Ancient Art Podcast (audio)
This is the audio-only version of the Ancient Art Podcast. Subscribe to the HD-video Ancient Art Podcast at ancientartpodcast.org. Explore the art and culture of the Ancient Mediterranean World in the Ancient Art Podcast with your host Lucas Livingston.
- Update frequency
- every 42 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 70
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2016
10: The Parthenon Frieze, Part 1
This is the first of multiple episodes focusing on one of the most iconic, pivotal, and contentious works or art from Ancient Greece: the Parthenon Frieze. We begin with an introduction to the frieze…
00:09:50 |
Thu 15 Nov 2007
9: Walk Like an Egyptian
The ancient riddle of the human form in Egyptian painting is finally answered! But it ain't simple. There's a deeply complex answer to this question involving Egyptian concepts of cosmic world order,…
00:12:07 |
Mon 29 Oct 2007
8: Cicadas
With all the hoopla from the arrival of the 17-year magicicada to much of the Midwest and with the annual cicadas in full overture, let's take a moment to look a little more closely at the mystery, s…
00:14:00 |
Mon 23 Jul 2007
7: Gandharan Bodhisattva
In episode 7, we march in the footsteps of one of the most revered and notorious conquerors of the Ancient Mediterranean World, Alexander the Great. We head East into Asia to uncover the remnants of …
00:09:18 |
Sat 16 Jun 2007
6: A Classical Lekythos
One could easily pass by this muted, diminutive, unassuming lekythos at the Art Institute of Chicago, but in this episode we'll closely examine it's significant message and place it in the grander sc…
00:15:59 |
Fri 30 Mar 2007
5: A Corinthian Pyxis
In this episode we take a look at some Archaic Greek vase painting in a pyxis from the Orientalizing Period at the Art Institute of Chicago. We explore the Ancient Near Eastern influence on developin…
00:12:07 |
Tue 20 Feb 2007
4: Statue of Osiris
Everything you didn't know you wanted to know about Osiris and didn't think to ask! Episode 4 checks out a real Egyptian Mystery, a relatively recent acquisition at the Art Institute of Chicago, the …
00:13:00 |
Sun 28 Jan 2007
3: A Donkey-headed Rhyton
Using a particularly delightful example from the Art Institute of Chicago, we look at the history of the Ancient Greek rhyton (drinking cup) from its involvement in heroic warrior feasts and sacrific…
00:14:55 |
Fri 15 Dec 2006
2: The Mummy Case of Paankhenamun
Episode 2 examines the iconography and symbolism throughout the decoration of the Mummy Case of Paankhenamun at the Art Institute of Chicago. See how the ornamentation works together to express a uni…
00:24:40 |
Fri 10 Nov 2006
1: The Scarab in Ancient Egypt
Our inaugural episode examines the role of the scarab beetle in Ancient Egyptian religion and funerary art as both the Egyptian god Khepri and an iconographic motif of resurrection. We also touch on …
00:07:36 |
Tue 10 Oct 2006
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