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These online tutorials will enable pupils of secondary school age to access what they need to catch up and revise a number of different humanities subjects, including GCSE Latin, A-level Classical Civilisation, History of Art, EPQ, and a host of other subjects.
After so long a gap in our education, Lockdown Learning video tutorials will provide essential catch-up advice and in-depth preparation for exams and courses for all ages with a special emphasis on Classics, the Arts, Ancient History and Latin (both the language and the literature papers).
In these short, accessible videos I shall provide you with clear explanations and visuals for helping you to get the most out of your learning, and give you confidence as you prepare for your exams.
After so long a gap in our education, Lockdown Learning video tutorials will provide essential catch-up advice and in-depth preparation for exams and courses for all ages with a special emphasis on Classics, the Arts, Ancient History and Latin (both the language and the literature papers).
In these short, accessible videos I shall provide you with clear explanations and visuals for helping you to get the most out of your learning, and give you confidence as you prepare for your exams.
German : The Perfect Tense with SEIN
You probably know the PERFECT TENSE very well by now, if you are studying German at GCSE or A-level, but are you sure you remember which ones use SEIN for their auxiliary?
This short video revises which German verbs use SEIN in the PERFECT TENSE, and using clear and colour-coded diagrams, and drawing on a wealth of vocabulary common at GCSE and A-level studies, looks at some of the uses of these verbs in general conversation and in preparation for your exams.
Music:
Music: Dvorak: String Quartet No.12, ‘American’ - 3rd movt.
This short video revises which German verbs use SEIN in the PERFECT TENSE, and using clear and colour-coded diagrams, and drawing on a wealth of vocabulary common at GCSE and A-level studies, looks at some of the uses of these verbs in general conversation and in preparation for your exams.
Music:
Music: Dvorak: String Quartet No.12, ‘American’ - 3rd movt.
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German : The Perfect Tense
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If you’re studying German at GCSE or A-level, then you will certainly need to know and understand the PERFECT TENSE very well - this is the key past tense to be familiar with, but it is not straightforward or easy. In this video, therefore, we shall break down what the tense is used for, how to recognise it and how to form it in German, using clear and colour-coded diagrams, and drawing on a we...
German Imperfect Tense
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If you’re studying German at GCSE or A-level and are still trying to make sense of how to use and form the IMPERFECT TENSE, then this video will certainly be useful for you. In this video, we look at what the tense actually means, either within the context of a sentence or in comparison with other tenses; we also look at how the German language forms this tense, spotting patterns and links whic...
The Imperfect and the Perfect Tenses
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If you’re studying a Modern Language at GCSE or A-level, then you will certainly need to know and understand how the PERFECT TENSE differs from the IMPERFECT TENSE. In this video, without reference to any particular language, we shall look at how to distinguish these two important past tenses, using clear and colour-coded diagrams, and drawing on a wealth of vocabulary common at GCSE and A-leve...
Greek and Roman Architecture - A comparison
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Often grouped together simply as Classical architecture, Greek and Roman buildings actually differ in many ways, both superficially and more fundamentally in their overall design and purpose. Although it is easy to see why the untrained eye might view all Greek and Roman temples as identical, this video will show how differently the two cultures approached their built environment. With the use ...
The Renaissance - An Overview
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The Renaissance was a turning point in European cultural development, and today remains one of the most familiar and popular periods in our collective understanding of Western history. Spawning endless documentaries and dramatisations, with a plethora of famous images from the period, from Da Vinci’s art to Michelangelo’s statues, from Brunelleschi’s ideas on perspective to Botticelli’s evocati...
French : The Imperfect Tense
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If you’re studying French at GCSE or A-level and are still trying to make sense of how to use and form the IMPERFECT TENSE, then this video will certainly be useful for you. In this video, we look at what the tense actually means, either within the context of a sentence or in comparison with other tenses; we also look at how the French language forms this tense, spotting patterns and links whic...
Archaic Greek Freestanding Statues
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This moment in Western Art is often considered one of the most important developments in history, when Greek sculptors began to explore how best to infuse their statues with a sense of realism and human presence. In this exploration of the Archaic Period of Greek art, we shall look at this sudden change in direction that those early artists took, and how they changed the way their contemporarie...
The Development of the Portrait
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If you’ve ever wanted to make more sense of those dark, earnest portraits that hang in so many stately homes and public galleries, then this video will bring the whole history of this genre to life, using clear examples and following its development within a context of Western civilisation. This video really is an example of lockdown learning! A lecture made for Westonbirt School during that fi...
German Genders
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Do you want a simple, straightforward way of working out whether a German noun is masculine, feminine or neuter? This video attempts to clarify it for you, identifying the main methods of how German genders are categorised. Using clear and colour-coded diagrams, and drawing on a wealth of vocabulary common at GCSE and A-level studies, this video should help you to develop confidence in this com...
