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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Carl Larsson
Every episode explores a different artist/work first with a discussion of the context, then looking at one specific piece and finally we share our takeaways to further one's own artistic practice. In this episode we looked at the Swedish painter, Carl La...
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Diego Velazquez
In this episode, I talked with Rita Woker about Diego Velazquez and his masterpiece, Las Meninas. It was a great privilege to learn from Woker's insights as a person who has seen the work first hand in Spain and her ability to share not only what she kno...
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Mid Season Review - 10 Takeaways from the first...
This episode shares the 10 bits of advice I would pass on based on what I have learned over the course of the first ten episodes. Click here to view the collection of works discussed throughout the first half of the season and reviewed in this episode. I...
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Frida Kahlo
For this episode, we discussed Frida Kahlo and her Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird from 1940. In each episode, we have 3 segments: In Situ where we discuss the context and biographical information, In Gallery where we discuss one specif...
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Leonardo da Vinci
For this episode, we discussed Leonardo da Vinci, the artist known to embody the Renaissance ideal of study and mastery of diverse topics. First we discussed the historical context and a little bit about his biography, then for our In Gallery segment, we...
23 min
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Romare Bearden
For this episode, we focused on Romare Bearden and his collage The Return of Odysseus (Homage to Pinturricchio and Benin). My guest was Hugh Boger, the principal of Scott Elementary School as we discussed the personal history of the artist as well as the...
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Chuck Close
For this episode, I sat down to talk with Chuck Hoff, an amazing art teacher who has mentored me and and collaborated on numerous projects. We talked about one of his favorite artists, Chuck Close, and share some of Close's background and the obstacles h...
25 min
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Keith Haring
For this episode we discussed the work and legacy of Keith Haring. He rose to prominence for his Pop Art in the 1980s, but even decades later his work still feels fresh and young because so many of his themes and his imagery are timeless and universal. T...
18 min
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Alphonse Mucha
This episode focuses on Alphonse Mucha, the Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. We specifically are looking at the poster of the actress Sarah Bernhardt for her play Gismonda from 1894. That piece really elevated Mucha's career and captures the elements k...
30 min
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Yannima Pikarli Tommy Watson
Yannima Pikarli, more commonly known as Tommy Watson, was an indigenous Australian painter known for his wonderful sense of color. In this episode we discuss a bit about Tommy Watson's background, aboriginal art in general, and we discuss one of his pain...
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Mukenga (African Mask)
African masks have a rich tradition dating back thousands of years. For this episode, we sat down to talk a bit about African masks in general and contrasted the approaches of western and non-western artists then we did a bit of a deeper dive analyzing t...
20 min
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Katsushika Hokusai
In this episode we look at the iconic woodcut print, The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai. This piece was part of his series 36 Views of Mount Fuji and has been appreciated internationally for almost 200 years. Listen as we discuss a bit of ...
21 min
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Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat is best known for his painting, Sunday on la Grande Jatte. In this episode, we discuss the pointillist masterpiece. Every episode features 3 sections in which we discuss the context in which the piece was created, what we see and connectio...
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