Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WOR
Call number: DVD 709 WOR

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Summary: Prof. Daileader discusses major developments, leaders, and accomplishments in the history of Europe from about 1300 to 1500 A.D.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 LAT

Cook, William R. (William Robert)

Summary: An analysis of the classic work, Confessions, by St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430). Includes Roman history and Christian controversies at the time and background for understanding the book. Also discusses its ongoing usefulness and how it may serve as a guide despite the obvious difference between Augustine's world and ours.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270.2 ST.
Call number: DVD 270.2 ST. PART 2

Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)

Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CON

Dise, Robert L.

Summary: (THIS IS A SET. Book and DVDs must be checkout together).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 ANC
Call number: DVD 930 ANC