Open Resources

Open Arts Object: Ercole de’ Roberti, Este Diptych (The Adoration of the Shepherds and The Dead Christ), c. 1490, National Gallery, London

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https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/54feaa7a65

Dr Leah Clark reveals the complexities of a small devotional diptych made for the collections of Eleonora d’Aragona, the Duchess of Ferrara.

Open Arts Object: Delacroix, Liberty leading the people, 1830, Louvre, Paris

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https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/409c84955c

Dr Judith Jammers discusses how Delacroix combined political realism and Romantic fervour to create what has become the single most familiar image of Revolution.

Open Arts Object: Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus, 1601, National Gallery, London

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https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/24a3fc5298

Dr Emma Barker explores Caravaggio’s unusual and innovative approach to depicting a story from the Bible.

Open Arts Object: Giovanni Bellini, Madonna of the Meadow, c. 1500, National Gallery, London

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https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/3c8e3896f4

Dr Leah Clark explains the role of devotional images for Renaissance viewers by exploring a well-known work by Bellini.

Open Arts Object: Velazquez, Prince Baltasar Carlos in Silver, 1633, The Wallace Collection

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https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/990a926a7d

Dr Xavier Bray discusses two portraits of Prince Baltasar Carlos of Spain.

Open Arts Object: Catalogue - War Pictures at the National Gallery (1942)

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https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/85ec628aaf

Dr Veronica Davies examines a catalogue produced for an exhibition of war artists' work at the National Gallery in 1942.

Open Arts Object: Catalogue - War Pictures at the National Gallery (1942)

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https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/85ec628aaf

Dr Veronica Davies examines a catalogue produced for an exhibition of war artists' work at the National Gallery in 1942.

Open Arts Object: Catalogue - War Pictures at the National Gallery (1942)

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https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/85ec628aaf

Dr Veronica Davies examines a catalogue produced for an exhibition of war artists' work at the National Gallery in 1942.

Open Arts Object: Catalogue - War Pictures at the National Gallery (1942)

Resource link
https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/85ec628aaf

Dr Veronica Davies examines a catalogue produced for an exhibition of war artists' work at the National Gallery in 1942.

Open Arts Object: Catalogue - War Pictures at the National Gallery (1942)

Resource link
https://player.open.ac.uk/embed/85ec628aaf

Dr Veronica Davies examines a catalogue produced for an exhibition of war artists' work at the National Gallery in 1942.