A SELECTION OF VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
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The Art of Howard Pyle and
the Golden Age of Illustration
Howard Pyle, Walking the Plank (detail)
A presentation at Port Washington Library on the famous illustrator and teacher, often referred to as the "father" of American illustration:
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Kadir Nelson: A CONTEMPORARY
African American Illustrator
Kadir Nelson, Illustration for Rolling Stone Magazine
Contemporary illustrator Kadir Nelson makes frequent references to art historical works, reinterpreting or "re-emplotting" them in order to reclaim the previously marginalized history of African Americans. The presentation was originally given at Christ and Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in New York City:
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Raphael: Prince of Renaissance Painting
Raphael Sanzio, Self Portrait (detail)
A presentation for Hewlett-Woodmere Library on the great High Italian Renaissance artist Raphael Sanzio, whose work is not as familiar to most people as that of his older contemporaries Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti.