Episodes
How did Duchamp inspire later artists to explore the nature of art-making, artistic spaces, and authorship? Find out!
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Published 05/06/18
What makes Duchamp's Fountain the most influential artwork of the 20th century? Find out!
Published 04/15/18
How can understanding Dada help us understand the most important artwork of the 20th c? Find out!
Published 03/19/18
What can still lifes tell us about commerce and social capital during the Dutch Golden Age? Find out!
Published 02/04/18
What is The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly and why was it found in an abandoned garage in Washington, DC? Find out!
Published 01/08/18
What's so unique about the landscape in the Mona Lisa? Find out!
Published 12/09/17
What happened in the 20th c. to catapult the Mona Lisa to fame? Find out!
Published 11/27/17
What was so innovative about the Mona Lisa? Find out!
Published 10/02/17
What's so amazing about the Great Mosque at Djenne? Find out!
Published 07/30/17
What's so dope about Judy Chicago's Dinner Party? Find out!
Published 05/12/17
How did this ancient Greek sculpture influence artists of the Renaissance? Find out!
Published 04/16/17
Find out why Olympia's style was just as controversial as her subject.
Published 03/10/17
What is the meaning behind Olympia's maid? Find out!
Published 01/16/17
How did Manet's painting reflect class tensions of his time? Find out!
Published 11/08/16
How does Olympia subvert the male gaze? Find out!
Published 10/14/16
Quel scandale! Find out what shocked the public at the 1983 Paris Salon ...
Published 09/26/16
What is Chinese porcelain? How did Jingdezhen become the so-called porcelain capital of the world? Find out!
Published 09/09/16
What does a Jackson Pollock painting have in common with a rollercoaster? How can we use the philosophical concept of the sublime to deepen our engagement with art? Find out!
Published 08/10/16
What do we know about the people that made the so-called "Venus" figurines of the Stone Age? Who made them and how might they have functioned in Paleolithic societies? Find out!
Published 06/21/16
Find out how the Last Judgment fresco pays tribute to Michelangelo's favorite poem, Dante's Inferno.
Published 05/31/16
Michelangelo's fresco was considered scandalous from its creation. Find out what caused all the controversy, eventually leading to the work being painted over after the artist's death.
Published 05/23/16
Find out how the cleaning and restoration of the Last Judgment fresco during the 1990s radically changed our understanding and interpretation of the work.
Published 05/17/16
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