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Masterpieces Through Ages: Dive Deep into Iconic History Paintings with Yale's Expert-Led Video Series
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What you'll learn
- Understand the evolution of history painting from the Renaissance to the modern era
- Analyze the techniques and themes used by key artists such as Rubens and Gerome
- Evaluate the impact of historical and cultural contexts on art interpretation
- Explore the relationship between historical events and their depiction in art
This course includes
- 12 hours of video
- Certificate of completion
- Access on mobile and TV
Course content
1 modules • 12 lessons • 12 hours of video
Masterpieces Unveiled: A Journey Through History Painting
12 lessons
• 12 hours
Masterpieces Unveiled: A Journey Through History Painting
12 lessons
• 12 hours
- Lecture 1, Introduction to History Painting 01:03:08
- Lecture 2, Unintended Consequences: Antonio del Pollaiuolo's Hercules and Deianira (c. 1475-80) 01:01:00
- Lecture 3, Darkness to Light: Garofalo's The Conversion of Saint Paul 51:02
- Lecture 4, "But, Lord, He Stinketh!": Marco Pino's The Resurrection of Lazarus 01:06:45
- Lecture 5, Against Nature: Peter Paul Rubens's Hero and Leander 01:00:06
- Lecture 6, "To Paint the Way the Spartans Spoke": Gavin Hamilton's The Death of Lucretia 01:03:25
- Lecture 7, Benjamin West's Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus 57:09
- Lecture 8, John Trumbull and Historical Fiction: The Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 (1786) 55:55
- Lecture 9, Find the Hero: Ary Scheffer's The Retreat of Napoleon's Army from Russia in 1812 (1826) 01:00:32
- Lecture 10, Handwriting on the Wall: John Martin's Belshazzar's Feast (1820) 01:00:29
- Lecture 11, History at the Academy & the Salon: Jean-Léon Gérôme's Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant 01:03:29
- Lecture 12, History Painting after Two World Wars: Anselm Kiefer's Die Ungeborenen 01:11:02
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