The Art Assignment
How to Visit an Art Museum | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
In which we go to The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, and give you some pointers on how to visit an art museum. Seems easy enough, but there are ways to maximize your experience. What are your museum tricks...
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Aix en Provence reflects on its most popular artist Cezanne ahead of art sale
1. Various of town centre 2. Various of statue of Paul Cezanne 6. Pan of Musee (Museum) Grenet 7. Various of exhibition on Cezanne life and work 8. SOUNDBITE : (French) Denis Coutagne, curator Musee Grenet : "Why there aren't Cezanne...
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EU delegation visits Cuba, Castro speech, Haitian pres, Colombia ship visits
1. Various shots of Castro with Aristide at Fine Arts Museum 2. Various Castro looking at paintings 3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Fidel Castro, President of Cuba "Not only will we never sell these paintings, we will defend them with the blood...
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President Ma visits Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei exhibition
1. Mid of two women walking past exhibition banner reading (English) "Ai Weiwei absent" 2. Close of still on display in the exhibition showing Chinese artist Ai Weiwei 3. Wide of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou walking to lectern 4....
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What Are The Different Mediums Used In Art?
The different mediums used in art are oil paints, watercolors, acrylic paints, graphite pencils, charcoal and pastels (oil and chalk pastels). An artistic medium refers to the material used to create a work of art. If you visit art...
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Iconic art museum opens in Antwerp
AP Television Belgium, Antwerp - May 12, 2011 1. Wide of the MAS museum 2. Mid of the MAS museum 3. Close of the MAS museum 4. Mid of man at window of the MAS museum 5. Close of a corner of the MAS museum 6. Wide of the sky pans left to...
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French FM Le Drian visits the new Louvre in Abu Dhabi
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited the Louvre Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, as part of an official visit to the the United Arab Emirates.
The Art Assignment
How to Visit an Art Museum | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
In which we go to The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, and give you some pointers on how to visit an art museum. Seems easy enough, but there are ways to maximize your experience. What are your museum tricks...
Getty Museum
Visiting a Museum
Communicate expectations for visiting a museum. Planning a School Visit http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/trippack/index.html Ancient Greek and Roman Talk Show...
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Museum of Ice Cream Taps into Sweet Tooth
San Francisco dessert lovers are scooping up tickets to the Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up exhibit where guests can swim in a "sprinkle pool," -- a giant pool filled with colorful, plastic sprinkles that you can play in-- walk through a...
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Pop-Up Ice Cream Museum Delights Visitors
STORYLINE: San Francisco dessert lovers are scooping up tickets to the Museum of Ice Cream, a pop-up exhibit where guests can swim in a "sprinkle pool," -- a giant pool filled with colorful, plastic sprinkles that you can play in-- walk...
The Art Assignment
How to Learn About Contemporary Art | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Are you overwhelmed by the plethora of art and art-related activities going on in the world? We’re here to help! Here are some ideas for how to learn about what’s going on in the world of contemporary art.
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Personal collections become private museums
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4030074LEAD IN: Private museums run by eccentric and passionate owners dot Beijing's backstreets and its suburbs. Their collections are grand and mundane, from items salvaged from the rubbish to a car...
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Louvre opens sister museum in former mining town
AP Television Lens - 3 December, 2012 1. Wide exterior of Louvre Lens museum entrance with worker cleaning ahead of official opening 2. Wide exterior of Louvre Lens museum entrance 3. Wide of exterior of museum with flower rings on the...
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Iran hosts masterpieces from Louvre museum
LEADIN Works from Paris' Louvre museum have gone on public display in Tehran for the first time. STORYLINE The grand facade of Iran's national museum. For the next 4 months this will home to more than 50 works of art from ancient Egypt,...
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RUSSIA: ST PETERSBURG: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU VISIT
Natural Sound Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrapped up his first official visit to Russia Wednesday with a whistle stop tour of St Petersburg. Netanyahu and his wife laid a wreath at a memorial to the thousands of Jews who...
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China's Terracotta Army proves hugely popular at the British Museum
London, October 25, 2007 1. Wide of terracotta soldiers 2. Pan up of terracotta soldier 3. Close up of face 4. Wide of terracotta soldiers 5. Wide of men looking at terracotta soldiers 6. Mid of terracotta soldier 7. Close up of faces 8....
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Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman open new virtual Valentino Museum
Fashion buffs around the world can now experience Valentino couture in a whole new way - virtually. The famed Italian designer was joined by his celeb pals, Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman, at a press conference at the Museum of Modern...
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Museum workers strike to protest rising problem of pickpockets
1. Various exteriors of Louvre museum and pyramid in courtyard 2. Various of tourists reading information board about museum closure 3. Museum entrance 4. Set up shot of British tourist John Lawrence 5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Lawrence,...
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CAN872 DE GAULLE VISITS SOVIET WAR MEMORIAL
French President Charles de Gaulle visits the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery, which has the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Eternal Flame and the statue of Mother Motherland in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) with Soviet Premier Alexei...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The history of museums - J. V. Maranto
Museums have been a part of human history for over 2,000 years -- but they weren't always like the ones we visit today. J.V. Maranto uncovers the evolution of museums, from the first museum in 530 BC (curated by a princess) to PT...
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8+ Vocabulary to Describe a Work of Art
Today you’ll learn band 8 IELTS vocabulary to describe a work of art. You need to be ready with high level, less common words to describe museums and artwork on IELTS Speaking. Many students are worried about being asked questions about...
The Art Assignment
Art Therapize Yourself
What is Art Therapy? How can you use aspects of it in your next art encounter? We explore these questions at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art with art therapist Lauren Daugherty.
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Director Franco Zeffirelli misses gala held to inaugurate the Franco Zeffirelli International Center in Italy
DIRECTOR ZEFFIRELLI MISSES GALA EVENT AT NEW FLORENCE MUSEUM Tenor Andrea Bocelli and a Haitian children's choir inaugurated the Franco Zeffirelli International Center of the Performing Arts in Italy, though the eponymous 94-year-old...