Lectures tagged "Drawing"


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Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
Christos H. Papadimitriou
October 28, 2009
00:51:45
Author and computer scientist Christos Papadimitriou discusses his new graphic novel-ized biography of the philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth.
Da Vinci's Sculptures Decoded
Gary Radke
October 3, 2009
01:00:54
High Museum of Art Exhibition Curator Gary M. Radke discusses how art historians try to reconstruct Leonardo da Vinci's sculptural production. Da Vinci evidently made plans for and produced sculpture throughout his career, but little of it survives.
Claude Monet's Water Lilies
David Brenneman
June 6, 2009
00:50:40
Dr. David Brenneman, director of collections and exhibitions and Frances B. Bunzl, family curator of European Art, explores the impact of Claude Monet's Water Lilies on the history of modern art.
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Recreating the Rivalries of Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese
Frederick Ilchman
April 14, 2009
01:07:59
Frederick Ilchman discusses the largest exhibition of Italian Renaissance paintings in Boston in 50 years, which offers an ideal opportunity to bring to life the heated debates on art and the creative rivalry of the greatest Venetian painters of the 16th century: Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese.
Presidential Cartoonists
Dan Wasserman
February 16, 2009
01:10:29
Dan Wasserman of The Boston Globe, Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and Joel Pett of The Lexington Herald-Leader share their favorite cartoons from the 2008 presidential campaign. Robin Young, host of WBUR's Here and Now, moderates.
Museum of Fine Arts in a Time of Transformation
Malcolm Rogers
February 5, 2009
01:06:09
Malcolm Rogers, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, describes the MFA's extensive and visionary project, Building the New MFA.
Drawing More Diversity with Jennifer Camper
Jennifer Camper
November 4, 2007
01:02:16
Jennifer Camper brings contributing artists together to discuss comics as an expressive medium that lacks diversity of perspectives.
Prints and Architectural Drawings at the Boston Atheneaum
Sally Pierce
October 16, 2007
01:03:30
For the past several years, members of the Athenaeum's staff have been pursuing extended research on the history of the institution.