Khan Academy: Art History: Italy: Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus

This video discusses Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's, Narcissus at the Source, oil on canvas, 1597-99 (Palazzo Barberini) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. [3:36]

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 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...

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.

Video discussing a Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of a youth, c. AD 69-96. The original statue, Diadoumenos, by Polykleitos, c. 430 BC, was melted down for its bronze. Includes links to additional information and images. [9:03]

A video about Gustave Courbet's A Burial at Ornan in the Musee d'Orsay, Paris. The video is narrated by Khan Academy's Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. [5:45]

This video [3:47] discusses Andrea Pozzo's, Saint Ignatius Chapel in the left transept of the church, Il Gesu, Rome (commissioned in 1695). Many artists contributed including Alessandro Algardi, Pierre Legros, Bernardino Ludovisi, Il...

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

College-level analysis, in vodcast format, of Edouard Manet's Olympia, one of the first modernist works to break from classical tradition in representing nudes. A perceptive vehicle for understanding the significance of nudes across...

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...