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Louis Daguerre | The Artist's Studio
Season 9
Louis Daguerre was an early pioneer of photography. While he didn't invent the medium, he did come up with a method that was workable, and perhaps mo…
2 years ago
Paul Cezanne | Mont Sainte-Victoire
Season 9
Cezanne is widely celebrated today, but he struggled early on. He was rejected by Beaux Arts multiple times. He went back home to work at the bank fo…
2 years ago
Diego Rivera | Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park
Season 9
Today Diego Rivera is less of a household name than his wife Frida Kahlo, but in the early 20th century, he was the more established artist. In Dream…
2 years ago
Frida Kahlo | The Two Fridas
Season 9
Frida Kahlo was a painter in the early 20th century associated with the Surrealist movement. While she had some moderate success as a painter during …
2 years ago
Olowe of Ise | Veranda Post
Season 9
The bulk of Olowe’s carvings seem to have been both decorative and functional artworks for the Yoruba kings and prominent families. One of his celebr…
2 years ago
Shiva Nataraja | Shiva the Lord of the Dance
Season 9
In this depiction of Shiva we see the natural rhythms to everything in the cosmos. Birth and death, creation and destruction are symply phases all th…
2 years ago
The Longmen Caves
Season 9
China's Longmen Caves or Longmen Grottos are a UNESCO world heritage site. Starting in the 5th century CE, artists chiseled away at the limestone car…
2 years ago
Stonehenge
Season 9
Stonehenge has captured the imagination of people for centuries. It is hard to categorize the massive stone work. Is it a feat of engineering, sculpt…
2 years ago
Machu Picchu
Season 9
Machu Picchu would translate to “old mountain” but it isn’t that old. While stone ruins are often associated with ancient civilizations thousands of …
2 years ago
The Taj Mahal
Season 7
The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful man-made structures in the world. It is a UNESCO world heritage site considered to be one of the modern wo…
2 years ago