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That Time Art was an Official Olympic Sport

Check out my other channel TopTenz! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet →Some of o→“to reunite in the bonds of legitimate wedlock a long-divorced couple — Muscle and Mind.” To the Baron, Olympic competition wasn’t just going to be about physical athletics, but sports of the mind as well – and there are fewer greater “sports of the mind” than the arts. From 1912 to 1948, in seven Olympiads, over 151 Olympic medals were awarded in artistic competitions. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/12/art-olympic-sport/ Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Olympic_Games http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/remember-when-the-olympics-used-to-have-an-art-competition-no/260355/?single_page=true http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936v2sum.pdf http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/weekinreview/21isherwood.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-the-olympics-gave-out-medals-for-art-6878965/?no-ist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics http://library.la84.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1951/BDCE27/BDCE27l.pdf http://www.amazon.com/The-Forgotten-Olympic-Art-Competitions/dp/141220030X

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  • Originally Aired May 23, 2019
  • Runtime 8 minutes
  • Production Code VGm0lR_HEIg
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