Art History Horror Story: The Nightmare

What did “free speech” mean before the Civil War...and what did it cost? Today, I'm exploring how Americans have debated the meaning of liberty through words, images, and even violence beginning with Samuel Jennings’s 1792 painting 'Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences' in 17 ...  Show more

In the final installment of our Impressionism primer, we meet the artists who broke away from light and surface to paint something deeper. From Van Gogh’s turbulent skies to Gauguin’s mythic Tahitian scenes, Cézanne’s geometric still lifes to Seurat’s scientific dots, the Post-Im ...  Show more

Throughout art history, there have been multiple occasions where people have entered into a museum or gallery with the explicit intention of harming or outright destroying a work of art. And some of the most iconic and greatest works of art in the world have been the targets of t ...  Show more

In this episode of Accessible Art History: The Podcast - Metropolitan Masterpieces, I'm exploring a sculpture of a smiling figure from the Remojadas culture. 

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In this Babe Brief, Corrie & Nat discuss the largest mud-built structure in the world, The Great Mosque of Djenné. AP Art History Study Guide: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/ap-art-history/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/2KARhkx Check out our Patreon for bonus episodes: www.patreon.com ...  Show more

Originally Released February 16th, 2017 Developed on the precipice between realism and abstraction, Impressionism is often considered the first truly modern art movement. Join the Babes as they discuss the birth of this seminal style and dig up some dirt on the most important mem ...  Show more