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Rembrandt: Danae

Rembrandt: Danae

Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn, the Dutch artist, painted Danae in 1636. It is a life-sized depiction of the character Danae, mother of Perseus, from Greek mythology presumably in the act of welcoming Zeus. This work is located in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Leonardo da Vinci: The Benois Madonna

Leonardo da Vinci: The Benois Madonna

The Benois Madonna is an early work by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. For its time this was a truly cutting-edge piece. If it were not for the golden halos, the painting might pass for a genre scene of a young Italian woman playing with her son. Mary’s clothing and hairstyle follow the Florentine fashion of the late 15th century. This masterpiece is in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Caravaggio: The Lute Player

Caravaggio: The Lute Player

The Lute Player is an early work by Caravaggio, who sought above all to convey the reality and solidity of the surrounding world. We can already see the elements of the artist’s style which were to have such a widespread influence on other artists. The figure of a young boy dressed in a white shirt stands out clearly against the dark background. The sharp side lighting and the falling shadows give the objects an almost tangible volume and weight. This artwork is in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Raphael: The Holy Family

Raphael: The Holy Family

Raphael painted this Holy Family during his stay in Florence. With its mood of sublime sorrow, in this picture anything prosaic or banal would be alien to the heroes, yet this does not deprive them of a feeling of naturalness. The smooth lines, the harmonious combination of colours and the compact composition all contribute to create a sense of monumentality and grandeur. The soft chiaroscuro modelling the forms is evidence of the influence of Leonardo da Vinci on the young artist. This masterpiece in now in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Claude Monet: Woman in the Garden

Claude Monet: Woman in the Garden

This is a very early Impressionist work by the group’s leader, Claude Monet. The sunlight which floods the paintings of the Impressionists here plays the central role. Monet spent his childhood in Le Havre, which he periodically visited. Settling here in the summer of 1867, the artist painted several landscapes in the garden of the estate of which Woman in the Garden is of central importance. This masterpiece is located in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Claude Monet: Houses of Parliament

Claude Monet: Houses of Parliament

Claude Monet painted a series of paintings of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, during his stays in London between the years 1900-1905. The paintings have all the same size and viewpoint, Monet’s window at St Thomas’ Hospital overlooking the Thames. They are however painted at different times of the day and at different weather circumstances. The paintings shown in this movie are located in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, in the Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux in Le Havre, France, in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille, in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, in the Musée d’Orsay and in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Martin Johnson Heade: Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds

Martin Johnson Heade: Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds

Heade offered viewers an intimate glimpse into the exotic recesses of nature’s secret garden. Lichen covers dead branches; moss drips from trees; and, a blue-gray mist veils the distant jungle. An opulent pink orchid with light-green stems and pods dominates the left foreground. To the right, perched near a nest on a branch, are a Sappho Comet, green with a yellow throat and brilliant red tail feathers, and two green-and-pink Brazilian Amethysts. This artwork is now located in the National Gallery of Art in London, UK.

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

Renoir: The Girl with a Watering Can

Renoir: The Girl with a Watering Can

Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted this work in 1876. Apparently, The Girl with a Watering Can was painted in the famous garden of Claude Monet at Argenteuil. This painting is exhibited at the National Gallery of Art of Washington, D.C.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Roger Fenton: Fruit and Flowers

Roger Fenton: Fruit and Flowers

In the summer of 1860, Fenton made his most deliberate and exacting photographs to date: a series of still lifes. Although the subject obviously had its roots in painting, his densely packed compositions are far removed from the renditions of everyday life by the Dutch masters. Instead, Fenton extravagantly piled luscious fruits and intricately patterned flowers on top of one another and pushed them to the front of his composition so that they seem almost ready to tumble out of the photograph into the viewer’s space. This artwork is now located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

