Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Steven Zucker and Beth Harris.

The Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical styles dominated the art of Western Europe between 1600 and 1800. Baroque artists like Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens sought to reinvigorate Catholic art with art and architecture that emphasized drama and movement. Rococo artists like Fragonard celebrated the leisure activities of the upper class, as the center of style and culture moved to Paris from Rome. Neoclassical art and architecture looked back to the classical era for inspiration, producing Greek-style columned buildings such as the US Capitol Building. A video from the Utah System of Higher Education (with special thanks to Dr. Nancy Ross). Created by Nancy Ross.

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova), Roman Forum, c. 306-312. Speakers: Dr. Darius Arya and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Basilica of Santa Sabina, 422-432, Rome Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Francis Guy, Winter Scene in Brooklyn, 1820, oil on canvas, 147.3 x 260.2 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art). Speakers: Dr. Margaret C. Conrads, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Dr. Beth Harris, Smarthistory. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

The awesome beauty of the hole dug for Pennsylvania Station. George Bellows, Pennsylvania Station Excavation, c. 1907–08, oil on canvas, 79.2 x 97.1 cm (Brooklyn Museum), a Seeing America video Speakers: Dr. Margarita Karasoulas, Assistant Curator, American Art, Brooklyn Museum and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Smarthistory. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

Before the Civil War, the Mexican-American War as prelude. Richard Caton Woodville, War News from Mexico, 1848, oil on canvas, 68.6 × 63.5 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas). Speakers: Dr. Mindy Besaw, curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

Dorothea Lange's photograph changed how we saw the Great Depression. Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo California, 1936, printed later, gelatin silver print, 35.24 x 27.78 cm (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, PG.1997.2), a Seeing America video. Speakers: Eve Schillo, Assistant Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

Explore Buddhism through clips of significant sites in South Asia and interviews with members of the Bay Area South Asian community.

Explore Hinduism through clips of significant sites in South Asia and interviews with members of the Bay Area South Asian community.

George Bellows, Return of the Useless, 1918, oil on canvas, 149.9 x 167.6 cm (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art), a Seeing America video Speakers: Dr. Jen Padgett, Associate Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Dr. Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

Filippino Lippi, Madonna and Child, c. 1483–84, tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 81.3 x 59.7 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), an Expanding Renaissance Initiative video, find more at https://Smarthistory.org Speakers: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Smarthistory.

Immigration and the Know-Nothing Party. David Gilmour Blythe, Justice, c. 1860, oil on canvas, 51.1 x 61.3 cm (Fine Art Museums of San Francisco), a Seeing America video Speakers: Emily Jennings, Director of School and Family Programs, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/

Discover Bodh Gaya, one of several sights in India associated with the birth of Buddhism.

Bronze doors, 1015, commissioned by Bishop Bernward for Saint Michael's, Hildesheim (Germany). A conversation with Dr. Nancy Ross and Jennifer Freeman. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.

Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, c. 1545, oil on panel, 146.1 x 116.2 cm (National Gallery, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

Bushel with ibex motifs, 4200--3500 B.C.E., Susa I period, necropolis, acropolis mound, Susa, Iran, painted terra-cotta, 28.90 x 16.40 cm, excavations led by Jacques de Morgan, 1906-08 (Musée du Louvre, Paris) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

Harbaville Triptych, mid-10th century, Constantinople, ivory with traces of polychromy, 28.2 x 24.2 x 1.2 cm (Musée du Louvre) A conversation with Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Smarthistory.

Camel, first half of the 12th century, fresco transferred to canvas, from San Baudelio de Berlanga, Spain (Met Cloisters, New York) speakers: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Smarthistory.

Capital of a column from the audience hall of the palace of Darius I, Susa, c. 510 B.C.E., Achaemenid, Tell of the Apadana, Susa, Iran (Louvre). Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Steven Zucker and Beth Harris.