This third lecture, more than two hours long, treats the pic

This lecture is about figure painting of the Tang dynasty (A

Landscape painting in the Tang dynasty takes two directions:

Another period of political disunity bridging the brief gap

In this same period, five great masters of landscape--Jing H

A time of greatest achievement in the development of landsca

This lecture is devoted to the late Northern Song master Guo

After discussions of some large theoretical and methodologic

The beginnings and early stages of the scholar-amateur movem

After looking at three late Northern Song handscrolls, one b

A consideration of political themes in Southern Song Academy

After an opening discussion of the unwarranted neglect of So

This lecture is devoted to the first attempt at constructing

Beginning with a long consideration of Cui Bo's "Hare and Ma

This, the first of four lectures on artists who might be cal

This long lecture is devoted to Xia Gui, the artist who is,

Ma Yuan's son, and the last in a family lineage within the S

This last of the four Southern Song Academy masters is shown

While the Southern Song Dynasty ruled in the south of China,

This is the first part of a long attempt to deal with the hi

This central section of lecture 12 concentrates on a single

Our final lecture, which winds up the series (except for a p

Our final lecture, which winds up the series (except for a p

A long discussion of how we can understand the direction tha

Learn more about this exhibition: Playing with Pictures: The

Jeff Koons describes how he likes to "communicate with other

I chopped up an interview with Salvador Dali and animated ov

A brief introduction to the Salon Jury and the features of F

Overview lecture on Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Raphael and the Fornarina, 18