Khan Academy: Art History: Italy: Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

This video discusses Gian Lorenzo Bernini's, Bust of Medusa, marble, c. 1644-48 (Capitoline Museum). [2:56]

This video [6:21] discusses Caravaggio's Calling of St. Matthew, oil on canvas, c. 1599-1600 (Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome).

This video [3:38] discusses Caravaggio's, Crucifixion of St. Peter, oil on canvas, 1601 (Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker.

This video Gian Lorenzo Bernini's, Cathedra Petri (or Chair of St. Peter), gilded bronze, gold, wood, stained glass, 1647-53 (apse of Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome). Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker According to...

This video [4:27] discusses Gianlorenzo Bernini's, Saint Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro), Vatican City, Rome, 1656-67 Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

This video [5:31] discusses Bernini's, Apollo, and Daphne, 1622-25 (Galleria Borghese, Rome) Voices: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

This video [5:00] discusses Gian Lorenzo Bernini's, David, 1623-24, marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome).

This video [4:27] discusses Gian Lorenzo Bernini's, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, 1658-70, Rome; commissioned by Cardinal Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili for the nearby Jesuit seminary. Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris.

This video discusses the stature by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina (also know as the Rape of Proserpina), 1621-22, marble (Galleria Borghese, Rome). Proserpina is the Latin variant of the mythic Greek Persephone. [4:06]

This video discusses Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin, 1605-06, Oil on canvas, 12 feet, 10 inches x 8 feet (369 x 245 cm) (Musee du Louvre, Paris) Painted for the altar of a family chapel in the church of Santa Maria Della Scala del...