This art history video discussion examines Masaccio's (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) "Virgin and Child Enthroned", 1426, tempera on panel (National Gallery, London). Ser Giuliano degli Scarsi, a notary from Pisa commissioned this altarpiece for the chapel of Saint Julian in Santa Maria del Carmine, Pisa.

This art history video discussion examines Masaccio's "Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden", Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy, Fresco.

This art history video discussion looks at Masaccio's "Holy Trinity", c. 1427, Fresco, Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

This art history video discussion looks at Masaccio's "The Tribute Money", 1427, fresco (Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence).

This art history video discussion examines Henri Matisse's "Luxe, calme et volupte", 1904, oil on canvas, 37 x 46 inches (Musee d'Orsay, Paris). Painted while the artist stayed with the pointillist painter, Signac, at his home in Saint-Tropez on the Cote d'Azur. Matisse's title comes from Charles Baudelaire's poem, L'invitation au voyage (Invitation To A Voyage) from his collection, The Flowers of Evil. Luxe, calme et volupte translates just as it sounds in English, Luxury, calm, and voluptuous(ness).

This art history video discussion examines Henri Matisse's "The Piano Lesson", 1916 (The Museum of Modern Art).

This art history video discussion looks at Henri Matisse's "The Red Studio", oil on canvas, 1911 (MoMA).

This art history video discussion examines Medea Sarcophagus, 140 - 150 C.E., marble (Altes Museum, Berlin).

In this art history video discussion Beth Harris and Steven Zucker consider Michael Pacher's "Saint Wolfgang Altarpiece," 1471-81, polychrome pine, linden, gilding, and oil (sculpture and painting). Parish Church, Sankt Wolfgang, Austria.

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "Laurentian Library" (vestibule and reading room), begun 1524, opened 1571, San Lorenzo, Florence.

This art history video discussion looks at Michelangelo's Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508-12 (Vatican, Rome).

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" Sistine Chapel Ceiling, fresco, 1534-1541 (Vatican City, Rome).

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "Moses", marble, ca. 1513-15 (San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome).

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "Pieta", marble, 1498-1500 (Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome).

This art history video discussion examines Michelangelo's "The Slaves" (commonly referred to as the Dying Slave and the Rebellious Slave), marble, 2.09 m high, 1513-15 (Musee du Louvre, Paris).

This art history video discussion examines Sir John Everett Millais' "The Vale of Rest: where the weary find repose", 1858 (partially repainted 1862), oil on canvas (Tate Britain, London).

This art history video discussion examines Sir John Everett Millais' "Mariana" 1851, oil on wood, 597 x 495 mm (Tate Britain).

This art history video discussion examines Jean-Francois Millet's "L'Angelus", ca. 1857-1859, oil on canvas (Musee d'Orsay, Paris).

This art history video discussion looks at Jean-Francois Millet's "The Gleaners", 1857, oil on canvas, (Musee d'Orsay, Paris).