June 28, 2020
Lesson 17/32 60min
Vlad's Current Live Lessons
June 20, 2021
Lesson 5/ 60min
June 13, 2021
Lesson 4/ 60min
Hello Vlad!
This time we'll talk about the altarpiece of Ghent with a ted ed lesson.
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-strange-history-of-the-world-s-most-stolen-painting-noah-charney
Ghent Altarpiece Google Arts and Culture
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/inside-the-ghent-altarpiece/jAJymZszGRczIA
islcollective.com questions
https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/the-strange-history-of-the-most-stolen-painting
June 6, 2021
Lesson 3/ 60min
May 30, 2021
Lesson 2/ 60min
Hello Vlad!
This is a Caravaggio!’: the inside story of an old master found in Spain.
Three siblings discover that the painting they inherited is worth millions!
Caravaggio Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crowning_with_Thorns_(Caravaggio,_Vienna)
May 23, 2021
Lesson 1/ 60min
Hello Vlad!
Today, we'll talk about Diego Rivera
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera
Khan Academy on Diego Rivera
And, we'll talk about the $93million auction of a Basquiat painting!
Vocabulary.com
1. What famous artists' painting have been sold in Russia recently?
2. What is the name of the big art auction house in Moscow?
3. What do you think of the price for this Basquiat painting?
4. What is your opinion of this painting called "In This Case"?
5. What do you think of the large amount of investors and the high prices of paintings recently?
6. Would you like to work for an art auction house and in what capacity?
7. Would you like to invest in art some day?
8. How would you describe Basquiat's art? Grafitti, expressionism or something else?
9. What details about Basquiat's life are interesting for you?
May 16, 2021
Lesson 30/30 60min
May 9, 2021
Lesson 29/30 60min
Hello Vlad!
Today: how to talk about art with 2 ted ed talks;
Georgia O'Keefe
Frida Kahlo
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/frida-kahlo-the-woman-behind-the-legend-iseult-gillespie
May 2, 2021
Lesson 28/30 60min
Hello Vlad!
Today we'll work on 2 ted ed lessons:
Ten amazing facts about Pablo Picasso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJZc7o-h2Y
Ten things you should know about Picasso:
https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/03/18/10-things-you-should-know-about-pablo-picasso/
Easter in the US is quite secular
and commercialized with the focus
being on spring flowers, eggs, rabbits
and chicks.
https://www.elcivics.com/easter_esl_holidays.html
One tradition is the New York Easter parade in which high-society women would wear their
new Easter bonnet on 5th Avenue,and the tradition continues in a crazy non-tradtional way!
Apr 25, 2021
Lesson 27/30 60min
Hello Vlad!
This lesson we'll talk about digital art.
https://owdt.com/the-digital-art-revolution/
Then, back to the TED ED Lessons:
Ten amazing facts about Pablo Picasso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJZc7o-h2Y
Ten things you should know about Picasso:
https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/03/18/10-things-you-should-know-about-pablo-picasso/
one more article about NFTs, this time written by an artist!
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/how-to-mint-an-artwork-as-an-nft-with-jeremy-deller
Could the price of NFTs become a bubble? Remember tulip mania?
Do you think the pandemic lockdown caused a lot more interest in the buying and selling of NFTs?
How does the initial certification of ownership of the creative property happen?
Why is there controversy about using Ethereum to pay create NFTs?
Why are NFTs appealing to investors?
Will NFTs replace copyrights and royalties?
Apr 11, 2021
Lesson 25/30 60min
Hello Vlad!
This lesson we'll continue our discussion of NFTs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token
https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/nfts-arent-just-digital-art-theyre-also-farts-weddings-rings-songs-and-even-porn/slidelist/81999050.cms https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7vxe7/people-are-stealing-art-and-turning-it-into-nfts
Then, back to the TED ED Lessons:
Ten amazing facts about Pablo Picasso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJZc7o-h2Y
Ten things you should know about Picasso:
https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/03/18/10-things-you-should-know-about-pablo-picasso/
March 29, 2021
Lesson 24/30 60min
Hello Vlad!
This lesson we'll continue our discussion of art ted-ed lessons:
First, some art news:
A digital artwork sold for $70 million
https://apnews.com/article/who-are-beeple-nft-buyers-70-million-dfb5f80c55d61692b83bf693467c95c7
What is a NFT?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token
And the Louvre is putting its art online for free!
https://news.yahoo.com/louvre-puts-entire-collection-online-152734085.html
Taking imagination seriously
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/janet-echelman-taking-imagination-seriously
Ten amazing facts about Pablo Picasso:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJZc7o-h2Y
Ten things you should know about Picasso:
https://blog.ed.ted.com/2016/03/18/10-things-you-should-know-about-pablo-picasso/