Great Art Explained(2020)
Overview
Great Art Explained is a video series that focuses on one piece of art per episode, breaking it down, using clear and concise language free of 'art-speak'.
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11 episodes • 2020
2020
11 episodes • 2020
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (short version) | May 29, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Picasso’s Guernica | Jun 26, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Michelangelo's David | Jul 2, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault | TBA | 0.0 |
| 5 | Frida Kahlo's 'The Two Fridas" | Aug 2, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan Van Eyck | Aug 30, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Artemisia Gentileschi | Sep 3, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych | Oct 8, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Monet's Water Lilies | Nov 6, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Mark Rothko's Seagram Murals | Nov 27, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Thinker by Rodin | Dec 29, 2020 | 0.0 |
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11 episodes • 2021
2021
11 episodes • 2021
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Untitled (Skull)' | Jan 22, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Caravaggio's Taking of Christ | Feb 21, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights | Apr 16, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Great Wave by Hokusai | May 17, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night | Jun 30, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Nighthawks by Edward Hopper | Jul 23, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson | Aug 24, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Kiss by Gustav Klimt | Oct 5, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (Full Length) | Nov 4, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Salvador Dali | Dec 10, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | TBA | 0.0 |
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5 episodes • 2022
2022
5 episodes • 2022
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Birth of Venus by Botticelli | Feb 19, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Yayoi Kusama | Mar 25, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Scream | May 20, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer | Jun 24, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | TBA | 0.0 |
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9 episodes • 2023
2023
9 episodes • 2023
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark Goya | Jan 13, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Georges Seurat | Mar 12, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Georgia O'Keeffe | Apr 15, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 4 | John Singer Sargent: Madame X and Dr. Pozzi | May 19, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Keith Haring | Jul 7, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Thomas Gainsborough | Sep 8, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 7 | René Magritte | Oct 6, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Dorothea Tanning | Nov 3, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Bernini's Apollo and Daphne | Dec 1, 2023 | 0.0 |
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3 episodes • 2024
2024
3 episodes • 2024
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich | Jan 5, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Van Gogh's Last Painting | Mar 28, 2024 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Father of Impressionism: Édouard Manet | Apr 26, 2024 | 0.0 |
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