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Kwakwaka’wakw artist | Eagle Transformation Mask
Season 9
The transformation mask is a carved and painted sculpture, a status symbol, a costume element and a simple machine all at once. Pulling the strings o…
1 year, 10 months ago
Auguste Rodin | The Burghers of Calais
Season 9
Today's mini-episode is about Auguste Rodin and his sculpture of The Burghers of Calais. The story behind the piece is an inspiring tale that defines…
1 year, 10 months ago
Robert Smithson | Spiral Jetty
Season 9
On the peninsula at Rozel Point on Utah’s Great Salt Lake, Smithson created his most famous monumental sculpture using over six thousand tons of blac…
1 year, 10 months ago
Vincent van Gogh | The Starry Night
Season 9
Vincent van Gogh saw little commercial success during his lifetime, but he loved art and he worked to forge relationships with other artists he could…
1 year, 10 months ago
Jean-Antoine Houdon | George Washington
Season 9
Jean-Antoine Houdon was one of the greatest neoclassical sculptors in the late 18th century. Shortly after the American Revolution, the governor of V…
1 year, 10 months ago
Piet Mondrian | Composition with Red Blue and Yellow
Season 9
Piet Mondrian is best known for painting primary colored squares and rectangles. For this episode, fellow art teacher, Jeff Arndt and I talked about …
1 year, 10 months ago
Rachel Ruysch | Fruit and Insects
Season 9
Rachel Ruysch was an incredibly skilled Dutch painter in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. She was renowned for her still lives. The objects in…
1 year, 10 months ago
Diego Velazquez | Las Meninas
Season 9
Diego Velazques was one of the most significant painters of Spain's Golden Age in the 17th century. He was a master of both portraiture and genre pai…
1 year, 10 months ago
Faith Ringgold | Dancing at the Louvre
Season 9
Faith Ringgold is a contemporary American artist. She studied art education and started as a painter, but she is best known for her story quilts. She…
1 year, 10 months ago
Maria and Julian Martinez | Black on Black Pottery
Season 9
Maria Martinez belonged to the Tewa-speaking Pueblo people, known for their rich artistic heritage. Pottery-making was deeply rooted in Puebloan cult…
1 year, 11 months ago