Masterpieces Unveiled: A Journey Through History Painting
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
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Lecture 1, Introduction to History Painting01:03:08
Lecture 2, Unintended Consequences: Antonio del Pollaiuolo's Hercules and Deianira (c. 1475-80)01:00:59
Lecture 3, Darkness to Light: Garofalo's The Conversion of Saint Paul51:02
Lecture 4, "But, Lord, He Stinketh!": Marco Pino's The Resurrection of Lazarus01:06:44
Lecture 5, Against Nature: Peter Paul Rubens's Hero and Leander01:00:05
Lecture 6, "To Paint the Way the Spartans Spoke": Gavin Hamilton's The Death of Lucretia01:03:24
Lecture 7, Benjamin West's Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus57:09
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)01:00:31
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 salutant01:03:29
Lecture 12, History Painting after Two World Wars: Anselm Kiefer's Die Ungeborenen01:11:01
