Core Course: Artists' Names

Dr John Blakinger talks about demonstrations against the Whitney Museum of American Art related to its connections with the tear gas manufacturer Safariland. In November 2018, an image of migrants fleeing tear gas at the US-Mexico border ricocheted across the internet, inspiring ... Show More

Dr John Blakinger speaks about the controversy surrounding Dana Shutz's painting of the body of Emmett Till exhibited at the 2017 Whitney Biennnial. Who has the right to see in an age of image overload? At the 2017 Whitney Biennial, a painting by the artist Dana Schutz depicting ... Show More

Dr John Blakinger discusses 'Scaffold', Sam Durant's contentious sculpture. Sam Durant's controversial sculpture Scaffold, a wooden structure recalling specific gallows from American history, ignited a firestorm at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 2017. The work resembled ... Show More

This lecture forms part of series entitled Introduction to the History of Art, a core course taught to the first year undergraduate History of Art students. 

This lecture forms part of series entitled Introduction to the History of Art, a core course taught to the first year undergraduate History of Art students. 

This lecture forms part of series entitled Introduction to the History of Art, a core course taught to the first year undergraduate History of Art students. 

This lecture forms part of a series entitled "Antiquity After Antiquity" and is for first year Undergraduate History of Art students. It was delivered at the University of Oxford History of Art Department. An Van Camp (Curator of Northern European Art at the Ashmolean Museum of A ... Show More

<p>We've got a lesson rich in culture for you today. We'll be delving into the world of high art. You'll learn how to talk about art and how to talk about the authenticity of artwork. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1427</p> 

First lecture in the Oscar Wilde series in which Sos Eltis talks about Wilde's life and his work, De Profundis. 

James Grant, lecturer in philosop-hy, University of Oxford gives his first lecture in the Aesthetics series on Plato's philosophy of Art. 

Lecture 1 of 6 in Marianne Talbot's series on critical reasoning for beginners. 

<p>I&apos;ll be the first to admit that I don&apos;t know a lot about art, but I do know all of the English words and phrases that you will learn in this lesson. The world of art is amazing. I&apos;ve always admired people who can sketch, paint, or make sculptures. I certainly do ... Show More