Famous Works of Art

Artists' Interpretation of Life using Online Video

With this topic, you'll increase your understanding of art and its interpretation of life through six spiritual works of art and you'll study the themes of warfare and conflict in three of the world's most noted works.

Use our 3 online educational video titles to increase your understanding of art and its interpretation of life through the spiritual works of the Chartres Cathedral, Giotto's Arena Chapel, and the Merode Altarpiece.

Examine how the civic pride and religious enthusiasm of the Middle Ages found expression in the Gothic masterpiece, Chartres Cathedral. Witness how the frescoes of Giotto's Arena Chapel breathed new life into traditional Christian symbols and ushered in the Italian Renaissance. See how Merode Altarpiece made the Annunciation a miracle with which fifteenth-century Flemings could identify.

You will also study the themes of warfare and conflict in three of the world's most noted works of art: the Bayeux Tapestry, Goya's The Third of May, and Picasso's Guernica. Study the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England through the masterful narrative embroidery Bayeux Tapestry.

Witness Francisco Goya's horror and revulsion at the mass execution of fellow Spaniards in his bold and passionate masterpiece The Third of May, 1808. Examine Pablo Picasso's controversial twentieth-century masterpiece Guernica, which is as much a political statement as it is a work of art.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine how the civic pride and religious enthusiasm of the Middle Ages found expression in the Gothic masterpiece, Chartres Cathedral.
• Witness how the frescoes of Giotto's Arena Chapel breathed new life into traditional Christian symbols and ushered in the Italian Renaissance.
• See how Robert Campin's Merode Altarpiece made the Annunciation a miracle with which fifteenth-century Flemings could identify Study the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England through the masterful narrative embroidery of the 'Bayeux Tapestry'.
• Witness Francisco Goya's horror and revulsion at the mass execution of fellow Spaniards in his bold and passionate masterpiece 'The Third of May', 1808.
• Examine Pablo Picasso's controversial twentieth-century masterpiece Guernica, which is as much a political statement as it is a work of art.

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• Chartres Cathedral (Runtime: 18:36)
• Giotto's Arena Chapel (Runtime: 19:29)
• Merode Altarpiece (Runtime: 17:51)