and anybody who didn't get this as a van gogh in the van gogh context because it is sort of starry night and premonition, the world is alive with the sound of something kind of thing, this is that high energy painted all over with a consistent, a great symphony of various moves and things all happening simultaneously. >> the next one is iris in 1889, famous for -- >> yes. >> this is one of the works that he does when he's in the asylum. he turns his attention to the fields and mid owes nearby and starts to paint sort of very unassuming, modest aspects of the world around him so this is a sort of iris plant in bloom against a sort of field essentially of what looked lake dandy lions and grass. but the space is quite nice because he is giving you, he is carefully articulating each of the blades and leaves of the iris but the grass seems to be coming up, rising up towards you. >> rose: the next is vineyards. this is in 1890. look at this. >> there is very near the end of his life. not that he knew it at that time. he is a dutchman. he loves the great outdoors. he loves the big sky. and he k

in 1887, he sold this painting to the art dealer theo van gogh, vincent's brother.wo artists were friends-- lautrec sketched vincent's portrait-- and van gogh shared lautrec's interest in subjects drawn from montmartre's public life. but lautrec's great early influence was the work of edgar degas. there's a wonderful anecdote about how, after dinner one evening, he took some friends for what he called a dessert and took them to a friend's apartment where he showed them a painting by degas. what degas stood for was a kind of sophisticated naturalism in painting. degas, in the 1870s, had used cut-off figures, steep angled perspectives, and other devices to give a dramatic sense of immediacy in a way of representing the modern world. lautrec borrowed those kinds of devices for his work. (narrator) the lessons degas offered in a work like in a café-- off-center compositions and cropped figures observed in the real world-- would emerge in lautrec's art. but he reached beyond the frontiers of naturalism and moved into more expressive territory. as he grew into his own sty

and then a painting was actually done by van gogh. the work called "still life" with meadow flowers and roses was painted by van gogh on top of another work of his. here is an early look at one of your top health headlines. new studies say people that took an aspirin every day were 36% less likely to be diagnosed with cancer, and it reduced the chance cancer would spread to other organs by 50%. still doctors previed caution for patients because it also can cause a risk in bleeding and stroke. >>> knew here now the dow opens the 13,170. the s&p lost four points and the nasdaq also down by four. >>> worried about china's growth had investors down. it sparked an early selloff. the s&p's index was hardest hit along with industrial and commodity stocks. and then a quest for home building permits hit a three-year high in february. good news from amazon because of the purchase of kiva systems. and oracle traded higher after the company rebounded from a rare earnings miss last quarter. and an automaker is hoping new models will hit oversees i

and a painting credited for years to an anonymous artist was actually done by vincent van gogh. researchers used expert techniques to determine that the work was painted by van gogh on top of another work of his. now, here's an early look at one of your top health headlines. new studies say people who took an aspirin every day were 36% less likely to be diagnose nosed with cancer. a daily aspirin also reduced the chance that cancer was spread to other organs by 50%. still, many doctors advise caution for some patients because taking an aspirin a day can increase the risk of bleeding and stroke. >>> check out the health page online at msnbc.com. >> and now here's a look at how wall street looked today. the dow opens at 13,170 after falling 60 yesterday. the nasdaq was also down four. taking a look in tokyo, the nikkei fell 55 points while hong ko kong, the hang seng was down 31. >>> worries about china's growth had investors on edge tuesday. a drop and warnings of a slow down sparked an early sell off. the s&p's energy index along with industrial and commodity stocks. meanwhile,

. >>> a painting credited for years to an anonymous artist was actually done by vincent van gogh. researchers used x-ray techniques to work called "still life with meadow flowers and roses" was painted by van gogh on top of another work of his. >>> now here's ann early look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. >>> new people who took an aspirin every day were 36% less likely to be diagnosed with cancer. a daily aspirin reduced the chance it would spread to other organis by 50%. doctors advise caution for some patients because taking aspirin can increase bleeding and stroke. >>> check out the health page online at msnbc.com. >>> "early today health "brought to you by vagisil. >>> the dow open as the 13,170. the s&p lost 4 points. the nasdaq was down 4 and taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei fell 55 while in hong kong the hang seng was down 31. >>> worries about china's growth had investors on edge tuesday. a widespread drop in china's home prices and warnings of a slowdown in demand of iron ore sparked a sell-off. it was hardest hit alon

in 1887, he sold this painting to the art dealer theo van gogh, vincent's brother.wo artists were friends-- lautrec sketched vincent's portrait-- and van gogh shared lautrec's interest in subjects drawn from montmartre's public life. but lautrec's great early influence was the work of edgar degas. there's a wonderful anecdote about how, after dinner one evening, he took some friends for what he called a dessert and took them to a friend's apartment where he showed them a painting by degas. what degas stood for was a kind of sophisticated naturalism in painting. degas, in the 1870s, had used cut-off figures, steep angled perspectives, and other devices to give a dramatic sense of immediacy in a way of representing the modern world. lautrec borrowed those kinds of devices for his work. (narrator) the lessons degas offered in a work like in a café-- off-center compositions and cropped figures observed in the real world-- would emerge in lautrec's art. but he reached beyond the frontiers of naturalism and moved into more expressive territory. as he grew into his own sty

