Free Painting, Architecture, & Sculpture Courses

This course is an introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration, including mural painting.

This course examines the contributions of women artists throughout history and addresses the question of why women’s art has been ignored or denigrated in the study and criticism of art.

You can watch 13 lectures from this Modern Art History course which is being offered through YouTube from the Otis College of Art and Design. In these lectures Dr. Parme Giuntini, Director of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design, covers many schools of modern art...

Dr. Vida Hull's "Art History Survey" course covers the history of painting, architecture, & sculpture from the Renaissance all the way up to the 20th century. This 36-hour course is neatly divided into lectures that focus on specific artistic periods such as the Italian Renaissance, Dutch Baroque, Impressionism, and so much more.

A survey of European architecture, sculpture, and painting from Late Antiquity to the end of the Gothic period.

Take a trip across the world and back through the ages to experience the art of many cultures and historical periods.

Art Historian Dr. Vida Hull reviews the Italian Renaissance...

This is a series of free public lectures investigating the portrayal of Christian themes in art from the first Christians through to the modern day.

Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin’s teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing.

We'll start with the free 2 hour, 27 episode video series called "Art History Time Line". Professor Jeanne Willette takes you from the Caves to Romanticism in this video course.