Museum masterpieces the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(DVD Video)

Course guidebook includes bibliographical references.

Professor Richard Brettell, the University of Texas at Dallas.

Course 1 of 2, Museum Masterpieces: The Louvre. Expert art critic Richard Brettell takes you on an unforgettable journey through one of the world's greatest art museums in Museum Masterpieces: The Louvre. This course provides a fascinating overview of the Louvre's colorful history as royal palace, art academy, and national showcase. But the main focus of these richly illustrated lectures are some of the beautiful examples from the museum's remarkable collection of European paintings from the late medieval period through the early 19th century. Whether you're an art novice or an expert, you'll find something that will enlighten and surprise you about this acclaimed institution.

ourse 2 of 2, From Monet to Van Gogh: A History of Impressionism: With Professor Richard Brettell as your expert curator and guide, this course creates a vivid "virtual" museum through which to appreciate the genius and enduring accomplishments of the men and women who, in a few short decades, forever changed the art of painting. Enjoy the style, subject, and function of Impressionist painting by artists such as Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Van Gogh. Separate analysis is given to the important Impressionist exhibitions and their contemporary critics like the writer Baudelaire.

DVD format.