Lectures tagged "realism"

Barbara Ehrenreich: How Positive Thinking Undermines America
Barbara Ehrenreich
October 15, 2009
00:38:31
Journalist and activist Barbara Ehrenreich discusses her book, Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.
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George Stubbs: Reapers and Haymakers
Richard Wendorf
January 22, 2004
01:04:04
Richard Wendorf attempts to show how scholars who have addressed the paintings of George Stubbs have missed the central point of his work as an artist. The painter George Stubbs is perhaps best known for his dramatic and painstakingly accurate portraits of English horse flesh.
Heather Cotter: Modern Art in America
Heather Cotter
September 28, 2003
00:43:22
Artist and lecturer Heather Cotter investigates the foundations of modern art in America, focusing on works by Georgia O'Keefe, Arthur Dove, Charles Sheeler, and Stuart Davis.