How Henri Matisse Scandalized the Art Establishment with His Daring Use of Color

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Even those of us not par­tic­u­lar­ly well-versed in art his­to­ry have heard of a paint­ing style called fau­vism — and prob­a­bly have nev­er con­sid­ered what it has to do with fauve, the French word for a wild beast. In fact, the two have every­thing to do with one anoth­er, at least in the sense…

Revisit Episodes of Liquid Television, MTV’s 90s Showcase of Funny, Irreverent & Bizarre Animation

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MTV stands for Music Tele­vi­sion, and when the net­work launched in 1981, its almost entire­ly music video-based pro­gram­ming was true to its name. With­in a decade, how­ev­er, its man­date had widened to the point that it had become the nat­ur­al home for prac­ti­cal­ly any excit­ing devel­op­ment in Amer­i­can youth cul­ture. And for many MTV…

Free: Download Over 33,000 Sounds from the BBC Sound Effects Archive

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There may be a few young peo­ple in Britain today who rec­og­nize the name Lud­wig Koch, but in the nine­teen-for­ties, he con­sti­tut­ed some­thing of a cul­tur­al phe­nom­e­non unto him­self. He “start­ed record­ing sounds and voic­es in the 1880s when he was still a child” in his native Ger­many, says the…

David Bowie’s Fashionable Mug Shot From His 1976 Marijuana Bust

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David Bowie always man­aged to look cool, even when he was being booked for a felony.

In ear­ly 1976, Bowie was on his “Iso­lar” tour, per­form­ing as the Thin White Duke, a per­sona he would describe as “a very Aryan fas­cist type — a would-be roman­tic with no emo­tions at…

Coursera Offers $120 Off of Coursera Plus (Until September 30), Giving You Unlimited Access to Courses & Certificates

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A quick reminder: As the new school year gets under­way, mil­lions of stu­dents are head­ing back to class­rooms. And you can too. From now until Sep­tem­ber 30, 2024, Cours­era is offer­ing a 30% dis­count on its annu­al sub­scrip­tion plan called “Cours­era Plus.” Nor­mal­ly priced at $399, Cours­era Plus (cur­rent­ly avail­able for…