Here we draw a line on a page and use it as a variable resistor in series with a speaker. What relationship do we hear? Does it sound linear? Created by Brit Cruise.
What is it that distinguishes a living organism from a nonliving object? This collection of images presents examples that aren't as clear-cut as one might think, enticing students to question the meaning of life.
This is a BlendSpace lesson on the persuasive appeals - ethos, logos, and pathos. It involves note-taking, an understanding check quiz, and an application assignment in which students analyze a commercial or print ad for its use of ethos, logos, and pathos.
This art history video lesson looks at Sir John Everett Millais' "Ophelia", 1851-52, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London); and Barnett B. Newman's "Vir Heroicus Sublimis", oil on canvas, 1950-51 (MoMA).
This art history video lecture examines Ambrogio Lorenzetti's "Presentation of Jesus in the Temple", 1342, tempera on panel, (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).
This art history video discussion examines Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Judith with the Head of Holofernes", c. 1530, oil on panel (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
This art history video discussion examines Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Cupid complaining to Venus", c. 1525, oil on wood (The National Gallery, London).
This art history video discussion examines Lucian Freud's "Standing by the Rags" 1988-89, oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).
Emmy award-winning poet, Lucille Clifton, introduces and reads her poem, 'Turning,' about trying to be your own person and taking responsibility for your life.
In this art history video discussion Beth Harris and Steven Zucker look at the "Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus: Battle of Romans and Barbarians," c. 250-260 C.E., preconneus marble. Palazzo Altemps: Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome. This sarcophagus, also known as the Great Ludovisi sarcophagus (or the Via Tiburtina Sarcophagus), is thought to be a memorial to the wars between the Ostrogoths and Imperial Romans then taking place. It was found in 1621 and named after Ludovico Ludovisi, its initial modern owner.
This art history video discussion examines Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's "Seagram Building", 375 Park Avenue, New York City (1958). Note: In the video I call Le Corbusier a French architect. This is somewhat reductionist since he was born in Swizerland and became a French citizen in 1930.
This art history video discussion examines Rene Magritte's "The Treachery of Images" (Ceci n'est pas une pipe), 1929 (LACMA).
In this adapted ZOOM video segment, cast members get hands-on in the recycling process by using old newspapers to make new paper.
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make a seismometer and experiment with different ways to make it register movement.
This art history video discussion examines Edouard Manet's "Corner of a Cafe-Concert", 1878-80 (National Gallery, London).
This art history video discussion examines Edouard Manet's "Emile Zola" 1868, oil on canvas (Musee d'Orsay, Paris). This portrait was painted in appreciation for the support Zola gave to Manet in his 1866 essay in La Revue du XXe siecle and during Manet's independent exhibition held along side the Universal Exposition in 1867.
This art history video discussion examines Edouard Manet's "In the Conservatory", 1878-1879, oil on canvas (Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
This art history video discussion examines Edouard Manet's "Le Dejeuner Sur L'herbe" (Luncheon on the Grass), oil on canvas, 1863 (Musee d'Orsay, Paris).
This art history video discussion examines Edouard Manet's "The Balcony", 1868-69, oil on canvas, (Musee d'Orsay, Paris). The three principal figures depicted are each a friend of the artist. From left to right they are: the painters Berthe Morisot and Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet, and Fanny Claus, a violinist. Some have suggested that the fourth figure, barely visible in the shadows, is the young Leon Leenhoff, the son of Manet's wife.
This art history video discussion examines Andrea Mantegna's "Dead Christ", tempera on canvas, c. 1490 (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan).