Dr. Micah Christensen (PhD, History of Art, University College London) returns to his series of lectures exploring the lives and works of artists who were once well known and have since fallen out of collective consciousness. In this lecture, he explores the career of Jean Paul Laurens (French, 1838-1921), who is considered by many to be the last great history painter. His contributions to public buildings, especially the Panthéon in Paris.
Read MoreA live recording of a lecture presented by Dr. Micah Christensen (PhD, History of Art, University College London) at the Beaux-Arts Academy (http://beauxartsacademy.org/) on Modern art given by a traditionalist to a group of traditional artists.
Read MoreA live recording of a lecture presented by Dr. Micah Christensen (PhD, History of Art, University College London) at the Beaux-Arts Academy (http://beauxartsacademy.org/) on how all art changes over time; including examples of how to identify damage and case studies for how experts restore and conserve works.
Read MoreA live recording of a lecture presented by Dr. Micah Christensen (PhD, History of Art, University College London) at the Beaux-Arts Academy (http://beauxartsacademy.org/) on how the invention and use of photography by artists has influence how representational art is made.
Read MoreA recording of a a lecture presented by Dr. Micah Christensen (PhD, History of Art, University College London) at the Beaux-Arts Academy on a general history and development of European and Japanese print technology from the 15th to 20th centuries.
Read MoreFair warning: This lecture was a little rushed at the end. I tried to fit more in that was reasonable. Despite that, I think the discussion is followable — the comments by those there are particularly worth following. I'll do a future lecture that gives the "present" the time it deserves. Think of this as a sketch.
This lecture — exploring how artists trained from the 19th century to the present — is part of a series given by Micah Christensen (PhD, University College London) in collaboration with Anthonys Fine Art, the Beaux Arts Academy, and the Institute of Classical Art and Architecture. For more lectures in the series, visit artisticarsenals.org
Read MoreA live recording over slides of a discussion by art historian Micah Christensen (PhD, University College London) on the history of educating artists. This is part one of two, recorded with an audience of artists and art enthusiasts at the Beaux-Arts Academy.
Read MoreIn this lecture, Dr. Christensen gathered with a group of artists and art enthusiasts to talk about how bronze & marble sculptures have been made — large and small scale — from antiquity to today.
Read MoreIn this lecture, Dr. Christensen gathered with a group of artists and art enthusiasts to explore the technology of paint including works by Giotto, Bellini, Titian, Velazquez, Canaletto, Van Gogh, Kapoor.
Read MoreIn this lecture, Dr. Christensen gathered with a group of artists and art enthusiasts to talk about how to read and understand paintings that often seem out of reach due to historical, cultural, or aesthetic distance. They include works by Rubens, Holbein, Titian, Rothko, Malevich, and Ai Weiwei.
Read More
