Concepts of building technology and experimental methods. Projects vary yearly and have …
Concepts of building technology and experimental methods. Projects vary yearly and have included design and test of strategies for daylighting, passive heating and cooling, and improved indoor air quality. Experimental methods focus on measurement and analysis of thermally driven and wind-driven airflows, lighting intensity and glare, heat flow and thermal storage, and load deformation of materials. Experiments are conducted at model and full scale and are often motivated by ongoing field work in developing countries.
Bushel with ibex motifs, 4200--3500 B.C.E., Susa I period, necropolis, acropolis mound, …
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.
Evan Freeman, PhD and Anne McClanan, PhD discuss a Byzantine mosaic of …
Evan Freeman, PhD and Anne McClanan, PhD discuss a Byzantine mosaic of a personification of Ktisis/Foundation, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Acc. 1999.99). CC BY 4.0.
Harbaville Triptych, mid-10th century, Constantinople, ivory with traces of polychromy, 28.2 x …
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.
Open Music Theory is a natively-online open educational resource intended to serve …
Open Music Theory is a natively-online open educational resource intended to serve as the primary text and workbook for undergraduate music theory curricula. OMT2 provides not only the material for a complete traditional core undergraduate music theory sequence (fundamentals, diatonic harmony, chromatic harmony, form, 20th-century techniques), but also several other units for instructors who have diversified their curriculum, such as jazz, popular music, counterpoint, and orchestration. This version also introduces a complete workbook of assignments.
Camel, first half of the 12th century, fresco transferred to canvas, from …
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 …
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.
4th-3rd century B.C.E. bronze, 69 cm (Capitoline Museums, Rome. Speakers; Dr. Steven …
4th-3rd century B.C.E. bronze, 69 cm (Capitoline Museums, Rome. Speakers; Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
Capitoline Venus, 2nd century C.E., marble, 193 cm (Capitoline Museums, Rome) (Roman …
Capitoline Venus, 2nd century C.E., marble, 193 cm (Capitoline Museums, Rome) (Roman copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos, a 4th century B.C.E. Greek original by Praxiteles) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. More art history videos on smarthistory.org.
Business, art, and the American West. Carleton E. Watkins, Eagle Creek, Columbia …
Business, art, and the American West. Carleton E. Watkins, Eagle Creek, Columbia River, 1867, albumen silver print, 40.01 × 52.39 cm (LACMA) A conversation with Elizabeth Gerber and Beth Harris. A Seeing America video. Find learning related resources here: https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/
Watch a sculptor demonstrate the use of traditional tools—such as the tooth …
Watch a sculptor demonstrate the use of traditional tools—such as the tooth chisel, the point chisel, the drill, and the rasp—as he creates a finished figure from a block of marble. Created by Getty Museum.
The naked and the nude have been frequent subjects for art throughout …
The naked and the nude have been frequent subjects for art throughout the history of human creation, and also the frequent subject of censorship. What's wrong with seeing the unclothed human body? And what is its place in art?
Introduction to urban form and design, focusing on the physical, historical, and …
Introduction to urban form and design, focusing on the physical, historical, and social form of cities. Selected cities are analyzed, drawn, and compared, to develop a working understanding of urban and architectural form. The development of map making and urban representation is discussed, and use of the computer is required. Special focus on the historical development of the selected cities, especially mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth century periods of expansion. Readings on urban design theory in the twentieth century and a weekly discussion/seminar on them. Methods class for S.M.Arch.S. students in Architecture and Urbanism.
Sampling, appropriating, borrowing, stealing. Whatever you want to call it, artists have …
Sampling, appropriating, borrowing, stealing. Whatever you want to call it, artists have been copying since time immemorial. We look into the history of the practice, and share our theories of why it is done, and what it can offer us.
The powerful and privileged have hoarded precious artifacts in museums for centuries, …
The powerful and privileged have hoarded precious artifacts in museums for centuries, and it's only recently that these treasures were made available to the rest of us. What purpose did museums serve? And why does every city have one today?
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