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Alma Thomas (encore)
Season 4
Alma Thomas was an amazing African American painter known for her abstract paintings with bold brush strokes that take on a mosaic quality.
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2 years, 5 months ago
Alfonse Mucha | Gismonda (encore)
Season 7
In honor of Alfonse Mucha's birthday, I thought I would post an encore of my mini episode about the poster that catapulted him to fame. In December 1…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | The Judgment of Hunefer
Season 4
This mini episode is about The Book of the Dead, a collection of funerary texts from ancient Egypt. To better understand the collection as well as th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Your Brain on Art (encore)
Season 7
I was asked to create an episode about how art affects the brain. I found there is quite a bit of research conducted by neuroscientists around the wo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Olowe of Ise | Veranda Post (encore)
Season 7
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, 6 months ago
Donatello | David
Season 7
Donatello’s statue of David, just like the story, seems straightforward and simple at first glance, but with great art, there is always more than mee…
2 years, 6 months ago
Cirque du Soleil
Season 7
Cirque du Soleil combines acrobatics, theater, music, and dance to create a magical experience that pushes the boundaries of our imagination and insp…
2 years, 6 months ago
Machu Picchu
Season 4
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, 6 months ago
Jack Kirby (encore)
Season 7
Jack Kirby created some of the biggest names in the golden age of comics including: Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, Black Panther, The Incredibl…
2 years, 6 months ago
Akira Yoshizawa and Origami
Season 7
Origami is the Japanese art of folded paper sculpture. It is a tradition that is basically as old as paper. In the 6th century CE, Buddhist monks bro…
2 years, 6 months ago