David Smith
Host of David and ArtDavid Smith, host of David and Art, is an American historian with broad interests in his field. He’s been at Baylor University since 2002 teaching classes in American history, military history, and cultural history. For eight years he wrote an arts and culture column for the Waco Tribune-Herald, and his writings on history, art, and culture have appeared in other newspapers from the Wall Street Journal to the Dallas Morning News.
The very first record he remembers listening to when he was little was Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic’s recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and that set him on a lifelong path of loving music and the arts. He’s loved history for almost as long, and finally saw them come together in his career. He believes that history illuminates the arts and the arts illuminate history—that they co-exist and are best understood together.
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This month brings the 100th birthday of one of the most influential musicians in all of American history. -
This month brings the 100th birthday of one of the most influential musicians in all of American history.
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On David and Art, host David Smith continues his look at why a famous anti-war painting is back in the news—and why debates around it are about much more than art.
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On David and Art, host David Smith continues his look at why a famous anti-war painting is back in the news—and why debates around it are about much more than art.
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Last week on David and Art, we looked at the origins of a well-known painting. Today, host David Smith picks up the story and traces where it went next.
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Last week on David and Art, we looked at the origins of a well-known painting. Today, host David Smith picks up the story and traces where it went next.
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On today’s David and Art, host David Smith looks at how one of the 20th century’s most well-known paintings came out of a moment of war—and why it still draws attention today.
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On today’s David and Art, host David Smith looks at how one of the 20th century’s most well-known paintings came out of a moment of war—and why it still draws attention today.
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On today’s David and Art, host David Smith looks back at the life and work of a longtime art critic whose writing helped bring clarity to the modern art world, and offered readers a closer look at the artists behind it.
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On today’s David and Art, host David Smith looks back at the life and work of a longtime art critic whose writing helped bring clarity to the modern art world, and offered readers a closer look at the artists behind it.
