The original Star Wars trilogy was groundbreaking for its special effects, its world building, its action, and so, so much more. But if you ask George Lucas, it isn't the action, nor the performances,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 months ago • 45 views • 10:59Videos (23) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (177) |
Before NOVA begins its construction, the Rainbow Bridge only exists in a 900-year-old painting that shows the bustling capital city of Kaifeng. Another NOVA ancient construction episode, again narrated... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 11 months ago • 65 views • 54:16Createk third-arm : Supernumerary robotic arm powered by magnetorheological clutches and an hydrostatic transmission. Fast enough to compensate for human motions while being safe for physical human-robot interaction. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 123 views • 2:51YT description-Much of the information on the midnight paintings was obtained from this website which has a few more paintings I didn't mention. If you want to learn even more I encourage people to visit it. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,087 views • 11:53YouTube description: We owe so much to diatoms! They help us make beer, paint, and kitty litter, and they're responsible for some of the air you're breathing right now!... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 834 views • 7:44YouTube description: Bob Ross painted more than 1,000 landscapes for his television show — so why are they so hard to find? Solving one of the internet’s favorite little mysteries.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 434 views • 10:50YouTube description: Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 152 views • 4:06YouTube description: How can an "ugly" painting be a masterpiece?
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,073 views • 7:24nerdwriter analyses Goya's scary ass painting. I wonder if this has anything to do with the painting popping up in Altered Carbon? (it appears in a key characters appartment)
posted by ChaosEngine 6 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 819 views • 8:47YouTube description: Near Slab City, California, a man painted a hill. It was outsider art: Leonard Knight had no training and no great masters to imitate. But somehow, he created something that resonates... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 551 views • 4:25This atheist painted his truck with a bible verse, hoping to get people to actually READ the book they believe and see what it actually says. His message is a bit confusing and usually misunderstood.
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 2,205 views • 2:20YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 634 viewsYouTube description: In a dusty, crowded shop in Milan, Italy, artist Osvaldo Menegazzi toils, as he has for decades, designing intricate decks of tarot cards. Every card a handmade work of art, Mengazzi... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 304 views • 2:11Via YouTube: Triquet Island, 500 km northwest of Victoria, is painting a picture of how our civilization began – and it was discovered by a student.
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 642 views • 2:08YouTube description: Watching paint be made is so strangely soothing. Thanks to M. Graham paints: http://mgraham.com/ (via digg)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 27 views • 1:58YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 4 weeks ago • 446 views • 2:52Nerdwriter does an interesting piece on the intersection of cigarettes, Edvard Munch, mental illness and a few other things.
posted by eric3579 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 332 views • 7:35The guy narrating is a bit stiff, but the info was interesting Via YouTube: Watch and listen to this insightful story of how Da Vinci created the Last Supper.
posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 42 views • 1:56- 1
- »