Crash Course Art History

Crash Course Art History

2024
Crash Course Art History
Crash Course Art History

Crash Course Art History

5.5 | en | Documentary

Over the course of 22 episodes, we’re going to learn about art history—the study of objects and images to understand their meaning and the people, places, and times they come from. Sarah Urist Green will equip you with a toolbox of terms to analyze and evaluate art, draw connections between different cultures and time periods, and ask big questions about how history gets made.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP6  Episode 6
May. 23,2024
Episode 6

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EP5  Episode 5
May. 16,2024
Episode 5

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EP4  What Makes an Artist “Great”?
May. 09,2024
What Makes an Artist “Great”?

Michelangelo. Vincent Van Gogh. Pablo Picasso. The story of art history is told through the biographies of individual celebrity artists. In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we’ll learn about where the myth of the Great Artist comes from — and why it might be time for a new perspective.

EP3  The History of Museums
May. 02,2024
The History of Museums

In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we’ll learn why museums are so much more than just collections of interesting and pretty objects. Their legacy includes everything from violence to theft, to, oddly enough, mermaid hands.

EP2  How to Look at Art
Apr. 18,2024
How to Look at Art

How long do you typically look at an artwork, and what can you learn in that time? In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we’ll acquire a toolbox of terms to help us discover how all art is influenced by the time and place it was made in.

EP1  Why We Study Art
Apr. 11,2024
Why We Study Art

Art history is much more than names, dates, and creepy babies. It helps us understand how history itself gets constructed and told. In this episode of Crash Course Art History, we’ll learn how interpreting artwork reveals connections among all of us, across cultures and across time.

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5.5 | en | Documentary
Synopsis

Over the course of 22 episodes, we’re going to learn about art history—the study of objects and images to understand their meaning and the people, places, and times they come from. Sarah Urist Green will equip you with a toolbox of terms to analyze and evaluate art, draw connections between different cultures and time periods, and ask big questions about how history gets made.

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Cast

Director

Hank Green

Producted By

Complexly , Spillt

Cast