Why We Study Art: Introducing Crash Course Art History

Crash Court Art History Preview (2:26): "Over the next 22 episodes, Sarah Urist Green will explore the hidden stories behind artworks. We’ll make connections across time and space, unlock the secrets of the past, and look ahead to the art of the future." Transcript. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6RJUzuVq4w Key texts cited include: Art History Volume 1, 6th edition …

History of Nationalism in France, Greece, the Balkans, and Ottoman Empire, and How It Contributed to WWI

Crash Course Study Hall examines the history of nationalism in several European countries and how it emerged as an international phenomenon in the 1700s. This lecture is not quite 14 minutes. https://youtu.be/U8b-45P0V6k?si=Xqa9MAnikbH940aj

Back Story on the Gettysburg Address, Nov. 19, 1863

How President Abraham Lincoln changed America's self-perception. Lincoln was invited almost as an afterthought to Gettysburg, PA on November 19, 1863, for the dedication of a national cemetery to honor the more than 7,000 soldiers -- Union and Confederate -- who died in battle over three days between July 1-3. Click to Substack.

Touring Greece, the Foundation of Western Civilization and Cradle of Democracy

“Five hundred years before Christ in a little town on the far western border of the settled and civilized world, a strange new power was at work,” begins Edith Hamilton in her classic “The Greek Way.” That power was Reason, embodied by the ancient Athenians who gave us the idea that the rule of law was better …

‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Includes Time Travel, Ancient Greek Mathematician

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQfMbSe7F2g Trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." "Set in 1969, the film follows Jones and his estranged goddaughter, Helena, who are trying to locate a powerful artifact before Jürgen Voller, a Nazi-turned-NASA scientist who plans to use it to alter the outcome of World War II...Plot: (The movie begins) In 1944, Nazis capture Indiana Jones and Oxford archeologist Basil Shaw as they …

Galifianakis, Greek Immigrant Family to NC, Have Made Mark on Acting, Politics

My old UNC History Professor, John Semonche, born in 1933, has been teaching since the 1960s. In 2016, he produced the book "Pick Nick: The Political Odyssey of Nick Galifianakis From Immigrant Son to Congressman." You probably know the actor Zach Galifianakis. His father Harry was an actor. But Harry's brother Nick, Zach's uncle, a …

Celts of Anatolia

Know History: "The Celts are a group of people that are usually linked with Western Europe. However, how and why did the Celts end up in Anatolia?" Galatia was a term used by the Greeks to describe the three Celtic peoples of Anatolia: the Tectosages, the Trocmii, and the Tolistobogii. More. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43v28TU0hiM&t=46s

Did Ancient Troy Really Exist?

TED-Ed: "When Homer’s Iliad was first written down in the eighth century BCE, the story of the Trojan War was already an old one. From existing oral tradition, audiences knew the tales of the long siege, the duels outside the city walls, and the trick that finally won the war. In the end, the city …

‘This Old Man, He Teaches History’

People of a certain age have the perspective and wisdom to make sense of the events and works of the past, Wight Martindale Jr writes in The Wall Street Journal. "I am 83, still functioning but past my prime. Most of the college professors and high-school teachers in my cohort have already been shuffled out …

Ottoman’s Defeat at Lepanto in Western Greece in 1571 Is Still Celebrated By Catholics

This month, October, the Roman Catholic Church observes or celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, officially October 7. In 1571, the Holy See defeated the Muslim Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in the Gulf of Patras in Western Greece, after more than a century of battles for control of the Mediterranean. The …