<description>I was asked to give some highlights from a recent lecture on raising creative children– so here it is.  Now I will return to the middle of grading purgatory from whence I came...</description>

I was asked to give some highlights from a recent…

I was asked to give some highlights from a recent lecture on raising creative children– so here it is.  Now I will return to the middle of grading purgatory from whence I came...

11-children-creativity

<description>A little shorter than usual this week– school and teaching take priority.  In this episode: Mayans, Egyptians, and why people destroy art.  Also, my favorite song by my favorite musician, because I can.</description>

A little shorter than usual this week– school and…

A little shorter than usual this week– school and teaching take priority.  In this episode: Mayans, Egyptians, and why people destroy art.  Also, my favorite song by my favorite musician, because I can.

10-destruction of art

<description>In this episode... a rant about beauty culture disguised as a discussion of art.  References to Michelangelo, Mary Cassatt, anime, the Platonic Ideal, Neo-Platonism, and a reminder that you're marvelous whoever you are.  (It's a little rough but I'm a little tired.)</description>

In this episode... a rant about beauty culture di…

In this episode... a rant about beauty culture disguised as a discussion of art.  References to Michelangelo, Mary Cassatt, anime, the Platonic Ideal, Neo-Platonism, and a reminder that you're marvelous whoever you are.  (It's a little rough but I'm a little tired.)

9- Style Basics: Natural, Abstract, and the Ideal

<description>Why is it so easy for a young Obi-wan Kenobi to be mistaken for Jesus Christ? In this episode, a brief and slightly snarky (I'm tired today) overview of the history of Christ in portraits.  It should be a really long lecture with lots of slides, but this is the short- short version. -M</description>

Why is it so easy for a young Obi-wan Kenobi to b…

Why is it so easy for a young Obi-wan Kenobi to be mistaken for Jesus Christ? In this episode, a brief and slightly snarky (I'm tired today) overview of the history of Christ in portraits.  It should be a really long lecture with lots of slides, but this is the short- short version. -M

8-portraits of Christ

<description>A very brief historical introduction to photography and how it affected painting and how painting and photography eventually learned how to play nicely together.</description>

A very brief historical introduction to photograp…

A very brief historical introduction to photography and how it affected painting and how painting and photography eventually learned how to play nicely together.

7-When Painting Met Photography...

Ph.D.  in Art of Late Antiquity who has taught many, many college freshmen how to like art when they didn't think they would.

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