Purpose Clauses using "qui" + subjunctive
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Purpose Clauses using "qui" subjunctive
Purpose Clauses using "ut" + subjunctive
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Purpose Clauses using "ut" subjunctive
Romanesque Architecture - An Overview
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Romanesque Architecture - An Overview
Cheer~~~relating to a style of architecture which prevailed in Europe c. 900-1200, although sometimes dated back to the end of the Roman Empire (5th century).😊
Arent the interior carvings particulary inspired by the Gothic style? Which evolved from the Romanesque architecture
Hi there, yes you're probably right with this, as the interior fittings are often much later than the actual fabric of the buildings themselves.
As someone who studies Byzantine architecture I find if really annoying when the clear byzantine (and Islamic) influences in Romanesque architecture are completely ignored.
Fair enough, though my video had to be fairly limited in its scope. And certainly, in the deepest West of Europe, there must have been relatively little contact with the East until the returning crusaders came back with new ideas to spread. There was certainly trade to some extent, but its tangible influence on society was patchy and sclerotic.
@@lockdownlearning2718 Vikings worked in the Byzantine court as body guards and a Byzantine Emperor visited Ireland. Egyptian Christian papers have been found in Ireland and stone masons who designed and built the churches traveled freely and widely throughout eastern and western Europe. And on and on... Your picture of Europe of the time while common is entirely false.
That's my favorite version of that song. 😭😭
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you.
You're very welcome! So happy it was of use to you.
Genuinely beautiful architecture stopped c1940 and has descending to the bottom of the barrel with Brutalism and Modernism. Great architecture lifts the spirit.
There have certainly been some low points, you're right, but even Brutalism can be uplifting if set in the right context - so often big, bold architecture seemed to have been dumped into the old fabric of town centres, which is why they jar so much, reducing their own intrinsic value, as well as ruining the space around them!
This was very helpful thanks
So glad it was useful, and thanks for letting me know!
What about the dates of Romanesque arch in Ravenna?
The joy of church-crawling in the uk…is coming across small churches with unexpected Romanesque detailing😄😄😄…try St Peter’s , Northampton…
You are so right about this! I find it fascinating and satisfying, too. St. Peter's is a real treasure, but so too is the round church of Saint Sepulchre, also in Northampton - do you know this one?
A light and instructive dissertation on an interesting topic, thank you. Slightly surprised that Salisbury Cathedral didn't get a look in, although I suppose that the other churches illustrated the particular points you wanted to discus much better ?
Yes, I'm afraid I couldn't fit everything in, but you're right, Salisbury is a useful example, given that it was built all of a piece within such a short time.
@@lockdownlearning2718 No worries, but more than anything else it's simply an extraordinary beautiful building; stone dancing indeed.
So informative. Thank you
I'm really glad you enjoyed this, thanks for writing and letting me know - it makes it all worthwhile!
Excellent.
Thanks for commenting - really glad you enjoyed this.
Most interesting
So glad you liked this video, thanks for letting me know.
Lovely
Cheers for the comment, glad you enjoyed it!
That’s cool sir
Thanks so much for your comment, glad you enjoyed it!
@@lockdownlearning2718 it is Oscar from school
GCSE eduqas language paper 1 tmrw, last min looks at this, very helpful thanks
Im doing it less than an hour before
@@dylanbowden6810 that paper was so easy ong alhamdullilah im happy
So glad it was useful for you, thanks for letting me know - it makes it worthwhile!
It has dawned on me that the movements in architecture parallel the same movements in art. Gothic followed by Classical Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Mannerist, Neo-Classical, Romantic, etc.
Absolutely! There are so many parallels across the arts, and it is very satisfying to spot all these types of connections.
Most interesting thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
Really appreciate your clear and informative content, especially the abundant examples!
Thanks so much for your comment, it makes it all worthwhile! Really glad you enjoyed it.
Although you prepared these videos for GCSE youngsters, you should know that they are also greatly appreciated by very much older people learning Latin. Thank you.
Thanks so much for your comment, I really appreciate knowing that people are finding these videos useful. Good luck with your Latin studies!
