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Xu Bing | A Book from the Sky
Season 9
Skipping ahead a few hundred years, the artist Xu Bing created Book from the Sky as a monumental print. It is probably among the most ambitious, labo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Frank Gehry | Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
Season 9
Modernists said, “form follows function” focusing on how people will use a space, but Gehry focuses on how people will react to the space. His goal i…
1 year, 11 months ago
Louis Sullivan | Carson Pirie Scott Building
Season 9
In 1896, Louis Sullivan wrote about skyscrapers and architectural design in “The Tall Building Artistically Considered” This was the origin of the fa…
1 year, 11 months ago
Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun | Self-Portrait
Season 9
In 1778, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun met Marie Antoinette at the Royal palace in Versailles. The queen had heard of Le Brun’s talent and asked to paint h…
1 year, 11 months ago
Frank Lloyd Wright | Falling Water
Season 9
Frank Lloyd Wright was one of America's most famous and influential architects. He famously said, "No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. …
1 year, 11 months ago
Jacob Lawrence | The Migration Series
Season 9
Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series was not his only narrative series of paintings, but it was his biggest hit. This collection of 60 painted panels te…
1 year, 11 months ago
Christo and Jeanne Claude | The Gates
Season 9
Christo and Jeanne Claude are best known for their monumental works using fabric to transform public spaces. These massive works outside of the museu…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ai Weiwei | Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds)
Season 9
Ai Weiwei is possibly the most interesting man in the world. He is not only a famous contemporary artist. He was a top rated blackjack player, a poli…
1 year, 11 months ago
Pablo Picasso | Guernica
Season 9
Pablo Picasso was among the most influential artists of the 20th century and Guernica is possibly his greatest work. While I am not a fan of Picasso …
1 year, 11 months ago
Andy Warhol | Marilyn Diptych
Season 9
In this portrait, Andy Warhol presented Marilyn Monroe in the format typically associated with religious artworks. This work was created just a few w…
1 year, 11 months ago