Up Next
Back to Show
The Art Assignment
The Case for Impressionism
Season 6
Episode 14
Impressionism is one of the best known and loved movements in Art History, but why? We present a case for why Impressionism is interesting and worth your attention and admiration, beyond the famous names behind it of Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissaro, Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, et al.
Support Provided By
7:14
What's wrong with seeing the unclothed human body? And what is its place in art?
8:15
Was your Art History class an endless succession of names and dates and movements?
7:35
One of the best loved paintings in history, let's learn about the Kiss by Gustav Klimt.
8:49
The art market is one of the many ways rich people game the system to save billions.
9:17
In 1961 artist Man Ray offered this "Menu for a Dadaist Day," and we cooked it for you.
14:17
Surrealist artist Salvador Dali is well known, but what about his 1973 cookbook?