Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All...
Who Arted is art history and art education for everyone. While most art history podcasts focus on the traditional "fine art" we see in museums around the world, Who ARTed celebrates art in all of its forms and in terms anyone can understand. Each episode tells the story of a different artist and artwork including the traditional big names like Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol along with lesser-known artists working in such diverse media as video game design, dance, the culinary arts, and more. Who Arted is written and produced by an art teacher with the goal of creating a classroom resource that makes art history fun and accessible to everyone. Whether you are cramming for your AP Art History exam, trying to learn a few facts so you can sound smart at fashionable dinner parties, or just looking to hear something with a more positive tone, we’ve got you covered with episodes every Monday and Friday.
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Fun Fact Friday - Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Port...
This mini episode is about Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait. It is one of the most famous paintings of a couple and loaded with symbolism. Mostly, it symbolizes that the couple was totally rich.
As always you can find an image of the work at www.whoart...
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Introducing Art Smart
I have created a small spinoff series called Art Smart. The Art Smart podcast focuses on understanding how art is created. I released the first seven episodes on day one to cover the elements of art, and starting next week, I will be releasing a new epis...
9 min
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Grant Wood - American Gothic (Encore)
This is a re-broadcast of last year's episode on Grant Wood. We discussed his biography as well as his most famous painting, American Gothic. New full episodes will start popping up in your podcast feed starting Monday, January 17. In the meantime, I wil...
38 min
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Fun Fact Friday - The Eiffel Tower
This week's mini episode is about the Eiffel Tower. Learn a few fun facts including the story of the man who twice sold the tower for scrap.
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6 min
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Pablo Picasso - Guernica (encore)
For this episode, we discussed Pablo Picasso and one of his greatest paintings, Guernica. New full episodes will be coming out starting Monday, January 17, 2022 and even during this semi-hiatus, I am continuing with the fun fact Friday mini-episodes each...
30 min
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Fun Fact Friday - At the Moulin Rouge
The Moulin Rouge first opened in 1891, and from the start it was a place where artists hung out with people from all walks of life. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec frequented the Moulin Rouge and the nightclub served as his inspiration for multiple works.
Thi...
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Alexander Calder - Streetcar(Encore)
This is a rebroadcast of the episode I recorded on Alexander Calder in October 2020. New full episodes will resume on Monday, January 17. In the meantime, I will continue putting out new fun fact mini-episodes on Fridays. Please like, follow, and leave ...
30 min
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Fun Fact Friday - Ugly Christmas Sweaters
In 1921, Edward the Prince of Whales, was seen wearing a sweater with a distinctive pattern. The intricate design was typical of knitwear produced on a small island in the Scottish Shetlands. The Fair Isle is the most remote inhabited island in the UK - ...
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Wassily Kandinsky - Yellow Red Blue (Encore)
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian artist and art theorist. He is known as one of the early pioneers of abstract art. Learn a bit about Kandinsky's background, his personal journey from a teacher of Law and Economics to one of the most influential artists o...
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Fun Fact Friday - Diego Rivera‘s Detroit Indust...
This week's Fun Fact Friday mini episode is about Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals from 1932-1933.
Today Diego Rivera is less of a household name than his wife Frida Kahlo, but in the early 20th century, he was the more established artist. Rivera w...
5 min
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Jean-Michel Basquiat - Untitled Skull (Encore)
This is a rebroadcast of one of the most popular episodes of Who ARTed. For this episode, I spoke with Todd Leban about one of his favorite artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat.During my winter hiatus, I will continue to release new fun fact Friday mini-episod...
30 min
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Fun Fact Friday - The Terracotta Army
Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor created an incredible tomb for himself. He was buried with around 8,000 life-size terracotta statues of different types of soldiers in formation ready to protect him in the afterlife. If that weren't enough he also ha...
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Barbara Kruger - Don’t Be a Jerk(Encore)
This is an encore of last season's episode about Barbara Kruger and her piece, Don't Be a Jerk. As with previous seasons, I will be taking a bit of a break for December. I will continue to put out new fun fact mini episodes on Fridays, but the Monday ep...
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Norman Rockwell - Freedom from Want
This week's fun fact friday mini episode is coming on a Thursday in honor of the American Thanksgiving holiday. In this episode I share a little bit about Norman Rockwell and his painting, Freedom from Want.
Freedom from Want was a part of a series he c...
6 min
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Walt Disney
I think a solid argument could be made that Walt Disney was one of the most influential artists in Western history. He not only excelled and pushed boundaries in his art form, but created new categories of art that shaped popular culture around the world...
33 min
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Fun Fact Friday - Dazzle Camouflage
In World War 1, the US and British Navies realized they could not perfectly camouflage their ships and consequently decided to steer hard in the other direction. Instead of trying to hide their ships, they decided to razzle dazzle them and I can only ass...
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Auguste Rodin.- The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin is considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was a skilled artist capable of sculpting figures with tremendous precision, but he also innovated by combining portions of different cast pieces in his studio creating sculptural mashups. F...
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Fun Fact Friday - Lascaux Cave Art
On September 12, 1940, a dog fell down a fox hole and four boys went in after it. They descended into a cavern with a makeshift lamp and hopes of finding their dog, but they found way more creatures than they were expecting. The next day they returned be...
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Rene Magritte - The False Mirror
For this episode, I sat down with my friend and fellow elementary art teacher, Emily Fiedler to talk about Rene Magritte. Those listeners familiar with the work of Rene Magritte probably assume I would devote the second segment of this episode to discus...
26 min
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Fun Fact Friday - Rangoli
It is the start of Diwali, the major festival of light celebrating the triumph of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, light over dark. It is one of the most popular celebrations for Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists. During the festival, one comm...
3 min
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Keith Haring (encore)
Keith Haring is one of my absolute favorite artists, and although this episode was one of the first I recorded (and admittedly a bit rough) it appears to be among the most popular. The thing about Haring's work is that while at first glance, it seems inc...
20 min
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Fun Fact Friday - The Mummy‘s Curse
This episode is about the idea of the Pharaoh's Curse and the untimely demise of people who dared to disturb Tutankhamen's burial chamber. In 1923, Howard Carter and his team broke into the burial chamber of Tutankhamen, commonly referred to as "King Tut...
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Jim Davis
In this episode I spoke with Lyndsey Little, the illustrator and creator of the Oni Girl comic about Jim Davis, the creator of the classic comic strip, Garfield.Davis was born July 28,1945 in Marion Indiana. He grew up on a cow farm. He actually wanted ...
36 min
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Fun Fact Friday - The Scream
The Scream is one of the most widely recognized and widely parodied modern artworks. It was the inspiration for the mask in the horror movie Scream, as well as the famous scene in Home Alone where a young Macaulay Culkin screamed after applying aftershav...
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AWESOME ANNOUNCEMENT - Art Explora Academy
The Art Explora Foundation has created an online academy, and it is completely free! The Art Explora Academy includes 11 courses and learners can earn a certificate supported by Sorbonne University. In addition, this incredible resource has a rich media ...
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