The Secret History of Art

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THE SECRET HISTORY OF ART takes you on a series of private guided tours of the world's greatest artworks. Best-selling author and professor of art history Noah Charney presents the history, symbolism, and importance of each work. The Secret History of Art is a series of lessons in miniature on great works of art around the world. By spending just a few minutes per masterpiece, you can learn the mysteries, stories, and secrets of some of civilization’s greatest treasures.

Noah Charney


    • Mar 20, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 18 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from The Secret History of Art

    The Secret History Of Art Forgery--Part One

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    A Talk in benefit of Venice in Peril, at the Royal Geographic Society, London in April 2011.  Introduction by John Julius Norwich.  Part One.

    The Secret History Of Art Forgery--Part Two

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    A talk in benefit of Venice in Peril, at the Royal Geographic Society, London in April 2011.     Part Two.

    The Theft of the Mona Lisa--100 Years ago

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    The true story, dramatically told, of the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum in 1912.  For the rest of the story, I recommend my book, available at Amazon.The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: On Stealing the World's Most Famous Painting

    TEDx at Celje

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    At the TEDx conference in Celje, Slovenia, 10 November 2012, Noah Charney gives a talk on Art Theft.

    Secret History of Art: How I Write---Elizabeth Gilbert

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    The Secret History Art introduces live interviews from the How I Write column of The Daily Beast.  Each Wednesday, Noah Charney interviews an author about their writing process, their quirks and habits, and where they keep their desk.....This week Elizabeth Gilbert discusses her new book, The Signature of All Things.

    Secret History of Art: How I Write---Ann Patchett

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    The Secret History Art introduces live interviews from the How I Write column of The Daily Beast.  Each Wednesday, Noah Charney interviews an author about their writing process, their quirks and habits, and where they keep their desk.....This week Ann Patchett discusses her new book, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage.

    Secret History of Art: How I Write-- Jared Diamond

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    The Secret History Art introduces live interviews from the How I Write column of The Daily Beast.  Each Wednesday, Noah Charney interviews an author about their writing process, their quirks and habits, and where they keep their desk.....This week Noah interviews Pulitzer Prize winning author Jared Diamond, who's book "The World Until Yesterday" was recently released in paperback.

    Secret History of Art: How I Write-- David Baldacci

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    The Secret History Art introduces live interviews from the How I Write column of The Daily Beast.  Each Wednesday, Noah Charney interviews an author about their writing process, their quirks and habits, and where they keep their desk.....This week Noah interviews prolific author David Baldacci.

    Secret History of Art: How I Write: James Patterson

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    Secret History of Art interviews author James Patterson for The Daily Beast.

    Fake Relics 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2012


     The James Ossuary. A new Podcast in the ongoing series.  Available at iTunes as The Secret History of Art athttp://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-secret-history-of-art/id406816655

    Valentine's Day

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    The Story of Valentines Day---it's not what you think.

    Fake Relics 2

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    Part 2; The Shroud of Turin and more.....

    Elena del Rivero

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2011


    In the latest edition of The Secret History of Art, professor of art history and best-selling author Noah Charney discusses the work of Elena del Rivero 

    Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2011


    In the latest edition of The Secret History of Art, professor of art history and best-selling author Noah Charney discusses Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain 

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