Free Arts & Entertainment Courses

The Existentialism in Literature and Film course, taught by professor Hubert L. Dreyfus, cuts right to the roots of existentialist thought, looking at the works of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, and examining Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov in depth.

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.

Art Historian Dr. Vida Hull reviews the Italian Renaissance...

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

Take a trip across the world and back through the ages to experience the art of many cultures and historical periods.

A study of the ways music creatively expresses self-understanding, cultural environment, and aesthetic values from ancient to modern times.

This is a series of free public lectures investigating the portrayal of Christian themes in art from the first Christians through to the modern day.

From the Caves to Romanticism, take a journey through centuries of art and learn about the role of art in culture and the place of the artist in society.

You can watch 13 lectures from this Modern Art History course which is being offered through YouTube from the Otis College of Art and Design. In these lectures Dr. Parme Giuntini, Director of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design, covers many schools of modern art...

This lecture series, conceived by the late UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus James Cahill, is a legacy of his life's work in the history of the visual arts of China.