Episode #4: The Problem of Michelangelo's Women (Season 1, Episode 4)
There are lots of questions that come up in every art history classroom. We hear them over and over again. What is art, really, and how can you define it? Why is the Mona Lisa smiling? What happened t...
26 Sep 201635min
Episode #3: The Semi-Charmed Life of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (Season 1, Episode 3)
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, had an image problem: she was seen as frivolous, silly, and out-of-touch. In order to combat her poor press, the royal court commissioned a series of portraits of th...
12 Sep 201647min
Episode #2: Was Van Gogh Accidentally Murdered? (Season 1, Episode 2)
Vincent Van Gogh's suicide is a huge part of the mythology surrounding him: as much as the famous tale of the cut-off ear is. This so-called "tortured genius," it is said, was so broken down by life a...
29 Aug 201654min
Episode #1: Is the Mona Lisa a Fake? (Season 1, Episode 1)
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10 Aug 201650min
