Art Bites 187: Toulouse-Lautrec
About the Episode
Toulouse-Lautrec lived the turn-of-the-century bohemian scene on Paris’ Montmartre Hill, he captured it, and he shared it with paintings that seemed full of empathy and insight.
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Extras
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Art Bites 196: Street Art
What began as tagging and street graffiti has evolved into a new art form.1:29 -
Rick Steves' Experiencing Europe
With Europe as our classroom, Rick shares the essential skills for smart, smooth travel.56:23 -
Art Bites 195: Social Realism, the Art of Communism
The art of Communism diligently promoted the heroic symbols of the state as propaganda.1:51 -
Art Bites 194: Picasso’s "Guernica"
With the large Cubist-inspired painting, Picasso put a human face on “collateral damage.”2:54 -
Art Bites 193: Marc Chagall
With heavy outlines and brilliant colors, Chagall celebrated nature and its creator.1:36 -
Art Bites 192: Surrealism and Salvador Dalí
Surrealists explored the subconscious painting everyday images in jarring juxtapositions.2:34 -
Art Bites 191: Edvard Munch and Expressionism
Expressionism captured emotions, trauma, and cynicism with distorted and garish works.2:06 -
Art Bites 189: Pablo Picasso: Cubism, "Guernica," and Much More
Picasso invented Cubism, captured the horror of warfare, and found freedom in abstraction.5:14 -
Art Bites 190: Romanticism and Romantic Era Painting
Epic, melodramatic canvases, images that stir the emotions, and an embrace of nature.2:43 -
Art Bites 188: Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt, with paintings like “The Kiss” captured a simmering hedonism in Vienna.1:35
