Curator’s Introduction | The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael
Curator Matthias Wivel presents Rapahel exhibition at The National Gallery
A Glimpse into the World of Pastel: Discover Liotard and The Lavergne Family Breakfast
How are pastels made and used in art? Delve into the strange and magical world of this ethereal medium. We visit the oldest pastel manufacturers in the world, La Maison du Pastel in Paris, and talk to National Gallery curator, Francesca Whitlum-Cooper.
Ming: Cloisonné Jar Made for the Xuande Emperor (Video)
The cloisonné jar is one of the star objects in the current BP exhibition Ming: 50 years that changed China at the British Museum
Exhibition Tour–Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800 (Video)
Join curators Stephan Wolohojian, Adam Eaker, David Pullins, and Anna-Claire Stinebring along with their special guests as they guide you through the newly reopened galleries dedicated to European paintings from 1300 to 1800. The reconfigured galleries highlight new narratives and dialogues among more than 700 works of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s […]
Bach – Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor (David Southorn, violin) (Video)
J. S. BACH / Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 New York Classical Players Dongmin Kim, conductor David Southorn, violin.
The Renaissance, History of ideas (Video)
The Renaissance is a historical period with several lessons to teach us about how to improve our world today. Its study should not only be for its importance, but for its relevance to our future.
How to Recognize Italian Renaissance Art (Video)
A brief introduction to Italian Renaissance art. Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Gold in Renaissance Painting (Video)
Journey through the Gallery’s collection to learn how artists such as Andrea Mantegna and Duccio applied gold to their paintings and explore the different gilding techniques used in works such as ‘The Wilton Diptych’ and ‘The San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece’, with our Curatorial, Scientific and Conservation departments. Gold shines bright throughout the National Gallery’s collection, […]
Webb Reveals New Features in Heart of the Milky Way
Amid the estimated 500,000 stars in the image is a cluster of protostars – stars that are still forming and gaining mass – producing outflows that glow like a bonfire in the midst of an infrared-dark cloud. At the heart of this young cluster is a previously known, massive protostar over 30 times the mass […]
Beniamino Gigli – Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) (Video)
Beniamino Gigli (Recanati, March 20, 1890 – Rome, November 30, 1957) was an Italian lyric tenor born on the same day as the Danish heroic tenor Lauritz Melchior. He is considered one of the best tenors of the first half of the 20th century, and along with Enrico Caruso and Jussi Björling was the […]