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I was hoping to see some greek and Roman architecture but didn't see any! Everything that was shown was Macedonian architecture! When the Romans wrote about the mind blowing amount of wealth that they took out of Macedonia, some people missed the part about the Macedonian architecture that was taken apart and transported back to Rome! Let alone all the art and precious metals and books! It doesn't require to much brain power to see that the ancient ruins in Greece had been laying around in ruins since they were destroyed! Which dates back to when the Macedonians abandoned their city of Hella due to the eruption of the Santorini island volcano around 1500bce to the new location of Pella further east! In other words what is Greece today was all Macedonia! The Greeks were called Grejci pronounced Greitsi meaning foreigners which is why King Philip II went and conquered them! They are still called that by the Macedonians of today! The Romans adopted the word from the Macedonians when they invaded Macedonia which is where the word Grecians came from! Including the identity of Greco Romans after they completed their Roman slavery contract and became citizens of Rome! Note that no other race that became a Roman citizen was given a special title! The Greeks (foreigners) were different to everyone else! They were much darker! Their Sub Saharan Ethiopian heritage stood out! Nothing that has been taught to be greek is actually greek! The history just doesn't make sense! What? They built these architecturally significant buildings and somehow forgot what they were for? So they didn't bother to rebuild them until they realised that they are generating tourism dollars? You can look at anywhere else around the world! The only ancient ruins that were not rebuilt and made into tourist attractions are the ones that are owned by a race of people who didn't build them! Didn't know what they are for! Exactly what you are looking at in Greece! The columns were used throughout the ancient Macedonian cities which were taken down and taken to Rome! It's quite possible that columns already existed throughout Italy! The similarity between the Etruscans and the Macedonians and the Carthaginians is uncanny! Extremely possible that they were all the same people! And they all were using columns in their architecture....
lol it's greek, tldr
@@carlito6038 the Greeks didn't build anything anymore than the Romans did.... You see, had the Greeks actually been ancient and actually built stuff, when those ancient buildings in what's today known as Greece were destroyed, they would have rebuilt them! But here's the problem... You can't rebuild if you don't know how! And secondly, you won't rebuild if you don't know how and what those buildings were used for! The Greeks think that they were built as tourist attractions! What do you think would happen if the white house in America was destroyed by an earthquake? Would they rebuild? Of course they would! It's a building that serves a functional purpose! But what if it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption from a super volcano close by? I think that they would relocate the white house to a new and safe location! Just like the ancient Macedonians who built all those ancient buildings in what's today known as Greece, they had no choice but to abandon their ancient capital city of Hella to the new and safe location of Pella! There's no ancient Greece! The very word Greece is a relatively new invention.... As for the word greek, it means foreigner! Because the Greeks are not European! They were different! Even the Romans called them Greco Roman's even after they completed their slavery contract and became citizens of Rome! They were darker than everyone else! And they would be since they had a long journey migrating from Sub Saharan Ethiopia.....
Thanks for your comment, which certainly has lots of food for thought in it.
thank you sir, i do not usually write comments but this is great content
Thanks so much, then, for leaving your comment, I really do appreciate it. So glad you enjoyed the video.
INCREDIBLE! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank-you very much for your comment, much appreciated. So happy you enjoyed the content.
Amazing video! I live in Park Slope in New York City, a 19th-century neighborhood which is chock full of neo-gothic architecture, mostly english neo-gothic. This video really helped me solidify my understanding of where different elements on these buildings come from-even if not originally 15th c. it's nice to know that the window I'm looking at *references* a 15th c. style. I also went to college at Princeton university, one of the best places to see collegiate gothic architecture, which is also specifically english, and often tudor. Just wanted to let you know that your video helps us across the pond as well!
Thanks so much for your kind comments. I am really grateful to know it was useful, and glad you enjoyed it! Cheers.
Brilliant!
Cheers!
2023 and I loved this video. Greetings, very informative
Thanks very much for your comment, I really do appreciate it. Glad to know the video was useful/interesting!
Bravo! Your video is the most comprehensive one I have ever found in discussing gothic architecture. I learned so much watching it. You’re correct in saying that the English gothic style is unique in comparison with the gothic styles found in European architecture (especially churches and cathedrals) of the same time. Having had the opportunity to visit several European countries and seen many examples of this style of architecture I agree with you that English gothic is the most interesting of all. BTW I got Covid early on in the pandemic and now have Long Covid as a result. For quite some time my body was quite useless and I experienced brain fog too. I decided that while my body was one issue that I didn’t have a lot of control over, as a lifelong learner I could keep my mind active. As a result I decided to learn everything that I could about the Middle Ages in England beginning with the Battle of Hastings onward to the early Tudors. Gothic architecture has become an area of especially great interest to me. Having visited England twice before this captured my attention and imagination. My dream is to return to visit the great cathedrals and parish churches all over the country and to study them in much more depth. Thank you again for this wonderful video!
Thanks very much for your comment. Glad you found it interesting. And I do hope you're fully recovered now!
The Tuskany Romanesque in particular Pisa Is inspiration Ancient Rome. Vedi uso delle Colonne.
Yes, I completely agree, the Roman influence in early Tuscan architecture is undeniable.
I find this complicated but well explained. Does this apply to other languages as well, thinking German.
