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Located in the Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan, Italy), The Last Supper is Leonardo da Vinci's largest surviving work. A Renaissance master, he felt it was an artist's job to use their knowledge of the natural world to make pictures. Rachel and Jim will break down some of the formal elements of da Vinci's masterpiece and discuss the historical context in which it was created.

Jim discusses some theories of aesthetic development that will help you think about looking at art in a deeper way. 
 
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Maurizio Cattelan's artwork that consists of a banana duct taped to a wall was recently eaten by a student in a museum. The piece is titled "Comedian" and was originally exhibited at Art Basel in 2019 to much criticism from the popular press. Rachel and Jim discuss the historical precedents for this artwork, the frustrations we often experience with conceptual art, and that sometimes we just need to go with the joke. 
 

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Rachel and Jim provide a quick introduction to architecture emphasizing the changes from the Renaissance to Modernism and Postmodernism. In addition they discuss why Michelangelo's David was considered pornagraphic in a Florida school. 
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JR's new Hong Kong installation is met with controversy. The black-and-white figurative piece has drawn criticism from several feng shui consultants and fortune tellers. A new market study finds that works by women artists are undersold compared to their male counterparts. Lastly, we discuss tattoos as an art form and where they fit within the culture.
 
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Rachel and Jim discuss Abstract Expressionist painters Elaine de Kooning, and Joan Mitchell, and pop artist Wayne Thiebaud at the San Diego Museum of Art.