Exploring Art History

Ideas Roadshow

Exploring Art History is a biweekly video podcast featuring seriously-entertaining conversations between Howard Burton and a spectrum of art experts, including art historians, museum directors and curators providing captivating insights into both their expertise and artistic journeys. The videos are enhanced with visuals throughout to illuminate the mysteries, discoveries and compelling new interpretations that are under discussion. *For Howard's art essays, visit: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/ * Ideas Roadshow art films: https://ideasroadshow.com

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Exploring Art History

Episodes (6)

Monday Ep. 5. VISUAL LITERACY - A History of Illustration: A conversation with D.B. Dowd
Mon May 4th Ep 4. MICHELANGELO: Contemporary Artistic Impact - A conversation with Bill Wallace, Part 2
Apr 28th Trailer

Exploring Art History

May 18, 2026
59 minutes
54 MB

Illustrator, writer and scholar D.B. Dowd, Washington University, discusses fascinating aspects of the historical development of illustration as an integral part of the reading experience, often serving to visualize, enhance, or respond to a text. This richly illustrated conversation begins with an examination of relief prints and woodcuts in ancient China and Japan before moving to printing and platemaking in early modern Europe, followed by an exploration of the role of illustration linked to more recent developments such as the illustrated news, recreational reading, ad-driven consumer culture, advertising, social media and propaganda based on Dowd's recent book Reading...

Exploring Art History

Ep. 5. VISUAL LITERACY - A History of Illustration: A conversation with D.B. Dowd

Ideas Roadshow

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