Resources – Art History Sites

Birth of the Impressionists…documentary

This is a great documentary on the birth of the impressionists. The beginning is silly, and there are ads throughout, but once I started watching I couldn’t stop. And apparently it is part of a series (from Chris Robinson … https://youtu.be/kzjRJzhnn8k

Exhibitions on Screen

Working with top international museums and galleries, Exhibitions on Screen create ninety-minute films which offer immersion into the world’s best loved art, accompanied by insights from leading art historians and art critics.

Films include Degas: Passion for Perfection; Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing; I, Claude Monet; The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism; Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse and others.  To preview a film, trailers are available on YouTube. Films are available for purchase, download and/or streaming.

For a complete listing of films:  https://exhibitiononscreen.com/our-films/

Virtual Reality of the Mona Lisa

https://www.viveport.com/18d91af1-9fa5-4ec2-959b-4f8161064796

French Pastels Treasures from the Vault

Here are links to both a slideshow of the art exhibited, and a video lecture about Degas’ work throughout his life and his paintings in the exhibit.

June 30, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Charlotte F. and Irving W. Rabb Gallery (Gallery 155)
Lecture: https://youtu.be/lUepMHPS2b8
Slideshow of collection: https://www.mfa.org/media/slideshow/9102
Article about the show, includes slideshow of the Exhibit:  https://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/french-pastels