For the Beginner: An Brief Introduction to Key Issues in the History of Art

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Using examples from across history and cultures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, we discuss the ways that works of art communicate meaning.

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

Works of art discussed:

1. Hatshepsut, c. 1473–1458 B.C.E., New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Egyptian, limestone (Met)
2. Marble statue of a kouros (youth), c. 590–580 B.C.E., Attic Greek, Archaic (Met)
3. Polykleitos, Diadoumenos, c. 69–96 C.E. (Roman copy)/430 B.C.E. (original Greek bronze), marble (Met)
4. Virgin & Child in Majesty, c. 1150–1200 C.E., Auvergne, France, Oak, polychromy, gesso, linen, Romanesque (Met)
5. Auguste Rodin, Walking Man, 1905, bronze (Met)
6. Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, Italian Futurism, Bronze (Met)
7. Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991, mixed media (Met)

This will be great to use with my students!

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