charlie: the next slide is jackson pollock. eric: jackson pollock is an extraordinary guy.trained by benton. he started off doing reasonably interesting work, but then he saw picasso's work and got interested in doing something more radical. jackson pollock has blown the conventional idea of a picture completely to help. this is a completely radical depiction of a work of art. charlie: the next one is mark rothko. eric: he is all of these people. started off as a figurative artist and you can trace them as they move from figuration to obstruction. rothko said, look, everyone is paying attention to line and form, but what about color? he began to play with color. what you can do by looking at it, you have to see it in real life. you see there is depth to it. he has layers. this orange right here. he has layers of paint and translucency on top. as you sit in front of it, you see the depth of the painting. i once sat in front of these things and had a spiritual reaction. this is a quote response one has to something like this, i don't know if you have ever been to the rothko c

charlie: the next is jackson pollock. an extraordinary guy, he was trained by a midwest painter and started off doing reasonably interesting work, but then he saw picasso's work and was interested in doing something more radical. he decided he wanted to paint in a completely new way. he took the canvas off the wall, put it on the floor, and started to splatter paint on it. he could walk around it and splatter in different directions. no one had ever done this before. this blew everybody away. de kooning who was both his rival and friend said that jackson pollock has really blown the conventional idea of a picture completely to hell. this is a completely radical depiction of a work of art. charlie: the next is mark rothko. eric: what is so interesting about all of these people, you can trace them as they move from configuration to abstract. roscoe said, look, everyone is paying attention to line inform, what about color? he began to play with color. you have to really see it in real life, you can see there is depth to it.

it's, uh, sort of my jackson pollock period. >> yes, i was-- >> this is "the son from the black lagoon," i call it. >> so, about a-- out a c-, on that. >> yeah, but this one-- lemme show ya. >> moving ahead, here. >> the, uh-- >> the good stuff. >> the better of that same-same one. but i-- >> now, th is-- >> i got it down. >> now, this is an interesting. but with a little more, uh, technique involved. and i actually got it to where it looked like, uh, a person. >> yes! that's-that's intriguing. >> that's, uh, jonathan larroquette. >> 's your-your son. >> yes. >> how old is he? >> he's 13. >> okay. >> and this is my abstract period, here. this is called, uh, "crying buddha kills a small wooden dummy." [ laughter ] uh. and, as you can see, it's, uh-- on the top, there-- >> do i ve ts right, uh-- >> no, that-- [ some laughter ] >> that's fine. 'excuse me. i just-- >> no, i-i understan >> it's real hard to tell that, but it's called "waiting for the other shoe to drop--" is the title of it. that's my-- benjamin's-- my three-year-old's sneakers, floating in the air, above the picture, there

. >> i sense jackson pollock, a lot of splattering. >> oh, a lot. >> some of it might be paint.ppy little genitals. >> bob ross. >> the late bob ross. >> ya, great. >> thanks, see you later. >> happy little trees, i miss that guy. i used to watch that. >> a lot of people during this election season going and watching videos of him because it is calming. >> it is calming. >> it is like watching paint dry. actually it was back paint dry. good day, it is wednesday, the day after the election, november 9th, 2016. it is 11/nine. >> from the fox 29 studios. this is "good day philadelphia". >> the 45th president of the united states will be donald trump. >> as i've said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement. made up of millions of hard-working men and women who loved their country, and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their families. it is a movement come prized of americans from all races, religions, backgrounds, and beliefs. who want and expect our government to serve the people and serve the people it will. >> a