Video: Coming Soon! Pope Francis in “The Encyclical”
The amount of hype from the climate change deniers over Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, which will be released on June 18, is getting pretty absurd. To prepare yourself … Continue reading
Video: Georgia O’Keeffe talking about her life and work
Here’s a video of Georgia O’Keeffe at her home in New Mexico in 1977 — she was nearly 90 at the time. . Georgia O’Keeffe’s hands, 1918, photo by Alfred … Continue reading
Video: Alfred Steiglitz
This video provides a summary of the career of the American photographer Alfred Stieglitz. The music is Pauline García Viardot’s “Hai luli” sung by Cecilia Bartoli. — Alfred Stieglitz (1864 – … Continue reading
Vanessa German: Of Art
i believe in the power of art. and that’s mostly all. but good news is i find it everywhere. like there is this one man on the street and he … Continue reading
Google: A Virtual Tour of Abbey Road Studios
Google’s new web site, Inside Abbey Road, lets viewers walk inside Abbey Road Studios, check out the famous recording studio (home to most of the Beatles’ songs, birthplace of Dark … Continue reading
Video: London Evolution Animation
This animated video shows 2,000 years of London’s evolution in 7 minutes. Music: “Cities” by Maserati.
Video: Top 50 most famous paintings of all time
Set to Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, here’s a montage of 50 beautiful paintings. Sit back and enjoy! Auguste Renoir — Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1881
Video: Frida Kahlo (rare footage)
A montage of short clips of Frida Kahlo set to Esa Noche a song by Café Tacuba. We see Kahlo working in her studio, as well as talking with her husband Diego … Continue reading
Video: What is Neorealism in Film? (a five minute answer)
In this fascinating experiment, a film by Vittorio de Sica and a contemporary recut by David O. Selznick are examined side-by-side in order to understand the difference between Sica’s neorealistic … Continue reading
Video: Akira Kurosawa’s 80-minute Master Class on making beautiful movies
Often called “the greatest filmmaker who ever lived,” Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) is the auteur behind such masterpieces as Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, and Ran. This 2000 documentary about the life and … Continue reading
Djelloul Marbrook: “Wolf Hall” and the Grandeur of Anonymity
. Silence plays a greater role in poetry and music than sound, its grandeur being its anonymity. Let me introduce living proof. He is the prince of silence and his … Continue reading
Video: How bad architecture has ruined American life
In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America … Continue reading
Video: Marina Abramovic — The Artist is an Explorer
Performance exhibition in 2014 at Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland, curated by Marina Abramovic. With the artists Anna Berndtson, Abraham Brody, Rebecca Davis, Yingmei Duan, Paula Garcia, Kira O’Reilly, Lyndsey Peisinger, … Continue reading
Video: Music from a Neanderthal flute
Found by archeologist Ivan Turk in a Neanderthal campsite at Divje Babe in northwestern Slovenia, this instrument made from the femur of a cave bear is estimated to be 43,000-80,000 … Continue reading
