Spencer Art Minute

The Spencer Museum of Art and Kansas Public Radio have produced the Spencer Art Minute, an ongoing series of 90-second programs that provides listeners with quick peeks into the Spencer Museum of Art's permanent collection. Each week's recording is played twice a week: Monday at 11:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

Spencer Art Minute engages listeners in the Spencer's visual treasures by entertaining their ears with lively descriptions of objects, written by a diverse group of contributors and voiced by David Cateforis, professor in the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at the University of Kansas.

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Lida Abdul – White House , 2005.

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Originally broadcast May 2006

James Alinder – Christmas at Hinky Dinky, Lincoln, Nebraska , 1971.

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Thomas Pollock Anshutz – Portrait of David Wilson Jordan as a Dutchman , circa 1900.

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Originally broadcast July 2005

Eug̬ne Atget РCoiffeur, Palais Royal , 1926-1927.

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Originally broadcast December 2005

Joseph Badger – Portrait of the Rev. Ellis Gray , circa 1758.

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Originally broadcast February 2005

Thomas Hart Benton – Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley , 1934.

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Originally broadcast February 2005

Harry Bertoia – untitled , mid-late 1900s.

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Originally broadcast February 2005

Big Shots – Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture, and the 1980s and David Yarritu and unidentified man by Andy Warhol, 1976-1987.

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Albert Bloch – Winter , 1918.

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Originally broadcast June 2004

Karl Blossfeldt – Eryngium Bourgatii Mannetreau , circa 1926-1928.

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Christian Boltanski – Monument Odessa , 1991.

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Originally broadcast April 2006

S̩bastien Bourdon РMartyrdom of Saint Peter , 1643.

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Originally broadcast July 2006

Yellow-Breasted Bowerbird – bower , .

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Brassaï – Brothel, Rue Quincampoix, Paris ca. 1932 , 1978.

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John E. Buck – Aloha , 1978.

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Originally broadcast January 2005

James Casebere – Nevisian Underground #2 , 2001.

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Wendell Castle – Wendell Castle: About Time (exhibition) and Time Table, 2000.

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Dale Chihuly – Persian Wall , 1996.

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Originally broadcast July 2005

Chokwe peoples – ritual throne , before 1908.

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Frederick Stuart Church – Blossom and Decay , 1878.

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Originally broadcast July 2006

Alvin Langdon Coburn – A New York Picture Post: Gotham in the 20th Century (exhibition) and Brooklyn Bridge, circa 1900.

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Conversation VI – Unbinding the Fetish and Rettung (Rescue) by Max Klinger, 1924.

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Petah Coyne – Untitled #751 (Craig’s Piece) , 1992-1993.

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Originally broadcast January 2005

Jacopo da Empoli – The Sacrifice of Isaac , late 1500s-early 1600s.

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Originally broadcast May 2006

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes – Au Clair de la Lune (In the Moonlight) , 1885.

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Originally broadcast July 2006

Patrick Dougherty – The Bedazzler , 2009.

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Aaron Douglas – Interdisciplinary Conference and The Founding of Chicago, circa 1933.

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Albrecht Dürer – Knight, Death, and the Devil , 1513.

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Originally broadcast July 2005

Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton – How to Make Applesauce at M.I.T. .30-caliber Bullet , 1964.

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Terry Evans – A Greenland Glacier: The Scale of Climate Change (exhibition) and Ice fjord leading to mouth of Jakobshavn Glacier, June 27, 2008, #4, 2008.

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Tony Fitzpatrick – Autumn Planets , 2002.

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Domenico Gaggini – Saint John the Baptist with Angels in the Desert , late 1400s.

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Watanabe Gentai – Peach Blossom Spring , late 1700s-early 1800s.

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Jean-L̩on G̩r̫me РA Chat by the Fireside , 1881.

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Originally broadcast July 2006

Sanford Robinson Gifford – Morning in the Adirondacks , 1867.

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Originally broadcast March 2005

The Graphic Imperative – International Posters for Peace, Social Justice, and the Environment, 1965-2005 and AIGA Literacy Campaign by John Bielenberg, 1997.

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Lisa Grossman – 86 Bends of the Kaw , 2004.

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Originally broadcast December 2006

Wenda Gu – 20/21 Gallery and Metamorphoses, 2004.

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Wenda Gu – Metamorphoses , 2004.

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Wu Guanzhong – Pine Spirit , 1984.

