Tag: art history education
Art History 101 - Art Deco vs. Art Nouveau: What’s The Difference?
Where the 60’s “psychedelic” movement came from.
Tutorial : Color Theory and Josef Albers
Learn how colors react differently based on what is around them.
Picasso's Blue Period
Pablo Picasso's most famous period, his Blue Period, was both cathartic and life changing. It will give the young artist the emotional and artistic tools to eventually pioneer cubism and, eventually, revolutionize modern art. This video will showcase both...
Artemisia Gentileschi: The woman behind the paintings
Get to know the story of Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most accomplished artists of the 17th century.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
Hieronymus Bosch's "600 Year Old Butt Song From Hell"
In the painting, this music is being written on the ass of the damned by the tongue of a bloated serpent-man.
Dramatic Paintings of Hell
Over many generations, in countless cultures and societies, artists of all types have been inspired, fascinated and enthralled by the concept of the afterlife.
The Extraordinary Self Portraits of Bryan Lewis Saunders
Bryan Lewis Saunders is an American artist who not only creates many fascinating self portraits, but has in fact, till the day of me uploading this very video, made at least one self portrait, every single day, since March 30th, 1995.
Monet's Water Lilies
Claude Monet is often criticised for being overexposed, too easy, too obvious, or worse, a chocolate box artist. His last works, the enormous water lily canvasses are among the most popular art works in the world.
The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer
By the mid 17th century, the art being produced in Catholic countries had become a powerful tool of propaganda, characterized by a heightened sense of drama, movement, and theatricality that had never been seen before.
The Scream: Great Art Explained
Between 1863 when Munch was born and the years before the first world war, European cities were going through unprecedented change. Industrialization and economic change brought anxieties and obsessions, political unrest, and radicalism.
Understanding Surrealism - Art History 101
This video lecture will delve into Surrealism, the art movement from the 1920-50s that took its inspiration from dreams and the subconscious. I will explain the historical contexts of the movement, and we examine art from a variety of artists across the g...
HOW TO SEE - Surrealist Women Artists
What is Surrealism? And what did it become in the hands of women artists? The Surrealist gallery is one of the most visited in the Museum.
Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
Who is Mona Lisa? Is it a self-portrait? Why doesn't she have eyebrows? Is she only famous because she was stolen? How do we know what Leonardo was thinking? Included here are the full 33 minute version as well as the 15 minute.
Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh was a largely self-taught artist who didn’t pick up a paintbrush until he was 30 years old. Just seven years later, he would be dead. It was really his last four years where he developed the style we would come to know him by, and these...