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When I say the words “art history,” what comes to mind?

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Soothing landscape paintings?

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Portraits of royalty?

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Muscular babies with either weirdly small heads or far-too-large bodies?

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I mean, did this artist ever even see a baby in real life?

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But art is so much more than the Met Gala, Michelangelo, and strange babies.

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It’s everything from ancient cave paintings to pride flags.

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It’s graffiti, it’s fashion, it’s living sculptures, and so much more.

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And art history is a way to learn about different cultures,

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different time periods, and the surprising similarities among us all.

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Hi, I’m Sarah Urist Green.

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I’m a curator and art educator,

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and I’ve spent my career seeking out ways to make learning about art more accessible,

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less pretentious, and actually relevant to life today.

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I’ve worked in museums, written books,

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and developed the YouTube series The Art Assignment–

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all in an effort to continue my own art education

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and spark new conversations about art.

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And this is Crash Course Art History.

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In twenty-two episodes, we’ll explore the who, where, when, and why

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of a wide range of artworks,

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unlocking secrets of the past

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that help us see the present in a whole new way.

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We’ll give you the know-how to interpret visual art for yourself,

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wherever you find it.

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And we’ll explore themes in art that seem to recur wherever, and whenever you go:

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like nature, the divine, and the human body.

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Art history is still being made today.

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It’s happening all around us, all the time.

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It’s in questions like: who gets to decide what gets preserved for future generations?

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Or, how are activists using art to promote justice?

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And if you’ve been wondering how new technology like AI

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is gonna change the creative world?

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Well, we are too.

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So join me, and together, we’ll explore a wide range of perspectives about what art is,

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and how it makes history.

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Thanks for watching this episode of Crash Course Art History

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which was filmed at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

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and was made with the help of all these spectacular people.

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If you want to help keep Crash Course free for everyone, forever,

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you can join our community on Patreon.

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