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, or trying to learn a few facts so you can sound smart at fashionable dinner parties, we’ve got you covered with episodes coming every Monday.
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Introducing: Art Smart
Season 2 of Art Smart is coming July 20, so check out this bonus episode on how to understand art.
8 min
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Njideka Akunyili Crosby (encore)
For this episode, I talked with Janet Taylor about Njideka Akunyili Crosby, a contemporary Nigerian/American painter.
32 min
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Forgers Forging Forgeries
A librarian at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts stole over 140 artworks and replaced them with his own paintings only to discover other forgers were stealing his fakes.
7 min
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Four American Artworks
This episode covers 4 artworks from American history: a transformation mask, Houdon's statue of George Washington, Monticello, and Jacob Lawrence's The Migration Series
16 min
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Loving Vincent | A Film Made of Paintings
Before the immersive Van Gogh exhibits, artists made an experimental film using oil paintings for every frame.
8 min
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Shigeru Miyamoto | Mario
For this episode Matt Bliss and I are talking about Mario, the symbol of Nintendo and one of the most popular video game characters of all time.
32 min
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Jan van Eyck - The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck - The Arnolfini Portrait
9 min
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Derrick Adams | Floater 73
This episode is about the contemporary artist Derrick Adams and work from his Floater series.
29 min
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MC Escher | Portrait of GA Escher (portrait of ...
This mini episode is about the portrait MC Escher lovingly created of his 92 year old father. He made 15 copies of the lithograph to be shared among the family.
13 min
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Roy Lichtenstein | Look Mickey
Roy Lichtenstein was an early innovator in the Pop Art Movement. He created Look Mickey after his son said he probably couldn't make a picture as good as the illustrations in his book.
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Louis Daguerre | The Artist's Studio
The oldest known surviving photograph by Louis Daguerre is his Still Life with Plaster Casts also refered to as The Artist's Studio. In this work, he was working to help people see photography as not only a scientific process, but a form of art.
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Meret Oppenheim | Object
In 1936, Meret Oppenheim was having lunch with friends when they began to joke about wrapping things in fur. She went back to her studio later and wrapped a cup, saucer and spoon in fur thus creating what many consider to be the quintessential Surrealist sculpture, Object.
36 min
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The Peace Symbol
Learn a little bit about how the artist Gerald Holtom created one of the most widely recognized symbols of peace.
7 min
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Jack Kirby | The Avengers
Jack Kirby was a legendary comic book artist behind some of the most popular characters of all time, including The Avengers.
49 min
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The Aztec Sun Stone
The Aztec Sun Stone also called the Calendar Stone was created in the early 15th century about 100 years before the Aztec Empire came to an end.
8 min
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Alma Thomas | Resurrection
This episode is about the American painter, Alma Thomas and her painting, Resurrection from 1966.
33 min
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The Mysterious Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is one of the best known paintings in the world and yet her identity, her eyes, her smile and even the authenticity of the painting hanging in The Louvre have come into question.
10 min
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Norman Rockwell | The Problem We All Live With
Norman Rockwell is best known for his nostalgic and idealized illustrations for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. The Civil Rights Movement inspired him to use his platform to speak out and make the struggle visible for everyone.
35 min
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The Taj Mahal (Fun Fact Friday)
This episode tells the story behind the creation of one of the most recognizable man made structures on earth, The Taj Mahal.
5 min
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Takashi Murakami | Mr Dobs (encore)
Takashi Murakami is among the most prominent contemporary artists. He mixed aspects of traditional Japanese culture with western popular culture in his superflat work transcending cultures and media.
27 min
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Olowe of Ise | Veranda Post (Fun Fact Friday)
This episode is about one of the most prominent Yoruba artist, Olowe of Ise.
7 min
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Henri Matisse - The Dessert: Harmony in Red (En...
This is an encore presentation of the episode about Henri Matisse and his painting The Dessert: Harmony in Red from 1908.
30 min
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Louis Sullivan & the Carson Pirie Scott Buildin...
This fun fact mini episode covers a bit about Louis Sullivan whose modern architectural style was influential in the early 20th century.
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Marcel Duchamp - Fountain (encore)
In 1917, a toilet was turned on its side and completely upended the art world. Marcel Duchamp's Fountain was a controversial early readymade. It has been named one of the most influential artworks of the 20th century and it is on the list of required works for AP Art History students to learn about.
35 min
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Fun Fact Friday - Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty
In 1970, Robert Smithson created Spiral Jetty. It was only his second monumental sculpture but sadly, it would be the last he completed before his untimely death in a plane crash.
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