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.

This art history video discussion looks at Claude Monet's "The Argenteuil Bridge", 1874, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 80 cm (Musee d'Orsay, Paris). Please note that there is significant background chatter in this video, the Musee d'Orsay is happily a very busy museum and this painting is hung in a relatively small room.

This art history video discussion looks at Claude Monet's "Les Nympheas (The Water Lilies)", suite of paintings on permanent exhibition at the Musee de l'Orangerie in Paris. Room 1: "Morning", oil on two canvas panels c. 1918-26; "Clouds", oil on three canvas panels c. 1918-26; "Green Highlights", oil on two canvas panels c. 1918-26; and Sunset, oil on canvas c. 1918-26. Room 2: "Reflection of Trees", oil on two canvas panels 1918-26; "The Morning Light", the willows, oil on three canvas panels c. 1918-26; "The Morning Willows" oil on three canvas panels c. 1918-26; "The Two Willows", oil on four canvas panels c. 1918-26.

This are history video discussion with Beth Harris and Steven Zucker looks at Myron of Eleutherae's "Discobolus (Discus Thrower)", Roman marble copy of an ancient Greek bronze, c. 450 B.C.E. (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome).

This art history video discussion looks at the Human-headed Winged Lion and Bull (Lamassu), 883--859 B.C.E., Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

This art history video discussion examines "Kouros (youth)", Archaic Greek, Attic, ca. 590--580 B.C.E. (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

This art history video discussion looks at Barnett Newman's "Onement I", 1948, oil on canvas ,27 1/4 x 16 1/4" (69.2 x 41.2 cm), The Museum of Modern Art.

This art history video discussion examines Nicola Pisano's "Pulpit", Pisa Baptistery, 1260; and Giovanni Pisano's "Slaughter of the Innocents" Marble, 1301, Sant'Andrea church, Pistoia.

This art history video dicussion examines "Nike (Winged Victory) of Samothrace", Lartos marble (ship) and Parian marble (figure), c. 190 B.C.E. 3.28m high (Musee du Louvre, Paris). The sculpture was unearthed in 1863 after its discovery under the direction of Charles Champoiseau‚ the French Vice-Consul to Turkey.

This art history video dicussion examines "Nude Woman" (Venus of Willendorf), c. 28,000-25,000 B.C.E., (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna).

This art history video dicussion examines Georgia O'Keeffe's "The Lawrence Tree", oil on canvas, 31 x 40 inches, 1929 (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.

This art history video dicussion examines "Orsanmichele", Florence, 1349 loggia (1380-1404 upper stories).

This art history video dicussion examines "Painted Garden, Villa of Livia", fresco, 30-20 B.C.E. (Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo, Rome). Plant species include: umbrella pine, oak, red fir, quince, pomegranate, myrtle, oleander, date palm, strawberry, laurel, viburnum, holm oak, boxwood, cypress, ivy, acanthus, rose, poppy, chrysanthemum, chamomile, fern, violet, and iris.

This art history video dicussion examines "Pair of Centaurs Fighting Cats of Prey" from Hadrian's Villa, mosaic, c. 130 B.C.E. (Altes Museum, Berlin).

This art history video discussion looks at Parmigianino's "Madonna of the Long Neck" (Uffizi, Florence).

This art history video dicussion examines Parmigianino's "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror", oil on panel, 1524 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

This art history video dicussion examines Charles Willson Peale's "Staircase Group" (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale), 1795, oil on canvas (Philadelphia Museum of Art).

This art history video discussion examines "The Pergamon Altar", c. 200-150 B.C.E. (Pergamon Museum, Berlin).

In this art history video discussion Beth Harris and Steven Zucker look at Sir Peter Paul Rubens' "The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus," 1617-18, oil on canvas. Alte Pinakothek, Munich.