This art history video discussion looks at Masaccio's "The Tribute Money", 1427, fresco (Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence).

This art history video discussion examines Henri Matisse's "Luxe, calme et volupte", 1904, oil on canvas, 37 x 46 inches (Musee d'Orsay, Paris). Painted while the artist stayed with the pointillist painter, Signac, at his home in Saint-Tropez on the Cote d'Azur. Matisse's title comes from Charles Baudelaire's poem, L'invitation au voyage (Invitation To A Voyage) from his collection, The Flowers of Evil. Luxe, calme et volupte translates just as it sounds in English, Luxury, calm, and voluptuous(ness).

This art history video discussion examines Henri Matisse's "The Piano Lesson", 1916 (The Museum of Modern Art).

This art history video discussion looks at Henri Matisse's "The Red Studio", oil on canvas, 1911 (MoMA).

This art history video discussion examines Medea Sarcophagus, 140 - 150 C.E., marble (Altes Museum, Berlin).

In this art history video discussion Beth Harris and Steven Zucker consider Michael Pacher's "Saint Wolfgang Altarpiece," 1471-81, polychrome pine, linden, gilding, and oil (sculpture and painting). Parish Church, Sankt Wolfgang, Austria.

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "Laurentian Library" (vestibule and reading room), begun 1524, opened 1571, San Lorenzo, Florence.

This art history video discussion looks at Michelangelo's Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508-12 (Vatican, Rome).

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" Sistine Chapel Ceiling, fresco, 1534-1541 (Vatican City, Rome).

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "Moses", marble, ca. 1513-15 (San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome).

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "Pieta", marble, 1498-1500 (Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome).

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "The Slaves" (commonly referred to as the Dying Slave and the Rebellious Slave), marble, 2.09 m high, 1513-15 (Musee du Louvre, Paris).

This art history video discussion examines Sir John Everett Millais' "The Vale of Rest: where the weary find repose", 1858 (partially repainted 1862), oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).

This art history video discussion examines Sir John Everett Millais' "Mariana" 1851, oil on wood, 597 x 495 mm (Tate Britain).

This art history video discussion examines Jean-Francois Millet's "L'Angelus", ca. 1857-1859, oil on canvas (Musee d'Orsay, Paris).

This art history video discussion looks at Jean-Francois Millet's "The Gleaners", 1857, oil on canvas, (Musee d'Orsay, Paris).

This art history video discussion looks at Amedeo Modigliani's "Young Woman in a Shirt", 1918, oil on canvas (Albertina, Vienna).

This art history video discussion looks at Claude Monet's "Cliff Walk at Pourville" 1882, oil on canvas, 26-1/8 x 32-7/16 inches / 66.5 x 82.3 cm (Art Institute of Chicago).

This art history video discussion looks at Claude Monet's "Poplars", 1891, oil on canvas (Philadelphia Museum of Art).

Claude Monet painted more than 30 canvases depicting Rouen cathedral between 1892 and 1894. This video discusses the following four paintings in the collection of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris: "Rouen Cathedra"l (The Portal, Grey Weather), 1894, oil on canvas; "Rouen Cathedral" (The Portal and the Tour d'Albane, Morning Effect), 1894, oil on canvas; Rouen Cathedral (The Portal, Harmony in Blue), 1894; and "Rouen Cathedral (The Portal and the Tour d'Albane in the Sunlight)", 1894, oil on canvas.