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Hollis Clayson / Northwestern:
The Impressionists in Paris
Millions of people have experienced pleasure and fascination before the canvases of Renoir, Manet, and Monet that hang in the galleries of such lofty institutions as the Musee d'Orsay and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I... read more
Free TrialThe Dawn of Cinema and the Transformation of America
Instructor:
Charles Musser / Yale
The arrival of cinema (projected motion pictures) in the mid-1890s changed American culture like almost no other singular event. Things that were once forbidden suddenly became legal and even quit... read more
Understanding America Through Three Classic Photographs
Instructor:
Louis Masur / Trinity
It's nearly impossible to remember the most significant events in our nation's history without having specific images immediately appear in our mind's eye: photographs in color and in black and wh... read more
You Call That Art? Understanding Why We Like What We Like
Instructor:
Paul Bloom / Yale
Why is it that people will praise an original Rembrandt, but will dismiss a perfect forgery as inferior? Why do some people enjoy modern art? Why do young children like to draw pictures? Many psy... read more
