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Season 4 Episode 12 | 8m 15s
Was your Art History class an endless succession of names and dates and movements? Art History doesn't have to be that way! We discuss new (and much more compelling) approaches the study of art.
Aired: 05/23/18
Video has closed captioning.
Why You Don't Like Art History
The Diego Rivera mural, Heidelberg Project, MOCA, abandoned buildings, and much more.
The Myth of the Tortured Artist
Are artists really more tortured than the rest of us?
What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick?
This one's in honor of all the art you used to love, and it's creators who behaved badly.
Let's cook our way through moments in Picasso's life and process our conflicted feelings.
Better Know Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
Let's explore Edouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.
Trending Artists of the 17th Century
Have you heard of Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentilschi? She's trending!
BUTTER + EGGS = ART, sometimes
Lets explore the food-related work of George Maciunas, Yoko Ono, Alison Knowles, et al.
What's wrong with seeing the unclothed human body? And what is its place in art?