researchers say it was painted by van gogh back in 1886. it was painted over the top of an earlier work believe to be done by him while he was in art school. >> she traveled 85 mi. stuck in a car engine. >> how a feisty feline survive that wild ride >> a treat for anyone in the bay area, where the latest whale has been cited. >> new rules might be on the way to ease the problems of bedbugs in san francisco. the chronicle says the proposal includes a requirement that landlords provide mattresses and box springs are also to provide bedbug proof and casings. also proposed, bedbug prevention guidance to new tenants and more frequent inspections. >> someone in marin county is missing a kitten that is now in santa cruz. the kitten road under the hood from a van to mill valley to santa cruz yesterday. the santa cruz sentinel reports the driver had slept in his van tuesday night and then drove to santa cruz where he found the kitchen. it had no tax but wore a blue collar and a bell >> a tiny puck be the size of an iphone this gate death twice. the

the influence of the french school of painting -- van gogh and the impressionists -- was very strongn new york in the '30s. so everybody talked about color and matisse. if you're modern, you use color. well, first of all, color is expensive. but then on the other hand, i don't really know whether i like those very colorful blues and yellows and oranges. i knew an older artist who once lived in paris. one day i said to him, "can you tell me something about color?" he says, "there's one thing i can tell you -- nobody understands color." i said, "fine, that's just the way it is with me." and that was the end of that problem. around 1958, '59, somewhere around there, i started a painting. it was 18 feet by about 9 or 10 feet, and i'd never done a painting that big. and then i realized i didn't have the space to come back to see my painting. it was too close, and i couldn't seem to get far enough away to see what i'm doing. then my feeling about how i see a painting changed. i realized every time i do something, if i have to run back to take a look at it, it's impossible. i can't paint th

. >>> and a painting done by an anonymous artist was actually done by vincent van gogh. >>> here's yoursook at wall street. the dow opens at 13,170. the s&p lost four points, and the nasdaq was down four. taking a look at overseas trading in tokyo, the nikkei fell 55 pint, while in hong kong, the hang seng was down 31. >>> worries about china's growth had investors on edge tuesday. a widespread drop in china's home prices and warnings of a slowdown in demand of iron ore sparked an early selloff, the s&p's energy index was hardest hit, along with industrial and commodity stocks. the housing sector got a much-needed dose of optimism on news that requests for home building permits hit a 3 1/2-year high on wednesday. and amazon is pouring me ining into its warehouse systems. >>> tiffany is higher and oracle is higher after the software company rebounded from a rare earnings miss last quarter. >>> nissan has plans to resurrect its datsun brand. hewett packard is reportedly merging its pc and printing divisions into one to help cut costs and improve efficiency. "consumer reports" revealed appl

caller tina to play dupuis a managing editor with crooks and liars and a syndicated columnist and van gogh and you know the republican candidate for the u.s. senate from the state of maryland paul ryan rolled out his personal vision for america in this week we will i will actually i guess it's the republicans on the budget committee because they did pass away by one vote massive cuts to food stamps massive cuts the student loans cuts to medicaid cuts to social security but your eyes is medicare norma's tax breaks for the top one percent the top tax rate goes from thirty five down to twenty five percent it hasn't been there since since hartings administration one hundred twenty one which kicked off the it with a crash and it would give three trillion dollars in tax breaks to the wealthiest americans to the top one percent actually the top one tenth of one percent all paid for by cuts to education health care in fact according to a study from citizens for tax justice every millionaire america would get an average of eight hundred eighty seven thousand products instantly and that's just the b

. >> ellos son un equipo como la oreja de van gogh. >> quÉ guapos. >> pÁsenle por acá. >> ¿quÉ vamos co, con los muchachos ¿tu nombre? pÁsale. cÓmo que no, a cantar compadre, sin miedo no muerde el micrÓfono ¿tu nombre? >> ronny. >> el micrÓfono es de ronny. >> ¡oye ronny! ♪ >> ahÍ estÁ la letra ronny, en pantalla. ♪ (aplausos) >> ¡buena! >> ¡fuera! >> ¡no! >> el problema de ronny es el chicle que trae en la boca, no hay otro. aplauso. (aplausos) >> ernesto la guardia. >> quÉ responsabilidad. >>maestro la mÚsica. ♪ >> el grillito... >> yo les voy decir algo compadre, les voy a decir una cosa, de que canten mal a que no canten mejor que no canten, como siempre ganÓ el pÚblico. >> ¡un aplauso para el pÚblo! vamos con las noticias. (aplausos) >> definitivamente ganÓ al pÚblico porque ernesto... estoy poniendo en duda todo tu talento artÍstico. pero mÁs adelante vamos a ver si le damos otra oportunidad. por lo pronto vamos a contarles de las polÉcas declaraciones de santorum en puerto rico de que para esa isla se convierta en parte de uniÓn del inglÉs debe ser su idioma principal le conti

of the science behind our food or why do we need to know this, i give them the example of vincent van gogh, who to understand--his medium was paints and canvas and brushes. he wanted to express his ideas through his medium of paints and painting, a very creative process. in order to do that, he created his own paintshe made his own canvases, he created his own brushes. he said if he could have bought the stuff himself he would have been even happier, but that's what is all about is really understanding the medium, and if you understand the medium, you can better express your ideas through it. >> sales at the stand are pretty brisk, and whatever doesn't sell is donated to local food banks. meanwhile back at the institute, classes start around 8:00, and karl diehn, now in his traditional chef's uniform, is cooking some of those squash blossoms he harvested about two hours ago, using them in a mussel and prawn dish. the meal is visually stunning anwill be served at the institute's wine spectator greystone restaurant. >> it takes a tremendous amount of energy and strength, no just physical str