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Originally broadcast April 2006

Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi – South Street Stoop , 1935.

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Ignaz Günther – Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian, circa 1750-1765.

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Originally broadcast July 2006

Bertram Hartman – Pearls , 1911.

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Pierre Eug̬ne Emile H̩bert РEt Toujours! Et Jamais! , 1863.

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Originally broadcast November 2004

Li Huayi – The Silence of Pines on Remote Peaks , 1999.

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Clementine Hunter – untitled (scenes of life) , circa 1958.

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Originally broadcast May 2006

Inuit peoples – blanket , before 1895.

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Inuit peoples – Climate Change at the Poles (exhibition) and blanket, before 1895.

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Eug̬ne Isabey Рstudy for La Temptation de Saint Antoine , 1868-1869.

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Originally broadcast July 2006

Kano Isen’in – Water with Floating Cherry Petals , Clouds with falling snow and Mid-autumn moon, late 1700s-early 1800s.

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Alfredo Jaar – Muxima , 2005.

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Luis Jim̩nez РHowl , 1986.

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Originally broadcast October 2006

Kiowa Nation – cradleboard , 1900-1920.

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T. G. Kleininger – pocket sundial , 1700s.

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The Korea Society – Toy Stories: Souvenirs from Korean Childhood (exhibition) and Super Taekwon V, Popeye Science (1989) © 1976 Robot Taekwon V co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Rose Frances Good Kretsinger – Quilts: Flora Botanica (exhibition) and New Rose Tree quilt, 1929.

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Nikki S. Lee – The Hip Hop Project (2) , 2001.

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El Lissitzky – El Lissitzky: Futurist Portfolios (exhibition) and Posten (Sentry), 1923.

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Ward Lockwood – Taos Today , 1934.

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Originally broadcast November 2005

David Loewenstein – Pollinator Mural , 2007.

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Masters of 15th Century Burgos School – Tympanum with the Lamentation (Pieta) , circa 1500-1510.

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Originally broadcast June 2005

Gordon Matta-Clark – Splitting , 1974-1975.

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Richard Mawdsley – Alpha-Omega: Water Tower #5 , 1995-1999.

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Originally broadcast June 2004

Duane Michals – 5:15 am, April 22, 1903 , 1973 published in Esquire magazine, April 1973.

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Richard Emile Miller – La Toilette , circa 1910.

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Barbara Morgan – Martha Graham - Letter to the World , 1940.

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Originally broadcast February 2005

Robert Motherwell – Figure Before Blackness , 1960.

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Alphonse Mucha РLa Dame aux Cam̩lias (Variant 1) , 1896.

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Originally broadcast September 2005

Elizabeth Murray – Chaotic Lip , 1986.

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Originally broadcast October 2004

Kenji Nakahashi – Time/Frame (exhibition) and Two Eggs, 1984.

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Louise Nevelson – Seventh Decade Garden IX-X , 1971.

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Originally broadcast June 2005

Oura Nobuyuki – VIII , 1982-1983.

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Richard Notkin – Skull Teapot, Variation #17 , 1991.

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Alexandre Orion – Conversation IV: Construction/Destruction (20/21 Gallery) and Metabiotics 16, 2004.

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Bernard Palissy and Workshop – Rustic Basin , circa 1570-1590.

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Originally broadcast September 2006

Jacopo Palma il Giovane – Christ in Gethsemane , circa 1590-1605.

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Originally broadcast June 2005

Eric Pape – Sun Dappled Entrance, Egypt , 1891.

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Originally broadcast November 2005

Rembrandt Peale – Portrait of Mrs. John Brice & Child , 1812.

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Originally broadcast October 2004

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini – Achilles Discovered with the Daughters of Lycomedes , early 1700s.

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Lilla Cabot Perry – Young Caretaker (or Motherhood) , circa 1899.

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Andre Pierre – Les Trois Espirits d’Nago , circa 1972.

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Originally broadcast March 2005

Fairfield Porter – July , 1971.

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Originally broadcast November 2004

Frederic Remington – The Bronco Buster , 1895, cast 1909.

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Originally broadcast November 2005

Tilman Riemenschneider – Virgin and Child , circa 1499.

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Originally broadcast October 2004

Hubert Robert – Jardin des Monuments (A Mother Weeping in a Cemetery) , 1700s.

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Tim Rollins – A Midsummer Night’s Dream XVII (after William Shakespeare) , 2001.

