This art history video discusses Hans Holbein the Younger's "The Ambassadors", 1533, oil on oak, 207 x 209.5 cm (The National Gallery, London).

This art history video discusses Hans Holbein the Younger's "The Merchant Georg Gisze", 1532, oil on oak, 97.5 x 86.2 cm (Gemaldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).

This art history video discussion looks at Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks", 1942, oil on canvas, 84.1 x 152.4 cm / 33-1/8 x 60 inches (The Art Institute of Chicago).

This art history video is the second part of the discussion about Jan (and Hubert?) Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece or The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", tempera and oil on panel, (open panels), Cathedral of Saint Bavo, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432.

This art history video discussion looks at Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola & Giacomo della Porta's "Church of Il Gesù", consecrated 1584, Rome; and Giovanni Battista Gaulli's (also known as il Baciccio) "The Triumph of the Name of Jesus", Il Gesù ceiling fresco, 1672-1685.

This art history video discussion examines the "Mihrab" (prayer niche), 1354--55 (A.H. 755), just after the Ilkhanid period, Isfahan, Iran, polychrome glazed tiles, 135-1/16 x 113-11/16 inches / 343.1 x 288.7 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Learn about the life of Martin Luther and his dispute with the Catholic church. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Learn about the Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Learn about the varieties of Protestant religion that emerged from the Reformation. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

This essay looks at Italian Futurism. It includes a short video featuring a work by 19th-century scientist and photographer Étienne-Jules Marey, whose chronophotographic (time-based) studies depicted the mechanics of animal and human movement.

This art history video discussion looks at a Japanese Negoro ware ewer, Negoro workshop, Muromachi period (1392--1573) to Momoyama period (1573--1615) second half of 16th century, lacquered wood, Wakayama prefecture, Japan (Portland Art Museum).

This art history video dicussion examines Jasper Johns' "Flag", 1954-55, encaustic, oil and collage mounted on plywood, three panels, (MoMA).

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 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).

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 the Painting Techniques of Mark Rothko: No. 16 (Red, Brown, and Black). Abstract Expressionist New York (The Museum of Modern Art) October 3, 2--April 11, 2011 MoMA.

In this art history video discussion Beth Harris and Steven Zucker consider Michael Pacher's "Saint Wolfgang Altarpiece," 1471-81, polychrome pine, linden, gilding, and oil (sculpture and painting). Parish Church, Sankt Wolfgang, Austria.

In this art history video discussion Beth Harris and Steven Zucker look at Sir Peter Paul Rubens' "The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus," 1617-18, oil on canvas. Alte Pinakothek, Munich.