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How American Gothic became an icon

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How did American Gothic go from third place painting to icon? There's a story to this famous painting. Find the Overrated Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/OverratedTheShow/ Find Phil Edwards on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/philedwar
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Why the US has two different highway fonts

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The typefaces on highway signs, deconstructed. Subscribe and turn on notifications ( ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOWhen you head out on the highway in the United States, youre probably paying attention to the signs above your car and
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Notre Dame De Paris Freehand Architecture Drawing Speedpainting Timelapse Video 4K

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Subscribe for New videos & Tutorials weekly! Would you like to see me sketch a specific building? Post a sketch request down in the comments! In this episode I'm sketching a very famous piece of architecture! The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France
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Teen Titans Go! | How to Draw: Raven (Goth Style) | Cartoon Network

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Raven from Teen Titans Go!, inspired by Tim Burton's Gothic style. What other styles would you like to see? Comment below! :) Watch more videos on the go, get the Cartoon Network’s Watch And Play app here: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/cartoon-network-wa
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Holden, JD, and the Red Cap- The Catcher in the Rye Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #7

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In which John continues the discussion of JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. This week John reads the novel with Salinger's life story in mind. John explores how Salinger's war experience, educational background, and romantic life inform the events of Hold
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Part I - Crash Course Literature 210

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You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark, Ep. 03 "Romance and Reality"

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Beginning at a castle in the Loire and then travelling through the hills of Tuscany and Umbria to the cathedral baptistry at Pisa, Clark examines the aspirations and achievements of the later Middle Ages in 14th century France and Italy.The Gothic SpiritC
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PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2: Crash Course Literature 213

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Was Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #5

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SPOILER ALERT: This video assumes you've read the book. In which John Green continues to explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. In this installment, John looks into the titular Gatsby's purported Greatness. Gatsby's single-minded pursuit o
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How to write like the best-selling author of all time - Jamie Bernthal

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Dig into Agatha Christies writing style to find out how she crafted her mystery novels and how to employ these strategies in your own work. --With almost 100 mystery novels, each one a cleverly constructed puzzle box of clues, misdirection, and human dram
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Why the Victorian mansion is a horror icon

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The Gilded Age left a legacy of decay on the American landscape. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Haunted houses are often depicted with similar features: decaying woodwork, steep angles, and Gothic-looking towers and turrets. The model for
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The real reason To Kill A Mockingbird became so famous

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Find Overrated on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/OverratedTheShow/ In this episode of Overrated, Vox's Phil Edwards investigates the largely unheralded business reason behind the success of Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird." Harper Lee's To Ki
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Mystery Author DISAPPEARS?! | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Mystery authors are full of terrible tales that they put to paper, but... what happens when their real life becomes like a mystery straight out of one of their novels? Whats the truth of Agatha Christies infamous disappearance??Images used under license f
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Lord of the Flies: Crash Course Literature 305

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This week, John i s talking about one of his least favorite novels, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Lord of the Flies is a novel of ideas, and John doesn't agree with the central idea of the novel, which diminished his enjoyment of the book. The
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Slovenia’s Cliff-Hanging Castle

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Located in the town of Postojna, Slovenia, Predjama Castle sits 400 feet above ground atop a rocky cliffside. Built in the 13th century in Gothic style, the exterior of the castle was reconstructed once again in the 16th century after it was seized by ano
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature #302

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In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to produce his prett
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Anna Blue- Silent Scream (Official Music Video)

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Why knights fought snails in medieval art

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Look in the margins of medieval books and you'll find an unusual theme: knights vs. snails. Vox's Phil Edwards investigated why in this episode of Vox Almanac... Lillian Randall's paper is here: https://www.scribd.com/document/263159779/The-Snail-in-Gothi
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How ninjas went mainstream

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Ninjas are overrat---just kidding, they’re amazing. But how did they become famous around the world? Check out Vintage Ninja to learn more: http://vintageninja.net/ Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In this episode of Overrated, Vox’s Phil Ed
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Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe? - Scott Peeples

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/edgar-allan-poe-scott-peeples The prisoner strapped under a descending pendulum blade. A raven who refuses to leave the narrator’s chamber. A beating he
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Why should you read Kurt Vonnegut? - Mia Nacamulli

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Download a free audiobook version of "Slaughterhouse Five" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://adbl.co/2DPI5Ys Check out our full book recommendation: https://shop.ed.ted.com/products/slaughterhouse-five Kurt Vonnegut found the tidy, satisfyin
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Why should you read The Master and Margarita? - Alex Gendler

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Get to know the Russian classic The Master and Margarita, a genre-defying blend of political satire and occult mysticism about a visit from the Devil.--The Devil has come to town. But dont worry all he wants to do is stage a magic show. This absurd premis
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Why should you read Flannery O’Connor? - Iseult Gillespie

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Find out why Flannery O’Connor, an American novelist, is known as a master of the grotesque in Southern Gothic literature. -- Flannery O’Connor scribbled tales of outcasts, intruders and misfits staged in the world she knew best: the American South. She w
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Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler? - Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey

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Explore the works of science fiction visionary Octavia E. Butler, whose novels, such as “Parable of the Sower,” influenced the growing popularity of Afrofuturism. -- Much science fiction features white male heroes who blast aliens or become saviors of bro

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