YouTube: In which John Green considers the historical distance between Rome's Pantheon, the cave paintings at Lascaux, a different community's cave paintings at Chauvet, and the current day. Too often,... continue reading
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YouTube: Being polite isn't enough to win one friends. One needs also to learn the art of being warm: this begins with having the right sort of relationship to our own weaknesses and foibles
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 81 views • 4:32We have a very special episode today! Brian Nagel, from Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY, takes us on a tour of The 1803 Walter Grieve's Brewery located on the site. Brewing beer played... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 394 views • 9:54At the age of 74, Meena Raghavan is the oldest known practitioner of Kalaripayattu, an ancient martial art from southern India. Since she was 7 years old, Raghavan has trained with the best of them. While... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,407 views • 2:22An Englishman living with cystic fibrosis in Rarotonga teaches his new apprentice the traditional Polynesian art of Tatatau. In order for the custom practice to continue, the knowledge must be passed down.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 108 views • 3:01YouTube description: Fra Angelico blue pigment extraction. True Lapis Lazuli pigment. Method based on recipe from book "Il Libro dell' Arte" by Cennino d'Andrea Cennini. ©2014 Attila Gazo (masterpigments.com) ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 273 views • 6:13YouTube description: For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 508 views • 9:18Here is the story of Matthew Cummings, the glass blower who is mixing art and science to craft hand-made beer glasses.
posted by Nephelimdream 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,018 views • 7:03Nerdwriter does an interesting piece on the intersection of cigarettes, Edvard Munch, mental illness and a few other things.
posted by eric3579 7 years 11 months ago • 332 views • 7:35YouTube description: Have ever wondered how digital illustrations are made? This video explains the basics. Help us keep making videos by supporting us in https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth We try... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 483 views • 3:49The 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 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 42 views • 1:56If you're keen to live out your own "Game of Thrones" battle fantasy (ahem, good luck), see Richard Furrer. The Wisconsin-based blacksmith forges Ulfberht style swords, the name given to a group of uncommonly... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 1 week ago • 269 views • 2:23This video shows the power that learning art at any age can have.
posted by rubywillow 8 years 1 week ago • 41 views • 2:05The materials collection, at the Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, MA, houses thousands of pigments, including some of the world’s rarest. Dragon's blood, mummy, Indian yellow: these are but a few flashy... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 3 weeks ago • 639 views • 2:35He ain't whistlin' Dixie that's for sure! YouTube: Four-time national and international whistling champion Christopher Ullman believes whistling is an art form. Using his lips, tongue, and teeth, he... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 38 views • 1:42"Can we go launch one?" YouTube: What was the procedure to launch a nuclear missile? Uranium premieres: July 28 & 29 on PBS at 10pm ET/ 9pm Central France and Germany: July 31 at 10pm on ZDF/arte ... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 1 week ago • 576 views • 7:42YouTube Description: In 1991, Cuba's economy began to implode. "The Special Period in the Time of Peace" was the government's euphemism for what was a culmination of 30 years worth of isolation. It... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,569 views • 8:30Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 11 months 1 week ago • 255 views • 43:41"To be a great artist, one must be ready to fail," is just some of the advice offered up by performance artist, Marina Abramović in this recent interview. This idea of failure echoes Samuel Beckett... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 6 months 1 week ago • 456 views • 8:46YouTube Description: For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan... continue reading
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