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  Why The Midwest's Deep Freeze...

  PBS NewsHour

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  More than a quarter of the U.S. population is expected to deal with sub-zero temperatures this week. The extreme cold has sparked some public skepticism over global warming, but scientists actually believe it is a consequence of climate change. Amna Nawaz talks to Dr. Jennifer Francis of the Woods Hole Research Center for an explanation of this counterintuitive weather relationship.

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  Paul Gauguin

  Anna Barskaya

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  Paul Gauguin was first a sailor, then a successful stockbroker in Paris. In 1874 he began to paint at weekends as a Sunday painter. Nine years later, after a stock-market crash, he felt confident of his ability to earn a living for his family by painting and he resigned his position and took up the painter’s brush full time. Following the lead of Cézanne, Gauguin painted still-lifes from the very beginning of his artistic career. He even owned a still-life by Cézanne, which is shown in Gauguin’s painting Portrait of Marie Lagadu. The year 1891 was crucial for Gauguin. In that year he left France for Tahiti, where he stayed till 1893. This stay in Tahiti determined his future life and career, for in 1895, after a sojourn in France, he returned there for good. In Tahiti, Gauguin discovered primitive art, with its flat forms and violent colours, belonging to an untamed nature. With absolute sincerity, he transferred them onto his canvas. His paintings from then on reflected this style: a radical simplification of drawing; brilliant, pure, bright colours; an ornamental type composition; and a deliberate flatness of planes. Gauguin termed this style “synthetic symbolism”.

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  Devouring Frida - The Art...

  Margaret A. Lindauer

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  This provocative reassessment of Frida Kahlo’s art and legacy presents a feminist analysis of the myths surrounding her.   In the late 1970's, Frida Kahlo achieved cult heroine status. Her images were splashed across billboards, magazine ads, and postcards; fashion designers copied the so-called “Frida” look in hairstyles and dress; and “Fridamania” even extended to T-shirts, jewelry, and nail polish. Margaret A. Lindauer argues that this mass market assimilation of Kahlo's identity has detracted from appreciation of her work, leading to narrow interpretations based solely on her tumultuous life.   Kahlo's political and feminist activism, her stormy marriage to fellow artist Diego Rivera, and her progressively debilitated body made for a life of emotional and physical upheaval. But Lindauer questions the “author-equals-the-work” critical tradition that assumes a “one-to-one association of life events to the meaning of a painting.” In Kahlo's case, such assumptions created a devouring mythology, an iconization that separates us from the real significance of the oeuvre.   Accompanied by twenty-six illustrations and deep analysis of Kahlo's central themes, this provocative, semiotic study recontextualizes an important figure in art history. At the same time, it addresses key questions about the language of interpretation, the nature of veneration, and the truths within self-representation.

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  History As They Saw It - Iconic...

  Wolfgang Wild, Jordan Lloyd

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  “Why do we think of history in black and white? Here is the past in vibrant color . . . a remarkable book that re-imagines a century.” —Aspen Daily News 
   
  The past didn’t actually happen in black and white, as we’re reminded by this collection of restored and colorized historic photos from the mid-19th to mid-20th century.  
   
  This revolutionary photography collection is as close to time travel as it gets. Featuring 120 historic black-and-white photographs thoroughly restored and rendered in color, this book illuminates some of the most iconic moments in history, from the sinking of the Titanic to the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.  
   
  Brought to life with vibrant color, these incredible images effectively blur the distinction between past and present, making history feel more real and and bringing it within arm’s reach. With a timeline spanning more than 100 years, from 1839 to 1949, this unique collection will amaze history and photography buffs alike, offering new perspectives on significant moments of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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  Dogs & Puppies

  Nolon Stacey

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  An easy-to-follow guide to drawing canines, from sketching bodies, faces and hair to creating animal portraits of a favorite pet. 
   
  Many aspiring artists want to draw a portrait of their best friend—especially where their pal has four paws and fur! This newest addition to the Drawing Made Easy series pairs our best-selling medium with the wildly popular subject of dogs and puppies. Unlike similar titles on the market, this book doesn’t simply provide a collection of dogs for artists to re-create exactly. Instead, the book focuses on techniques specific to drawing accurate depictions of dogs and puppies—from creating a variety of fur types and features to achieving accurate proportions—so that artists can use the knowledge to render their own canine portraits. The book also includes a series of easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects showcasing a range of dog breeds, poses and props. This allows artists to practice their developing skills, guiding them from simple sketches through the study of various techniques to polished renderings.

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  The Little Foxes

  Lillian Hellman

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  Lillian Hellman examines a wealthy Southern family and the greed that tears them apart. Regina’s brothers have inherited their father’s wealth, while after years of neglect, her dying husband is determined to see she gets nothing. It will take every ounce of her ruthless guile to outwit her relations and assure herself a gilded future.
   
  Directed by Rosalind Ayres.
   
  
  
  Starring, in alphabetical order: 
  Will Brittain as Leo Hubbard
  Tim DeKay as Ben Hubbard
  Heidi Dippold as Birdie Hubbard
  Jamie Harris as Oscar Hubbard
  Jared Harris as Horace Giddens
  Larry Powell as Cal
  Molly C. Quinn as Alexandra Giddens 
  Albie Selznick as William Marshall
  Joanne Whalley as Regina Giddens
  Karen Malina White as Addie
  
   
  Sound Effects Artist, Aaron Lyons. Piano solos and duets played by Nicholas Hormann and Katie Hume. Script Supervisor, Daniel Trostler. Music Supervisor, Ronn Lipkin. Production Manager, Katie Friesen. Associate Artistic Director, Anna Lyse Erikson. Editor, Julian Nicholson. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer, Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood.
   
  Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA, in October of 2018.

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