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  • Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
    Empires - The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
    A fascinating and highly entertaining look at one of the most important families of the Renaissance era--the Medici.
  • Sister Wendy - The Complete Collection (Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass)
    Sister Wendy - The Complete Collection (Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass)

    “Sister Wendy Beckett has transformed public appreciation of art through her astonishing knowledge, insight and passion for painting and painters.” This set includes Sister Wendy's Story of Painting, Sister Wendy's Odyssey, and Sister Wendy's Grand Tour. Simultaneously delightful and scholarly--this is a must have for anyone interested in art history.

  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
    Exit Through the Gift Shop
    When British stencil artist Banksy traveled to Los Angeles to work, he came across obscure French filmmaker Thierry Guetta and his badly organized collection of videotapes involving the activities of graffiti artists. Inspired, Banksy assembled them with new footage to create this talked-about documentary, and the result is a mind-boggling and odd film (so strange as to be thought a hoax by some) about outsider artists and the definition of art itself.
  • The Impressionists
    The Impressionists
    A dramatization of the Impressionist movement as seen through the eyes of Claude Monet. Highly entertaining and informative.
  • The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
    The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution
    A very personal and revealing look at the personalities that created Impressionism.

Entries in Did You Know? (168)

Wednesday
Jun162021

Did You Know?

DateWednesday, June 16, 2021 at 8:00AM

When young and impoverished, Pablo Picasso kept warm by burning his own paintings.

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Wednesday
Jun022021

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DateWednesday, June 2, 2021 at 8:00AM

The death of Vincent Van Gogh is still shrouded in mystery. It is no longer certain that he committed suicide. We do know that the injury that lead to his death occurred while he was painting Wheat Field with Crows.

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Wednesday
May192021

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DateWednesday, May 19, 2021 at 8:00AM

The Easter Island Heads actually have bodies – the bodies are buried under the ground.

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Wednesday
May052021

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DateWednesday, May 5, 2021 at 8:00AM

The largest statue in the world is Mount Rushmore National Memorial, featuring the heads of four US Presidents – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln – carved into the Black Hills near Keystone. The heads are 60 ft (18 m) tall.

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Wednesday
Apr072021

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DateWednesday, April 7, 2021 at 8:00AM

The Fearless Girl statue facing the Charging Bull statue near Wall Street was created by Kristen Visbal and installed in 2017.

Shanghai also has a bull statue, the Bund Financial Bull, sculptured by Arturo Di Modica who also produced the bull statue located near Wall Street in New York. It weighs 5,000-pounds (2,300 kg) but is the same height and length as the New York City Charging Bull. It was unveiled on The Bund in Shanghai on May 15, 2010.

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