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Gothic Sculpture and its shifting meanings, Strasbourg Cathedral

A conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris in front of the South Portal of Strasbourg Cathedral, c. 1230, with mid-nineteenth century...

The 6th century church SS. Sergius and Bacchus, preserved as the mosque, Küçük Ayasofya

Küçük Ayasofya Mosque, the former Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Istanbul, c. 536 speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker source

Polykleitos’s Doryphoros, ideal beauty in ancient Greece

Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer) , Classical Period, Roman marble copy after a Greek bronze original from c. 450-440 BCE (Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Naples) Speakers: Dr....

The mystical brilliance of Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece

Mathis Nithart (or Gothart), known as Matthias Grünewald (painter), Nikolaus of Haguenau (sculptor), The Isenheim Altarpiece, 1512–16, oil and tempera on limewood panels, 376...

Violence and drama, Caravaggio’s The Flagellation of Christ

Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio), The Flagellation of Christ, 1607, oil on canvas, 286 x 213 cm (Capodimonte Museum, Naples, Italy) speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and...

Architecture for the dead, watchtower (Eastern Han dynasty)

Models (including the central watchtower), 1st–early 3rd century C.E. (Eastern Han dynasty), earthernware with green lead glaze, China, 104.1 x 57.5 x 29.8 cm...

Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara

Palazzo dei Diamanti, designed by Biagio Rossetti, 1493–1503, marble and Istrian stone, Ferrara, Italy speakers: Dr. Heather Graham and Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank source

The Isenheim Altarpiece animation

A brief animation showing the altarpiece in three positions: closed, partially open, and fully open Matthias Grünewald (painter), Nikolaus of Haguenau (sculptor), The Isenheim Altarpiece,...

Seat of power, a Taíno duho

Duho (dujo), Tíano, 1200—1500 C.E., stone, Puerto Rico, dimensions not listed (Museo de Arte Puerto Rico) speakers: Dr. Tamara Díaz Calcaño and Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank source