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 - Did Vincent Van Gogh Really O...
Vincent van Gogh is a legendary figure in art history. He is one of my favorite artists and his paintings sell for tens of millions of dollars today, but it is often said that he sold only one painting during his lifetime.
9 min
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Arts Madness Round 4
This week we are on Round 4 of the annual Arts Madness Tournament.
6 min
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Alexander McQueen - Jellyfish Ensemble, 2010
This week we discuss fashion and Alexander McQueen's Jellyfish Ensemble from 2010.
32 min
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Fun Fact Friday - Pablo Picasso, Art Thief? (en...
Pablo Picasso had tendency to appropriate or even downright steal from those around him leaving him a prime suspect when The Mona Lisa was stolen from The Louvre in 1911.
10 min
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Arts Madness Round 3
This is a bonus episode covering some of the highlights from this year's Arts Madness Tournament.
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KAWS - The KAWS Album
This week's episode was about KAWS. I spoke with Rebecca Potts Aguirre, host of Teaching Artist Podcast, about KAWS and two of his works.
37 min
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Fun Fact Friday - The Nazca Lines
This is a fun fact Friday mini episode is about the Nazca Lines, massive geoglyphs created in Peru around 400-600 CE.
6 min
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Arts Madness Round 2
This is a bonus episode covering some of the highlights from this year's Arts Madness Tournament. Arts Madness is a great way to encourage kids to explore art history and learn about a variety of different artists.
7 min
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MC Escher - Circle Limit 3
This week's episode is about MC Escher and his print, Circle Limit 3 from 1959.
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Fun Fact Friday - Killer Wallpaper (Encore)
In one of the more strange but true stories from art history, Scheele's green was a popular, beautiful yet deadly emerald hue made from arsenic.
6 min
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Arts Madness Round 1
I am once again ending the season with my annual Arts Madness tournament. 64 different artists covered on the show have been randomly sorted into brackets and each week listeners will vote to decide which artists will advance to the next round.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude - The Floating Piers
This week we focused on Christo and Jeanne-Claude and The Floating Piers.
31 min
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Fun Fact Friday - Edmonia Lewis and The Death o...
Edmonia Lewis had an interesting life, and her sculpture The Death of Cleopatra had an equally interesting ride.
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Phyllida Barlow - Untitled: upturnedhouse2, 2012
This episode is about Phyllida Barlow, a contemporary sculptor from the UK. My guest was Greg Daniels from theartteacher.net
28 min
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Vermeer Was Using a Camera Before Photography W...
Johannes Vermeer is best known today for painting The Girl with a Pearl Earing but some have pointed out that pretty much all of his works seem to have been created in the same space. Many believe he used a camera obscura to create his incredibly realistic works.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Arts Madness Tournament
For the last few years, I have had a lot of fun with my students exploring art history through a tournament of artists. I randomly assigned 64 diverse artists to different spots in a bracketed tournament modeled after the popular NCAA March Madness tradi...
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Klaus Nomi - Nomi Song
Klaus Nomi was trained as an opera singer and a pastry chef but he became known for his unusual performances in the New York club scene.
31 min
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Fun Fact Friday - The Renaissance Painter Who P...
Giuseppe Acrimboldo is best known for his quirky arrangements of food, foliage, animals and objects that form surreal portraits.
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Jim Dine - Confetti Heart 1, 1985
Jim Dine is an American artist who defies categorization. His work has elements of Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism among other influences. In this episode, we discussed Confetti Heart from 1985.
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The World’s Blackest Black - The Feud Between S...
This mini episode is about the feud between Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor.
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Henri Matisse - The Dessert: Harmony in Red (Th...
This episode is about Henri Matisse, one of the greatest modern painters. Born in the late 19th century, Matisse started his education focusing on law. After an appendicitis at the age of 20, his mother gave him a paint set to keep him occupied while he ...
30 min
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Raphael’s The School of Athens
This is a fun fact Friday mini episode about The School of Athens painted by Raphael in 1510 C.E. In this classic Rennaisance masterpiece, Raphael painted numerous classic Greek philosophers. The theme of the work is seeking knowledge and wisdom by comin...
7 min
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Bonus: Art Smart - The Principles of Design
I am dropping this bonus episode in the feed to day because a number of my listeners might be interested in my other podcast, Art Smart. This is the episode on the Principles of Design. Art Smart comes out every Wednesday focusing on the elements of art ...
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec -Part 2 (At the Mouli...
This is part 2 of my discussion of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, one of my favorite Post Impressionist painters. My guest was Joe from the Blind Knowledge NetworkWe had a somewhat free-flowing conversation discussing At the Moulin Rouge and putting it into...
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The Erased Masterpiece - Robert Rauschenberg’s ...
This Fun Fact Friday is one of my favorites. It explains a little bit about the odd incident when a young Robert Rauschenberg knocked on Willem de Kooning's door and asked to erase one of his drawings. Learn more about Erased de Kooning created by Robert...
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