The Art Assignment
Art Trip: Richmond, Virginia | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
In which we explore the great city of Richmond, Virginia, and think about its history as well as its present. Featuring: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Quirk Hotel Rappahannock Restaurant Lamplighter Roasting Company Early Bird Biscuit...
One Minute History
050 Vincent Van Gogh - One Minute History
Born in the Netherlands, Vincent Willem van Gogh describes his childhood as cold and lonely. Unsuccessful as an art dealer and minister, he moves to Brussels to become an artist. He studies under his second cousin Anton Mauve before...
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Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part Two): Great Art Explained
In this video I look at Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. Nobody painted Hell quite like Bosch. What we think of as Hell, and certainly what Bosch thought of as Hell is not based on the bible. There is no mention of Hell...
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Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part One): Great Art Explained
In this video I look at Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights. Nobody painted Hell quite like Bosch. What we think of as Hell, and certainly what Bosch thought of as Hell is not based on the bible. What we think of as hell...
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How nuts and bolts make fine art
Low technology is being turned into high art as part of an extraordinary amateur art movement in Iran. Giant insects, bulls and horses are taking shape from bicycle chains, metal cogs and leftover pieces of ironware from home toolboxes....
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Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi: Great Art Explained
Women were excluded from almost all cultural and social resources in the centuries from 1400 to 1900 when so much of the world's great art was created. And visual art was almost entirely a male industry before modern times. Having an...
The Art Assignment
Art Trip: Washington D.C. | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
In which we explore Washington, DC's vast and diverse collection of landmarks, museums, and galleries - ranging from institutions like the Hirshhorn to the art-worthy metro system. Let's take a trip through Washington, DC. Featuring the...
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Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Part Three): Great Art Explained
The painting was just too complex and detailed to deal with in fifteen minutes, so I made it in three parts. There are no records to tell us what Bosch or his contemporaries were thinking. There are so many theories out there, some more...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Image Transfer with Gel Plate | Gelli Print | Art Tutorial
This video will teach you how to transfer an image from a magazine page onto paper using a gel plate! Gelli printing is a fun and creative process that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. This image transfer technique be used in...
The Art Assignment
Art As Experience: Book Club #2 | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Round 2 of The Art Assignment Book Club features John Dewey's Art As Experience, which certainly was an experience to read - congratulations to you if you did it! If you didn't, we understand. We read it for you, and we'll discuss some...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Untitled (Skull)': Great Art Explained
In 1982 at the age of just 22 years old, Jean-Michel Basquiat would produce this painting. A powerful and dazzling image that mixes text, colour, symbolism and mark-making in a raw and uncensored explosion. In a single painting, he would...
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Andy Warhol's Marilyn: Great Art Explained
Andy Warhol made “Marilyn Diptych” in 1962, right after Marilyn Monroe’s death. By the 1960s Marilyn’s film career as a sex symbol was all but over. Warhol would effectively immortalize Marilyn as the sex symbol of the 20th century. The...
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The Great Wave by Hokusai: Great Art Explained
In 1639 Japan closed its borders and cut itself off from the outside world. Foreigners were expelled, Western culture was forbidden, and Entering or leaving Japan was punishable by Death. It would remain that way for over 200 years. It...
The Art Assignment
What's a Curator? | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
PBS Digital Studio's The Art Assignment asks what the title "curator" really means, both traditionally and as it is used today. Can you be a curator of vintage sneakers? Let's talk about it in the comments.
The Art Assignment
Artline Bling: Tattoos, Shia Labeouf, & Laughing at Art | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week we answer your questions from our art hotline* and talk about the legitimacy of celebrity artists, the embarrassment of being called an "artist", why we laugh at art, and more.
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Museum explores IKEA's 73 year history
LEAD IN:??Forget fine arts or ancient artifacts, a museum in central Sweden is exploring the more than 70-year history of furniture retailer IKEA.??It shows how an entrepreneurial young boy and blossoming Swedish trend for interior...
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This museum has some amazing collections
We’re traveling to the oldest city in the US and we’ll find that it’s as active as ever. We can’t visit St. Augustine without letting you sample a drink from the Fountain of Youth! We show you the very spot where the city’s history...
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Art students encouraged to take up pottery to revive dying craft
The ancient art of pottery remains ever popular with locals and tourists visiting Egypt. But there are fears that not enough people are choosing to take up the craft for a job. So now one business is Cairo is offering classes to art...
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Egyptian artist Basim Magdy wins German art prize
LEAD INBasim Magdy, an Egyptian visual artist, has won the annual "Artist of the Year" award by Deutsche Bank.Magdy's work deal with memories, politics and visions of the future.An exhibition celebrating his award has opened in the...
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Iranian environmental art
++AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately...
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The fascinating history of Pirate Ships
We’re traveling to the oldest city in the US and we’ll find that it’s as active as ever. We can’t visit St. Augustine without letting you sample a drink from the Fountain of Youth! We show you the very spot where the city’s history...
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The history of Castillo San Marcos
We’re traveling to the oldest city in the US and we’ll find that it’s as active as ever. We can’t visit St. Augustine without letting you sample a drink from the Fountain of Youth! We show you the very spot where the city’s history...
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Caravaggio's Taking of Christ: Great Art Explained
The Taking of Christ is a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The subject is the moment that the son of God is betrayed with a kiss, and arrested in the garden of Gethsemane. Caravaggio’s approach to religious art was shocking...
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Frida Kahlo's 'The Two Fridas’: Great Art Explained
Frida Kahlo is the most famous female artist in history. She deviated from the traditional portrayal of female beauty in art, and instead chose to paint raw and honest experiences. A near fatal bus accident at 18 left Frida crippled and...