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Theodor Rombouts – The Two Musicians , circa 1616-1625.

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Originally broadcast June 2004

James Rosenquist – 1, 2, 3 Outside , 1963.

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Originally broadcast July 2005

Dante Gabriel Rossetti – La Pia de’ Tolommei , 1868-1880.

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Originally broadcast March 2005

Pauta Saila – Butchering Walrus on Ice Floe , 1967.

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Birger Sandz̩n РLandscape with Four Trees , 1920.

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Originally broadcast June 2005

John Singer Sargent – Portrait of Mrs. Daniel Curtis , 1882.

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Originally broadcast February 2006

Larry Schwarm – Profile of Melvin Miller, Greensburg, Kansas, Summer, 2000 , 2000.

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Originally broadcast December 2006

Spencer’s Second Life® Island – Spencer’s Second Life® Island Exhibition , .

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Roger Shimomura – Dinner Conversation with Nancy , 1983.

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Originally broadcast February 2006

Takahashi Shotei – An Idyllic Vision: The Modern Japanese Landscape (exhibition) and Mikubo Village, circa 1920s.

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Mimi Smith – Steel Wool Peignoir , 1966.

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Originally broadcast December 2005

Lilly Martin Spencer – Baby Chicks , 1886.

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Originally broadcast April 2006

Mike & Doug Starn – Structure of Thought 15 , 2001-2005.

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Frank Stella – A Bower in the Arsacides , 1993.

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Paul Strand – Blind Woman, New York , 1916.

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Robert Sudlow – From Lemasany Hill , 1995.

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Originally broadcast May 2006

Thomas Sully – Miss C. Parsons as 'The Lady of the Lake' , 1812.

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Gene Swenson Collection – Heinz Tomato Ketchup box by Andy Warhol , 1964.

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Wayne Thiebaud – Around the Cake , 1962.

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Originally broadcast September 2006

A Tradition Redefined Exhibition – A Tradition Redefined Exhibition , Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection.

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Trees & Other Ramifications Exhibition – Trees & Other Ramifications (exhibition) and Trees #3 by Tanaka Ryohei, 1974.

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Gillis van Tilborgh – A Picture Gallery , 1660-1670.

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Elihu Vedder – Soul of the Sunflower , 1882.

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Originally broadcast October 2006

Charmion von Wiegand – untitled , 1945.

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Andy Warhol – Jean-Michel Basquiat , 1983.

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Olive Batchelor Wells – Garden of Eden quilt , circa 1840-1860.

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Horace Clifford Westermann – Death Ship , 1966.

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Originally broadcast October 2004

Paul John Wonner – Figure with Flowers , 1961.

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Grant Wood – Near Sundown , 1933.

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Originally broadcast March 2005

xy – xy Exhibition and Fabian by Art Kane, 1960.

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Bernardo Zenale – Madonna and Saints , circa 1480.

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Originally broadcast January 2005

Jiang Zhaoshen – landscape , 1983.

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Zhuang Zhe – From the Way of Writing to the Weight of Writing (exhibition) and Autumnal Feeling, 1965.

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Artist Unknown – Amida Raigo , circa 1400s.

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Originally broadcast October 2004

Artist Unknown – Buddha Seated in Meditation , head of Bodhisattva and Buddha and Disciples (relief), 100s-200s.

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Originally broadcast November 2005

Artist Unknown – coffret panel with scenes from ‘La Chastelaine de Vergi’ , circa 1300-1350.

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Originally broadcast December 2005

Artist Unknown – fibula , circa 500.

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Originally broadcast December 2005

Artist Unknown – Head of a bodhisattva , 1100s-1200s.

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Originally broadcast January 2005

Artist Unknown – Hyakuman-to (three-tiered pagoda) , 1800s, Edo period (1600-1868).

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Originally broadcast November 2005

Artist Unknown – Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes , .

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Originally broadcast May 2006

Artist Unknown – Madonna and Child , circa 1200s.

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Originally broadcast July 2006

Artist Unknown – Neptune and Jupiter, 1700s.

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Originally broadcast November 2005

Artist Unknown – Osiris , date unknown.

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Originally broadcast September 2006

Artist Unknown – Rubbing from the Stone Inscription at the Wu Liang Family Shrine , Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)-Qing dynasty (1644-1911).

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Artist Unknown – Warrior Haniwa , late 400s, Kofun period (250 CE-552 CE).

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Originally broadcast September 2005