This art history video discussion examines Eugene Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People", oil on canvas 1830 (Musee du Louvre, Paris).

This art history video discussion examines the "Rosetta Stone", 196 B.C.E., granite (British Museum, London).

This art history video discussion examines Rosso Fiorentino's "The Dead Christ with Angels", c. 1524-7, oil on panel (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).

This art history video discussion looks at Peter Paul Rubens' "The Consequences of War", 1638-39, oil on canvas (Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).

This art history video discussion examines Peter Paul Rubens' "Arrival (or Disembarkation) of Marie de Medici at Marseilles",1621-25, oil on canvas, 394 x 295 cm (Musee du Louvre, Paris).

This art history video discussion looks at Saint Peter's Basilica and the numerous architects (see below) who contributed to Saint Peter's Basilica (Basilica Sancti Petri in Latin), begun 1506 completed 1626, Vatican City. Architectural contributors include: Donato Bramante who's design won Julius II's competition; Antonio da Sangallo, a student of Bramante, designed the Pauline Chapel; Fra Giocondo strengthened the foundation; Raphael worked with Fra Giocondo, his redesigned building plan was not executed; Michelangelo designed the dome, crossing, and exterior excluding the nave and facade; Giacomo della Porta, designed the cupola; Carlo Maderno, extended Michelangelo's plan adding a nave and grand facade; Gian Lorenzo Bernini added the piazza, the Cathedra Petri, and the Baldacchino.

This art history video discussion looks at Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 5th century A.D.

This art history video discussion looks at Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, marble, 359 C.E. (Treasury of Saint Peter's Basilica).

This art history video discussion looks at John Singer Sargent's "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose", 1885-86, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Christian Schad's "Self-Portrait", 1927, oil on wood, 29 x 24-3/8 inches, 76 x 62 cm (Tate Modern, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Egon Schiele's "Hermits" 1912, oil on canvas (Leopold Museum, Vienna).

This art history video discussion looks at Egon Schiele's "Seated Male Nude (Self-Portrait)", 1910, oil and gouache on canvas (Leopold Museum, Vienna).

This art history video discussion looks at "The Seated Scribe"‚ c. 2620-2500 B.C.E., c. 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, painted limestone with rock crystal, magnesite, and copper/arsenic inlay for the eyes and wood for the nipples, found in Saqqara (Musee du Louvre, Paris).

This art history video discussion looks at Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnieres, 1884, oil on canvas (National Gallery, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Simone Martini's "Annunciation", 1333, tempera on panel (Uffizi, Florence).

This art history video discussion looks at Sir John Everett Millais' "Christ in the House of His Parents", 1849-50, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Sir John Everett Millais' "Ophelia", 1851-52, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Claus Sluter's (with Claus de Werve) "The Well of Moses", 1395-1405 (calvary finished 1399, prophets 1402-05, painted by Jean Malouel c. 1402), Asnières stone with gilding and polychromy, slightly less than 7 meters high, originally close to 13 meters with cross. Located on the grounds of the former Chartreuse de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery in Dijon, France established by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. The prophets depicted include: Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel, and Isaiah.

This art history video discussion examines the "Standard of Ur", c. 2600-2400 B.C.E. (British Museum).

Standard of Ur, c. 2600-2400 B.C.E., 21.59 x 49.5 x 12 cm (British Museum) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.