Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
The Ashmolean is a University Museum and a Department of the University, which owns the collections and employs the museum staff. The Museum has very close links with the faculties, and the colleges, and museum staff undertake a great deal of University teaching and research. The Museum's Collections are also an important teaching and research resource for scholars and students from other institutions both in this country and abroad.
Associated Series
| # | Episode Title | Description | Duration | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creative Commons | Xu Bing: The Kind of Artist I Am | Chinese Artist Xu Bing gives a talk on the subject of his art and the kind of artist he is. | 0:46:24 | Xu Bing | 22 Apr 2013 |
| # | Episode Title | Description | Duration | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xu Bing: Documentary | A short documentary about artist Xu Bing, created by the Ashmolean Museum for Art and Archaeology | 0:05:30 | Xu Bing | 07 May 2013 | |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Xu Bing: The Kind of Artist I Am | Chinese Artist Xu Bing gives a talk on the subject of his art and the kind of artist he is. | 0:46:24 | Xu Bing | 22 Apr 2013 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | 9. Creativity | Lesson 8. Invention! | 0:04:29 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | 8. Field Notes | Lesson 7. Strategies for collecting information and recording ideas as an aid to memory. | 0:01:47 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | 7. With Colour | Lesson 6. The most complex form of drawing. Starting with a pencil outline, the drawing is developed with a brush in clearly defined layers. | 0:02:51 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | 6. Measured Drawing | Lesson 5. Making a drawing that is dependent for its success on mathematical accuracy. | 0:03:14 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | 5. Making a Livelier Drawing | Lesson 4. Making a livelier drawing, where the line and tone have an energy because they have been applied at speed with a brush. | 0:03:43 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 8 | Creative Commons | 4. Toned Paper | Lesson 3. How toned paper can be used to provide the mid-tone in a drawing, which records where light and shade fall as a means of picturing an object. | 0:03:47 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 9 | Creative Commons | 3. The Edge of the Pencil | Lesson 2. We use tone, light, dark and the shades in-between to create illusions of volume and depth. | 0:03:17 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 10 | Creative Commons | 2. The Tip of the Pencil | Lesson 1. We use line to define spaces and things. It is not a question of magically getting the line right first time, but of first turning a contour into a line, and then systematically correcting that line until it looks right. | 0:05:51 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 11 | Creative Commons | 1. Introduction to the Elements of Drawing | Stephen Farthing R.A. presents eight practical drawing classes using John Ruskin's teaching collections to explain the basic principles of drawing. | 0:01:50 | Stephen Farthing | 24 Mar 2011 |