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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
Scientists left a plastic bust of Lenin at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility.
Which is the Real Girl with a Pearl Earring?
A look at "Girl with the Pearl Earring," with the use of innovative technology.
Art Cooking: Dutch and Flemish Still Life Painting
The good life is on display in 17th Century Dutch and Flemish still life paintings.
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.
