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Fun Fact Friday - Killer Wallpaper (Encore)
Season 3 Episode 123
This episode covers a little bit of odd art history. In the victorian era, a synthetic green pigment was developed using an arsenic compound. While i…
3 years, 10 months ago
Arts Madness Round 1
Episode 122
This is a mini episode highlighting some of the interesting matchups in Round 1 of my annual Arts Madness Tournament. Vote for your favorites and lea…
3 years, 10 months ago
Christo and Jeanne-Claude - The Floating Piers
Season 1 Episode 121
This episode covers an interesting bit of art history with Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s piece, The Floating Piers. It was a great pleasure to talk to …
3 years, 10 months ago
Fun Fact Friday - Edmonia Lewis and The Death of Cleopatra
Season 3 Episode 120
This is a#funfactfriday mini-episode about Edmonia Lewis and her sculpture The Death of Cleopatra. After it was exhibited in Philadelphia for the Cen…
3 years, 10 months ago
Phyllida Barlow - Untitled: upturnedhouse2, 2012
Season 3 Episode 119
This episode is about Phyllida Barlow. I spoke with Greg Daniels, an art teacher out of the UK who runs www.theartteacher.net It was a pleasure talki…
3 years, 10 months ago
Vermeer Was Using a Camera Before Photography Was a Thing
Season 3 Episode 118
This episode is about Johannes Vermeer and the theory that he used a camera obscura to paint his incredibly detailed works such as The Girl with a Pe…
3 years, 10 months ago
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Arts Madness Tournament
Episode 117
This is a special announcement about my annual Art Madness tournament. This has become a tradition in my classroom to help students explore art histo…
3 years, 10 months ago
Klaus Nomi - Nomi Song
Season 3 Episode 116
This episode is about Klaus Nomi the New Wave performance artist who was known for his unique plastic suit and even more unique singing voice.
Who ART…
3 years, 10 months ago
Fun Fact Friday - The Renaissance Painter Who Played with his Food
Season 3 Episode 115
Giuseppe Acrimboldo is best known for his quirky arrangements of food, foliage, animals and objects that form surreal portraits.
Who ARTed is an Airwa…
3 years, 11 months ago
Jim Dine - Confetti Heart 1, 1985
Season 3 Episode 114
This episode is about Jim Dine and his work Confetti Heart from 1985. Dine is well known for his numerous works utilizing hearts and other familiar s…
3 years, 11 months ago