Art & Architecture


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Patriots of Color: Revolutionary Heroes
Byron Rushing
June 16, 2003
01:16:08
State Representative Byron Rushing and James Horton, an historian at George Washington University, salute Native American and African American war heroes. This event includes performances and authentic music from the Revolutionary War.
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Selective Attention: Neuroscience and the Art Museum
Barbara Stafford
March 22, 2007
01:12:40
Barbara Stafford, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of the University of Chicago's Department of Art History, discusses the relationship between art museums and neuroscience.
Looking Back on Impressionism
Ann Dumas
October 13, 2007
00:47:21
Ann Dumas, a leading independent scholar on Impressionism, talks about the Impressionists dialogue with the art of the past. The popular view of Impressionism is that it broke completely from the artistic traditions of previous centuries.
Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice
Paul Butler
June 4, 2009
00:36:06
Paul Butler, former federal prosecutor and Harvard University graduate, discusses his book, Let's get Free, which tells of his own false arrest and imprisonment.
Consciousness, Creativity, and the Brain
David Lynch
October 1, 2005
01:32:13
David Lynch, the award-winning writer, director, and producer, answers questions on his films, his 32-year practice of Transcendental Meditation, and the role of consciousness in the creative process.
Alan Bean: The Life of An Astronaut
Alan Bean
April 29, 2008
01:26:48
Space pioneer Alan Bean talks about his life as an astronaut (and artist) in a lecture at the Museum of Science, Boston.
Six Good Reasons Not to Paint a Landscape
Wolf Kahn
September 19, 2002
00:50:58
Wolf Kahn, an influential modern landscape painter, explains why people become artists, despite the apparent impracticality of art. Wolf Kahn's work infuses the landscape tradition with a new vitality.
Weaving Science into Sculpture
Nathalie Miebach
March 11, 2009
01:19:30
Artist Nathalie Miebach explains how she literally weaves scientific data related to meteorology, climate change, and astronomy into brightly colored, three-dimensional sculptures.