How to Look at and Understand Great Art

2011

Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconsc...

Seasons & Episodes

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The Importance of First Impressions

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Where Am I? Point of View and Focal Point

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Color—Description, Symbol, and More

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Line—Description and Expression

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Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow

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Seeing the Big Picture—Composition

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The Illusion—Getting the Right Perspective

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Art That Moves Us—Time and Motion

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Feeling with Our Eyes—Texture and Light

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Drawing—Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media

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Printmaking—Relief and Intaglio

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Modern Printmaking—Planographic

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Sculpture—Salt Cellars to Monuments

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Development of Painting—Tempera and Oils

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Modern Painting—Acrylics and Assemblages

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Subject Matters

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Signs—Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art

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Portraits—How Artists See Others

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Self-Portraits—How Artists See Themselves

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Landscapes—Art of the Great Outdoors

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Putting It All Together

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Early Renaissance—Humanism Emergent

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Northern Renaissance—Devil in the Details

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High Renaissance—Humanism Perfected

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Mannerism and Baroque—Distortion and Drama

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Going Baroque—North versus South

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18th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo

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Revolutions—Neoclassicism and Romanticism

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From Realism to Impressionism

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Postimpressionism—Form and Content Re-Viewed

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Expressionism—Empathy and Emotion

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Cubism—An Experiment in Form

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Abstraction/Modernism—New Visual Language

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Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams

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Postmodernism—Focus on the Viewer

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Your Next Museum Visit—Do It Yourself!