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Understanding Western Art: Stories, Styles, and Masterworks

Series: Understanding Western Art: Stories, Styles, and Masterworks
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Episodes
25
Rating
TVPG
Year
2025
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

In Understanding Western Art: Stories, Styles, and Masterworks, you'll take on the breathtaking story and legacy of Western art in a uniquely original inquiry. Across 25 richly enjoyable lectures, art historian and best-selling author Noah Charney offers you a refreshingly different and accessible way into the great art of the Western world.

Related Subjects

  • Arts & Culture

Episodes

1. What Is Art? Duchamp and the Venus Figures

33m

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Begin the course by exploring the criteria we use to define art and consider two key works.

2. Capturing Form: Laocoön & Michelangelo

30m

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Starting in the ancient world, trace how the human form in art was perfected over the centuries.

3. Order and Symmetry: The Parthenon and David

30m

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Examine the visual aesthetics of the Greeks and Romans and how they applied mathematical principles to art.

4. Symbols in Art: Ravenna and Chartres Cathedral

30m

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Discover how the use of symbols in Christian art began a new chapter in the language of Western art.

5. Coloring the Rainbow: Kandinsky and Très Riches Heures

31m

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Learn how the search for color has shaped Western art from prehistoric pigments to modern art.

6. Textiles and Women Artists: Bayeux and Judy Chicago

31m

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Travel into the fascinating story and politics of embroidery and tapestry making in the Middle Ages.

7. The Renaissance: Giotto and Van der Weyden

31m

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Survey the major shifts in artistic techniques, freedom, and humanist thinking of the Renaissance.

8. Perspective and Illusion: Holbein and Cézanne

32m

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Delve into the use of illusion in art and how we perceive the three-dimensional world in two dimensions.

9. Stories and Allegories: Matejko and Ossawa Tanner

32m

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Investigate storytelling and narrative as a major feature of Western art through the centuries.

10. Rivalry and Competition: Titian and Anguissola

32m

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Take a look at the impact of competition in art and uncover fascinating stories of artistic rivalry.

Extended Details

  • SeriesUnderstanding Western Art: Stories, Styles, and Masterworks
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

The Great CoursesDirector
The Great CoursesProducer
Noah CharneyActor

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