Lecture 10, Handwriting on the Wall: John Martin's Belshazzar's Feast (1820)
A painter of fantastical and catastrophic events, Martin was a master scenographer and a Victorian celebrity. In this Old Testament episode, set in a dizzy vision of Babylon, a blaspheming king gets some bad news.
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Lecture 11, History at the Academy & the Salon: Jean-Léon Gérôme's Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant
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Whistler: For Art's Sake | The Untold Story of the 19th Century’s Most Controversial Artist
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Lecture 1, Introduction to History Painting
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Art I: Medieval 500–1400, with Rick Steves
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Growing Up With My Serial Killer Cousin, Ted Bundy
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Lecture 12, History Painting after Two World Wars: Anselm Kiefer's Die Ungeborenen
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How Dutch Painters Invented Atmosphere
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5. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Houses and Villas at Pompeii
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The French Do Not Care About Work
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Learning to See: Visual Fundamentals
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What RAF Pilots Said When They First Flew The American P-51 Mustang
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Lecture 6: Johannes Vermeer’s View of Delft: The Prose and Poetry of View Painting
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How This ‘Terrible Artist’ Made MILLIONS And Lost Everything
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Anselm Kiefer Interview: Art is Spiritual
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20. Roman Wine in Greek Bottles: The Rebirth of Athens
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10 Small Behaviors the Upper Class Notice Immediately
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Hokusai: The End of an Era
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Doku: Die geheime Welt des deutschen Adels
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Painting Techniques: From Rembrandt to Vermeer
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