Great courses (DVD). Music & fine arts

Directed by The Great Courses

Lecturer: Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College

Featuring masterpieces from 250+ of the world's greatest artists, this in-depth guide to the practical skill of viewing art will help you reach new levels of appreciation

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

The Importance of First Impressions

Episode 2

Where Am I? Point of View and Focal Point

Episode 3

Color - Description, Symbol, and More

Episode 4

Line - Description and Expression

Episode 5

Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow

Episode 6

Seeing the Big Picture - Composition

Episode 7

The Illusion - Getting the Right Perspective

Episode 8

Art That Moves Us - Time and Motion

Episode 9

Feeling with Our Eyes - Texture and Light

Episode 10

Drawing - Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media

Episode 11

Printmaking - Relief and Intaglio

Episode 12

Modern Printmaking - Planographic

Episode 13

Sculpture - Salt Cellars to Monuments

Episode 14

Development of Painting - Tempera and Oils

Episode 15

Modern Painting - Acrylics and Assemblages

Episode 16

Subject Matters

Episode 17

Signs - Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art

Episode 18

Portraits - How Artists See Others

Episode 19

Self-Portraits - How Artists See Themselves

Episode 20

Landscapes - Art of the Great Outdoors

Episode 21

Putting It All Together

Episode 22

Early Renaissance - Humanism Emergent

Episode 23

Northern Renaissance - Devil in the Details

Episode 24

High Renaissance - Humanism Perfected

Episode 25

Mannerism and Baroque - Distortion and Drama

Episode 26

Going Baroque - North versus South

Episode 27

18th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo

Episode 28

Revolutions - Neoclassicism and Romanticism

Episode 29

From Realism to Impressionism

Episode 30

Postimpressionism - Form and Content Re-Viewed

Episode 31

Expressionism - Empathy and Emotion

Episode 32

Cubism - An Experiment in Form

Episode 33

Abstraction/Modernism - New Visual Language

Episode 34

Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams

Episode 35

Postmodernism - Focus on the Viewer

Episode 36

Your Next Museum Visit - Do It Yourself!