Art of History
Episodes from history, viewed through great works of art. No pre-reqs required! New episodes every month. Hosted by Amanda Matta, art historian and TikTok's favorite royal commentator.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 53
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
HRH The Duchess of Baltimore
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (1785-1879) was one of America’s first international celebrities and self-made women. But how did this Baltimore girl come to count royalty among her in-laws—a century o…
01:36:18 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
The Man and His Muse
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) is considered one of American’s greatest modern artists. His works combine a regionalist simplicity with a surrealist view of the inner world. But without the people and plac…
01:00:15 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Spring in Her Step
Sandro Botticelli (c.1455-1510) is credited as the man behind some of the greatest mythological paintings in Western art history—a great feat, especially considering that we still don’t fully know th…
00:49:12 |
Wed 25 May 2022
Elizabeth: The Early Years
In this episode, I put my art history degree to good use (finally) as we discuss a lesser-known portrait of Elizabeth I as she appeared late in the reign of her sister, Mary I, or early in her own re…
01:06:01 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
A Call to Arms
This episode has everything: snakes, missing limbs, a true crime case, and sculptor Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni being annoyed.
Today’s artwork: Agesander of Rhodes, Athenodoros, and Po…
00:36:27 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
The Real Queen Charlotte
The depiction of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) as a woman of color in the Netflix series Bridgerton brought her to the forefront of a conversation about non-white historical figures. There’s been much …
00:59:16 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
A Swing Called Love
Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s (1732-1806) painting The Swing is an icon of the Rococo era and a widely-celebrated depiction of innocent, carefree leisure. Or...is it? We’re unpacking some of the, er, eroti…
00:34:53 |
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Mr. Lincoln, I Presume?
In 1872, Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) visited the photography studio of one William H. Mumler (1832-1884), who claimed to be able to capture images of deceased loved ones on film. A byproduct of Mrs…
00:26:49 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Becoming Joan
Jules Bastien-Lepage's life-size depiction of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) shows her at the very beginning of her journey to sainthood. But a lot happened between her spiritual awakening in 1425 and her c…
00:45:12 |
Fri 08 Oct 2021
The Life of Dido
In the mid-1770s, the Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793) commissioned a portrait of his two great-nieces, Elizabeth Murray (1760-1825) and Dido Belle (1761-1804). But it was Elizabeth's name that would be…
00:41:30 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
Who Tells Your Story?
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) was a giant of the French Revolution. I guess you could say that one thing led to another, though, and he ended up dead in a bathtub. His friend, artist Jacques-Louis Davi…
00:32:48 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
(Queen) Victoria's Secret
Our popular image of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) paints her as a monarch, a mother, a wife, and a widow. But today we are looking at a portrait of Victoria that shows us the woman, not her roles. Join…
00:29:33 |
Fri 27 Aug 2021
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Sun 22 Aug 2021
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