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 purg...

A little shorter than usual this week– school and teaching take priority. In this episode: Mayans, Egyptians, and why people destroy art. Also, my fav...

In this episode... a rant about beauty culture disguised as a discussion of art. References to Michelangelo, Mary Cassatt, anime, the Platonic Ideal, ...

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 ...

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

Mostly stories this time, and a little bit of soap-box ranting, but also the Great Altar of Pergamon, the Temple of Artemis at Corfu, and all those me...

Gilgamesh, Enkidu, birds, scarabs, the afterlife, Cupid and Psyche and Victory and oh, yeah, angels and Christianity.

This became about heritage and cultural appropriation– but it all matters when you're looking at art, trust me. A talk about evolution, Roman and Gree...

The lion in art. Lion Hunt reliefs - Unicorn Hunt Tapestry - Löwenmensch - Hercules, Dionysos, Olmecs, Alexander the Great, and that internet favorite...

An overview of painting– that drive to color the world. (Audio is a little off– I did not have access to the cool microphone stuff this week...)