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Talks Lee lectures nationally and internationally on a wide variety of art-historical and esthetic issues. His lectures on art history and art appreciation have been heard at such notable universities as: The Smithsonian Institution, Dallas Museum of Art, Harvard, Yale, Duke, Virginia Tech, Penn State University, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, University of Memphis, Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University and the University of Toronto. He is best known for his dynamic and engaging lecturing style. Showing a great passion for his subject, he encourages each attendee to integrate art into their own lives. Tours Also, Mr. Sandstead has developed relationships with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and is available for private and corporate tours. Sample Talks Cleaning Mona Lisa: Based on the #1 iTunes international best-seller Cleaning Mona Lisa, Lee uncovers the art-world's dirtiest secret--Mona Lisa needs a bath. Discussing the medium of oil, Lee details why Mona Lisa is missing her eyebrows and why she appears so yellow. By looking at several Rennaissance portraits, Lee details the esthetic goals of Leonardo and the broader culture and concludes by cleaning Mona Lisa and many other "dirty" paintings from history. As Lee says: "This is one of the most important lessons in art appreciation you'll ever learn." Walking 600 Miles for Art--Falling in Love with Art Through Ancient Pilgrimage. visit webpage My Month with Mona Lisa: Study after study have revealed that museum goers spend an average of 17 seconds per artwork. To combat this and encourage viewers to spend more time in front of art, Lee is going to spend 30 back-to-back days in the Louvre with Mona Lisa and other famous artworks. What did Lee find? What viewing techniques did he employ to get the most out of Mona Lisa? Using Art:
We all benefit daily from technology--from the computer we use at
work to the cell phone we hold in our hand--technology dramatically
makes our lives better. In this talk, Lee discusses the
importance of art as if art were actually there to make our lives
better. As one famous philosopher notes: "Art is the
technology of the soul." This talk views the history of art from the
standpoint of what that art can do for us, living today, striving to
be happy. Significant discussion will be given to the idea
that art can be used by an individual as a technological tool--then
we will springboard through art history looking for the best
tools and how to use them.
Realizing the Revolution—Art from and about the American Revolution:
The American Revolution has forever
defined us as a nation, and one of the most crucial ways that our
forefathers have communicated the importance of this revolution was
through art. From the intimate portraits of the first
revolutionaries to grand-scale paintings such as George
Washington Crossing the Delaware, this talk will dramatically
recreate through art the most important events and people of the
American Revolution.
I'm
Having an Art Attack! This
talk is designed to get your audience fired up for art—from the
world’s most-fired up art historian.
Throughout the illustrated talk,
Lee discusses the TV pilot to his Emmy-nominated Art Attack,
which covered the Metropolitan Museum of Art, his personal story of
how he discovered art, which is quite comical, and several artworks
from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from the Egyptian Temple of
Dendur to John Singer Sargent’s Madame X. To the Virgin With Wings She Flew: The story of master sculpture Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874-1954) Revolution in Glass—The American Stained-Glass Movement (1880-1910) The Birthplace of Objective Art—The Greek Temple of Aphaea at Aegina: If y
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