Art Project. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Material Type: Lesson
Bonaventura Berlinghieri, St. Francis Altarpiece, 1235 (Church of San Francesco, Pescia, Italy). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Material Type: Lesson
This art history video discussion looks at Bernini's "Apollo and Daphne", 1622-25 (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture
This art history video discussion examines Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Bust of Medusa," marble, c. 1644-48 (Capitoline Museum).
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture
This art history video discussion looks at Gian Lorenzo Bernini, David, 1623-24, marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome).
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture
This art history video discussion looks at Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Ecstasy of Saint Theresa", 1647-52 (Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome).
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture
This art history video discussion looks at Gian Lorenzo Bernini's "Saint Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro)", Vatican City, Rome, 1656-67.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture
Arnold Böcklin, Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle, 1872, oil on canvas, 75 x 61 cm (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Material Type: Lesson
This art history video discussion looks at Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Northern Qi dynasty, c. 550--60, Shanxi Province, China, sandstone with pigments, 13-3/4 feet / 419.1 cm high (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lecture
Rosa Bonheur, Plowing in the Nivernais (or The First Dressing), oil on canvas, 1849 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Material Type: Lesson
