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2:42 Abelardo Morell: On Photography, Life, and Dancing ArtInstituteChicago 6,384 views 2 weeks ago The Cuban-born photographer visited the Art Institute prior to the installation of Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door. This exhibition, the first retrospective of his ...
3:42 LaunchPad: Ancient Glassmaking—The Roman Mold-Blown Technique ArtInstituteChicago 757 views 2 months ago Beginning in the 1st century A.D., Roman glassmakers determined that blown-glass vessels could be mass-produced using molds. This method of production, which allowed glass ...
13:52 LaunchPad: Conserving Ancient and Byzantine Art at the Art Institute of Chicago ArtInstituteChicago 425 views 2 months ago While the Art Institute of Chicago's ancient and Byzantine collection was off view during the construction of the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and By...
4:16 LaunchPad: Ancient Greek Vase Production and the Black-Figure Technique ArtInstituteChicago 2,461 views 2 months ago Used for the storage and shipment of grains, wine, and other goods, as well as in the all-male Greek drinking party, known as the symposium, ancient Greek vases were decora...
3:40 LaunchPad: Ancient Glassmaking—The Free-Blown Technique ArtInstituteChicago 1,126 views 2 months ago Around 40 B.C. the ancient glass industry changed dramatically with the innovation of blowing glass. By blowing air through a long hollow tub, the glassmaker is able to man...
3:35 LaunchPad: Ancient Glassmaking—The Core-Formed Technique ArtInstituteChicago 341 views 2 months ago From 1600 B.C. to the first decade of the 1st century A.D., the core-formed technique was the most common means of making colorful glass vessels in ancient Near Eastern, Eg...
2:36 LaunchPad: Coin Production in the Roman World ArtInstituteChicago 520 views 2 months ago Coins were made of pieces of gold, silver, or bronze, known as blanks, which were cast or cut to specific weights. To make a coin, a blank was sandwiched between a pair of ...
2:36 LaunchPad: Coin Production in the Ancient Greek World ArtInstituteChicago 1,480 views 2 months ago Coins were made of pieces of gold, silver, or bronze, known as blanks, which were cast or cut to specific weights. To make a coin, a blank was sandwiched between a pair of ...
3:34 LaunchPad: Making Ancient and Byzantine Mosaics ArtInstituteChicago 3,823 views 2 months ago There's more to mosaics than meets the eye. The design and arrangement of hundreds or thousands of tesserae (stone or glass cubes) was a complex process involving meticulou...
2:38 LaunchPad: Ancient and Byzantine Mosaic Materials ArtInstituteChicago 793 views 2 months ago In the ancient Mediterranean world, the earliest-known mosaics, which date to the 8th century B.C., were made of large, water-smoothed pebbles arranged in geometric pattern...

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