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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A North Carolina classical music radio station triggered controversy when it said it would not broadcast certain operas.
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A North Carolina classical music radio station triggered controversy when it said it would not broadcast certain operas.
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When it comes to cultural artifacts around the world, the rules of Indiana Jones no longer apply
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When it comes to cultural artifacts around the world, the rules of Indiana Jones no longer apply
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Pieces of art from nearly 2000 years ago might soon be back where they started.
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Pieces of art from nearly 2000 years ago might soon be back where they started.
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In a previous episode of David and Art, David Smith previously discussed the death of artist Brice Marden, but the artists personal life leads to this weeks episode.
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In a previous episode of David and Art, David Smith previously discussed the death of artist Brice Marden, but the artists personal life leads to this weeks episode.
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Remembering a Belgian painter who brought dream images and the unconscious into his art.
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Remembering a Belgian painter who brought dream images and the unconscious into his art.