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How to Make an Ancient Roman Toga

Picture of person posing in a cream toga outside a colorful villa garden on the right and the text How to make and wear a toga over a maroon background on the right. Below, a smaller image of two peop

Becoming Artsy, Episode 308

Why I Changed My Mind About Concrete

A woman in a floral shirt smiles with her mouth open. A concrete building is blurred in the background. Text reads "concrete architecture" and, below it, with empty checkboxes, "brutalism, beautiful"

Becoming Artsy, Episode 307

From Star Trek to Getty's Galleries

Kuttrolfen are everywhere

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  1. How to Make an Ancient Roman Toga

    Picture of person posing in a cream toga outside a colorful villa garden on the right and the text How to make and wear a toga over a maroon background on the right. Below, a smaller image of two peop

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 308

    Jun 6, 2024

  2. Why I Changed My Mind About Concrete

    A woman in a floral shirt smiles with her mouth open. A concrete building is blurred in the background. Text reads "concrete architecture" and, below it, with empty checkboxes, "brutalism, beautiful"

    Becoming Artsy, Episode 307

    May 16, 2024

  3. From Star Trek to Getty's Galleries

    A man in a red uniform looks down at a glass bottle in his hand

    Kuttrolfen are everywhere

    Apr 30, 2024

  4. What Is a Polyptych?

    A gilded alterpiece with three panels depicting various saints and scenes in vivid color

    And can you say it three times fast?

    Apr 11, 2024

  5. What Is Attic Pottery?

    A black vessel with a narrow base and bulbous top adorned with clay-colored figures. One of the central characters leans on a cane and reaches toward another naked figure

    And how do you talk about it?

    Mar 28, 2024

  6. When Apollo Had Purple Hair

    Three people wander through a gallery of ancient art objects, pointing at descriptions and looking at the art.

    and other things to know about polychromy

    Mar 14, 2024

  7. What Is a Drug Jar?

    A jar decorated with a painting of a man with a crutch under one arm, and a blue jar in the other

    When packaging medicine was an art

    Feb 15, 2024

  8. How Shade Tells a Story

    A dark painting in a gold frame. In the foreground, a man holds a torch that illuminates the face of Jesus. Another man puts a crown of thorns on Jesus' head. Two men look on from behind

    What Is Chiaroscuro, and what does it tell us about art?

    Jan 18, 2024

  9. Is This An Impressionist Painting?

    Short, blunt brushstrokes of blues, greens, and grays render sailboats and a rowboat on water, while hues of orange at center suggest the rising sun and its reflection.

    A few key features can point you in the right direction

    Jan 4, 2024

  10. What's the Plural of Kabinettschrank?

    Photograph of figure standing backwards, in front of a painting depicting blue Irises

    And other art questions we've answered this year

    Dec 12, 2023