Hi there, thanks for commenting. Yes, this all certainly applies to German too. I have made a video specifically on the German Imperfect Tense, perhaps that might be useful to you.
I loved the presentation. As an engineer, I wish there were some mention of weight-bearing in these structures. Since the structures have lasted so long, they must have been doing something right.
Yes, you're so right. I love teaching how these buildings, especially Gothic ones, are essentially works of engineering, as well as beautiful in their own right. Thanks for your kind comment, and I am so glad you found the video interesting.
Thank you so much for this video, it's very helpful for my mocks :)
Really glad it was of use, thanks for letting me know!
Do tell me what is the source music you are using. It sounds very live( not midi). Can't pinpoint who the composer is. Though it sounds neo-romantic. Maybe from 1890s and upwards. The music is able to be emotional but still reserved in the background and still holding more a character of absolut music rather than incedental
Sorry I did not reply sooner. The music is by Prokofiev, it's the second movement of his Symphony No. 3. Glad you enjoyed its effect, I find this piece very powerful.
Thank you
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it!
a favored subject, the early farmers, Anatolian farmer migrations into Europe, the proto-Greeks, the non-Indo-European speakers such as the Terramare, later the Tyrrhenian group of speakers (Etruscan, Rhaetian and those of Lemnos) which represent a language of the EEF early farmers, all of which is of much interest to me etc. The video is wonderful to see, love the landscapes.
Really glad you enjoyed the video! I must say, I've always loved the Mycenaeans, and was delighted when I finally visited it a couple of years ago. I teach the subject now, and hope I pass on some of my own childhood fascination to my pupils! I didn't know about Lemnos being a different language group - I'll check them out.
it seems that the Greeks of Attica expelled Pelasgian speaking peoples to Lemnos, according to a story, the Pelasgian being earlier inhabitants of the area now Greece, speaking a earlier non-Indo-European tongue.@@lockdownlearning2718
How did they do it.
It is extraordinary, isn't it! It still astonishes me how they put some of these things up. Hope you enjoyed the video!
I saw the inside of Asamkirche in person and it was truly beautiful.. I have come to appreciate baroque architecture throughout my travels in Europe although my favorite style is the gothic architecture with its grotesque gargoyles and its arches etc. Great video.. Thank you for the information.. Cheers
Thanks for your lovely comments. I do still find the Asamkirche quite astonishing - like being in someone's convoluted, baroque brain!! Sometimes baroque can seem a lot less rational than gothic...
Great video, helping me study for an exam. At 6:32 you show the Colosseum but labeled it as the Flavian Amphitheater. Cheers!
Thanks for your comment. Glad you found the video useful. Actually, I did label the Colosseum as the Flavian Amphitheatre, as that is, strictly speaking, what its name was at the time it was built; it ended up being known as the Colosseum only because of the colossal statue of Nero/Helios that stood nearby, a leftover of Nero's ill-judged Golden House palace.
I'm here for all the wrong reasons yet still find this so amusing and beautiful. Both the enlightening explanation with detailed visual representation and historical building really come together and have inspired me.
That's brilliant! Glad you enjoyed the video, thank-you so much for commenting!
How is it different from renaissance architecture?
As I show in the video, there are quite a lot of differences from Renaissance, even though it sprang out of this movement - mainly in the way it bends and twists the forms and conventions it takes on from Renaissance ideas. If you'd like to know more about the Renaissance, I've just made another video on this: ua-cam.com/video/_mNFJEyS_qg/v-deo.html
Thank you for making this video. It really helped me understand and appreciate Baroque architecture.
So glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. Thanks for commenting!
Very informative and helpful in distinguishing baroque. Thank you so much for putting this together!
Thanks so much for leaving this comment - I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for the wonderful video!
Cheers, so glad you enjoyed the video! Much appreciated.
Very interesting and loved the use of graphics to show the buildings.
Cheers, thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it.
Very interesting and I learned a lot about Roman architecture. Thanks.
Great stuff! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the comment!
Very interesting, thank you!
Thanks Will! Very kind!
Thank you for explaining this complex subject!
Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you found it useful! There'll be some new material coming out shortly.
Very informative. Thank you for sharing the knowledge and ,of course, the beauty of these styles.
You are very welcome, and thanks for leaving a comment. Much appreciated. There'll be some new material coming out shortly.
I would like to know the british Indian Architecture in the British India. They Incorporated Indian classical designs with the european ones.
Yes, there is a fascinating hybrid style, and not just in India, but across the whole region - apparently Myanmar/Burma has a great deal still, given its isolation over recent decades, which I would love to know more about. Maybe another video...? Thanks for your comment.
Ur amazing
Thanks so much, hope it was useful for you? Good luck with your EPQ!