Painting, Architecture, & Sculpture Audio & Video

The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Herbert Kline. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

LearnOutLoud's Art Masterpieces is a collection of essays on some of the most important works of art ever created.

LearnOutLoud.com presents the Art History Podcast. Each episode provides thoughtful analysis of the enduring artistic masterpieces that have become hallmarks of western culture.

This course is an introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration, including mural painting.

The founder of The School of Life, Alain de Botton examines the purpose of art. We often hear that art is meant to be very important; but we're seldom told exactly why.

A survey of architecture, sculpture, and painting in the Western world from the Italian Renaissance to the present.

Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian-born artist, was one of the first creators of pure abstraction in modern painting.

Each month KQED Interactive visits a number of Bay Area art galleries to check out what's up in the local art scene.

Dr. Parme Giuntini, Director of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design, presents this series on Modern Art.

Alan Watts discusses the Indian philosophy of the world as maya -- under its multiple meanings as illusion, art, magic, creative power, measure, etc.