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.

This art history video discussion examines Pablo Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", 1907 (Museum of Modern Art).

This art history video discussion examines Pierre Le Gros the Younger's "Stanislas Kostka on His Deathbed", 1703, upstairs at Bernini's Sant'Andrea al Quirinale.

This art history video discussion looks at Pontormo's "Entombment (or Deposition from the Cross)", oil on panel, 1525-28 (Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence).

This art history video discussion looks at Nicolas Poussin's "Landscape with Saint John on Patmos", 1640, oil on canvas (Art Institute of Chicago).

This art history video discussion looks at Fra Andrea Pozzo's "Glorification of Saint Ignatius" ceiling fresco in the nave of Sant'Ignazio, Rome, 1691-1694.

This art history video discussion examines Andrea Pozzo's Saint Ignatius Chapel in the left transept of the church, Il Ges, Rome (commissioned in 1695). Many artists contributed including Alessandro Algardi, Pierre Legros, Bernardino Ludovisi, Il Lorenzone and Jean-Baptiste Theodon. Materials include bronze, gold, silver, and many semiprecious stones most notably lapis lazuli.

This art history video discussion looks at Richard Redgrave's "The Sempstress", oil on canvas, 1846 (original version 1844) (Forbes Magazine Collection, New York).

This art history video discussion looks at Rembrandt van Rijn's "Bathsheba at Her Bath", 1654, oil on canvas, Musee du Louvre, Paris.

This art history video discussion examines Jusepe (Jose) de Ribera's "The Martyrdom of Saint Philip", 1639, oil on canvas (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid). The English Romantic poet, Lord Byron , wrote that the artist, "Spagnoletto [the little Spaniard] tainted/His brush with all the blood of all the sainted" (Don Juan , xiii. 71).

This art history video discussion examines the "Rosetta Stone", 196 B.C.E., granite (British Museum, London).

This art history video discussion looks at Peter Paul Rubens' "The Consequences of War", 1638-39, oil on canvas (Palatine Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, Florence).

This art history video discussion examines Peter Paul Rubens' "Arrival (or Disembarkation) of Marie de Medici at Marseilles",1621-25, oil on canvas, 394 x 295 cm (Musee du Louvre, Paris).

This art history video discussion looks at Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 5th century A.D.

This art history video discussion looks at Claus Sluter's (with Claus de Werve) "The Well of Moses", 1395-1405 (calvary finished 1399, prophets 1402-05, painted by Jean Malouel c. 1402), Asnières stone with gilding and polychromy, slightly less than 7 meters high, originally close to 13 meters with cross. Located on the grounds of the former Chartreuse de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery in Dijon, France established by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. The prophets depicted include: Moses, David, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Daniel, and Isaiah.

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This art history video discussion examines the "Standard of Ur", c. 2600-2400 B.C.E. (British Museum).

Standard of Ur, c. 2600-2400 B.C.E., 21.59 x 49.5 x 12 cm (British Museum) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

This art history video discussion looks at Titian's "Venus of Urbino" 1538, oil on canvas (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).

This art history video discussion examines Verrocchio's (with Leonardo) "Baptism of Christ", 1470-75.