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Napoleon, plague, and propaganda – Gros’ The Pest House at Jaffa

Antoine-Jean Gros, Napoleon in the Pesthouse at Jaffa (March 11, 1799), 1804, oil on canvas, 5.32 x 7.15 m (Musée du Louvre) speakers: Dr. Beth...

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889 (June, Saint Rémy), oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm (The Museum of Modern Art) Speakers: Dr. Beth...

Inspiring prayer, Fra Angelico’s Annunciation

Fra Angelico, Annunciation, 1438–45, fresco, 85 x 126 inches (San Marco, Florence) A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris source

Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescoes

Chora Church (Kariye Müzesi), Istanbul, renovated c. 1316–1321 Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris revised source

Mosaics and power in Sant’Apollinare Nuovo

Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, built c. 500, renovated 560s, Ravenna, Italy speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker source

Approaching the divine, Il Gesù, Rome

Il Gesù (Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus at the Argentina), Rome, 1568–75; Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and Giacomo della Porta (architects);...

Exploding tradition, Whistler’s Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket, 1875, oil on panel, 60.3 × 46.7 cm (Detroit Institute of Arts) A...

In the garden with Venus, Botticelli’s Primavera

Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera (Spring), 1481–82, tempera on panel, 203 x 304 cm (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth...

Science, religion, and politics, Church’s Cotopaxi

Frederic Edwin Church, Cotopaxi, 1862, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 215.9 cm (Detroit Institute of Arts) A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth...

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