New Edition Of Van Gogh Letters Reveal Surprises
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Art & Design
O. Louis Mazzatenta/National GeographicTerra Cotta Warriors March Through Washington
()In 1974, a group of farmers digging a well in central China stumbled upon a buried figure. It turned out to be one of an estimated 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors in an underground tomb complex. The warriors and a host of other figures were created for China's first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi. Host Guy Raz drops by the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., to see an exhibit of the figures.
Fine Art
Cuba Was A Canvas For Artist Belkis Ayon()
When Ayon committed suicide in 1999, she was just 32 years old — and already a star in the Cuban art world. A major exhibit of her work now under way in Havana has revived an enduring mystery in Cuba — about art, African myths and the shadowy, all-male secret society known as Abakua.
Potter's Wood-Fired Kiln Sparks Friendships()
Twice a year, potter Naysan McIlhargey and as many as 40 of his friends spend hours firing the plates, bowls, cups, pitchers and vases he makes.
The Picture Show
The Uighurs' Unknown Struggle()
November 25, 2009 The Tibetan struggle for sovereignty is a story often sung. But there is another struggle for survival in China: that of the Uygur people, a Turkic ethnic group in Central Asia. Photographs by Carolyn Drake bring this previously marginalized story into the fold.
The Picture Show
The World's Largest Camera Is On Wheels()
November 24, 2009 Photographer Shaun Irving has transformed a truck into the world's largest, mobile camera.
The Picture Show
Viewers Make Their Pix In Nat Geo's Photo Contest()
November 23, 2009 The winners from National Geographic's International Photography Contest will be announced in early December, but viewers have been voting on their favorites for the past few weeks. View a selection of a "viewer's choice" photographs.
The Picture Show
Tim Burton's Drawings On Display()
November 20, 2009 By Claire O'Neill Tim Burton is probably the only person who could get away with using a monster's mouth as the entrance to an art exhibition. You know him for his films Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Of all film director-pr...