Duration : 1m
Maturity Level : all

Jan Steen: The Dancing Couple

Jan Steen: The Dancing Couple

Jan Steen’s paintings encompass a wide range of moods and subjects, from intimate scenes of a family saying grace before a meal to festive village celebrations, yet all of his paintings elicit a warm reaction to the lives of ordinary people. All five senses are represented in this work in which two young musicians play for a dancing couple while other people in the vine-covered arbor flirt, eat, drink, or smoke and children amuse themselves with their toys. This masterpiece is located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

Rembrandt: Self Portrait

Rembrandt: Self Portrait

Rembrandt painted, drew, and etched so many self-portraits in his lifetime that changes in his appearance invite us to gauge his moods by comparing one image to another. Such a biographical reading is encouraged by the way in which the artist confronts the viewer directly. Rembrandt painted this self-portrait in 1659 after he had suffered financial failure despite so many years of success. This masterpiece is now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Jan van Eyck: The Annunciation

Jan van Eyck: The Annunciation

For Christian believers this is the very instant of the Incarnation, when word is made flesh and Jesus is given earthly life and when God’s plan for salvation is set in motion. It is a moment of abiding mystery that Jan van Eyck makes concrete. By recreating the material world with specificity and precision, he gives us a tangible sense that the painted world is continuous with our own. This masterpiece is located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Gerrit van Honthorst: The Concert

Gerrit van Honthorst: The Concert

Gerrit van Honthorst has long been considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Honthorst’s The Concert is first mentioned in a 1632 inventory of one of the Prince of Orange’s palaces in The Hague. The Concert, located now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, was much more than a decorative element in a courtly setting. It also had an underlying political message. Harmony in society, as well as in music, exists when the guidance of its leader is followed. 

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

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Duration : 30s
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STREAM SLOW ART

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Duration : 26m
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Jackson Pollock, Number 27, 1950

Jackson Pollock, Number 27, 1950

Educator Lauren Ridloff discusses Number 27, 1950, 1950, by Jackson Pollock in the exhibition The Whitney’s Collection: Selections from 1900 to 1965.

Duration : 0s
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Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958

Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958

Educator and artist Christine S. Kim discusses Jasper Johns’ iconic painting Three Flags.

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Andy Warhol, Ethel Scull 36 Times, 1963

Andy Warhol, Ethel Scull 36 Times, 1963

Educator Lauren Ridloff discusses Ethel Scull 36 Times, 1963 by Andy Warhol in the exhibition Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again.

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Andy Warhol, Nine Jackies

Andy Warhol, Nine Jackies

Educator Lauren Ridloff discusses Nine Jackies by Andy Warhol in the exhibition Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again.

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2012 Biennial: Forrest Bess

2012 Biennial: Forrest Bess

Educator and artist Christine S. Kim discusses visionary painter Forrest Bess, whose work was curated in the 2012 Whitney Biennial by artist Robert Gober.

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Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Net Paintings

Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Net Paintings

Educator Lauren Ridloff discusses Yayoi Kusama’s early Infinity Net paintings.

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Andy Warhol, Before and After

Andy Warhol, Before and After

Educator Lauren Ridloff discusses Before and After (4), 1962 by Andy Warhol in the exhibition Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again.

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Jean-Francois Rauzier: Beaux-Arts

Jean-Francois Rauzier: Beaux-Arts

Jean-Francois Rauzier is a french artist who for over thirty years explored different fields of visual arts, from painting to sculpture. In 2002 he becomes one of the first to digitally assemble images inventing the concept of the Hyperphoto. This technique consists of assembling hundreds (later thousands) of photos of existing places to create dreamlike images and settings.

Duration : 6m
Maturity Level : all

Vincent van Gogh and Hiroshige

Vincent van Gogh and Hiroshige

A traditional approach of Van Gogh’s work allows us to note above all that his references were turned toward an art that was the opposite of what he produced: that of Hiroshige. An art whose whole philosophy rests upon solidity, composition, serenity, travel and inner peace.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all