Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages
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.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 641
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Caravaggio | The Calling of Saint Matthew
Michelangelo Merisi, born in 1571 amidst the darkness of the plague, would come to be known not by his christened name but by the name of his birthplace – Caravaggio. Orphaned young, the specter of l…
00:15:22 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Katsushika Hokusai | The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Katsushika Hokusai is best known for The Great Wave off Kanagawa, part of his series of 36 Views of Mount Fuji. His family was in the mirror business, but Hokusai showed a proclivity for art starting…
00:11:45 |
Tue 14 Jan 2025
Ansel Adams | Monolith, the Face of Half Dome
Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was an iconic American photographer renowned for his dramatic black and white landscapes, particularly of Yosemite National Park. His distinctive style, characterized by sharp…
00:19:29 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
The Alexander Mosaic in the House of Faun, Pompeii
The Alexander Mosaic, also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic, is a masterpiece of ancient Roman artistry that continues to captivate viewers with its detailed depiction of a pivotal moment in histo…
00:15:53 |
Sun 12 Jan 2025
Shiva Nataraja |Shiva as Lord of the Dance
In this depiction of Shiva we see the natural rhythms to everything in the cosmos. Birth and death, creation and destruction are simply phases all things will go through. In this bronze work from 11t…
00:06:11 |
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Diego Velazquez | Las Meninas
Diego Velazques was one of the most significant painters of Spain's Golden Age in the 17th century. He was a master of both portraiture and genre painting, Las Meninas is a sort of mix of both. We se…
00:09:53 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
Henri Matisse | Goldfish
Henri Matisse was born in Northern France on December 31, 1869. His father was a successful grain merchant. In 1887, Henri was well on his way to a successful, respectable career when he went to Pari…
00:10:36 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
Emily Kame Kngwarreye | Earth's Creation
Emily Kame Kngwarreye was born around 1910, a time when the Aboriginal people were not considered full citizens in their own country. Earth’s Creation is an absolutely massive painting about 9 feet t…
00:11:02 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Frank Lloyd Wright | Falling Water
Frank Lloyd Wright was one of America's most famous and influential architects. He famously said, "No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill an…
00:06:36 |
Tue 07 Jan 2025
Andy Warhol | Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych is a commentary on the nature of fame, celebrity, and mass media. Warhol appropriated a well-known image of Monroe, using repetition and contrasting colors to create a w…
00:16:39 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Michelangelo | The Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Michelangelo was considered to be one of the greatest examples of a Renaissance man. He is also one of the worst examples of personal hygiene. Learn a little bit about the artist who painted the ceil…
00:14:18 |
Sun 05 Jan 2025
Helen Frankenthaler | The Bay
The Bay was painted in 1963 as Frankenthaler had refined her soak and stain process. While Mountains and Sea was made with diluted oil paints, The Bay is acrylic on unprimed canvas. She had found tha…
00:18:49 |
Sat 04 Jan 2025
Maria and Julian Martinez | Black on Black Pottery
Maria Martinez belonged to the Tewa-speaking Pueblo people, known for their rich artistic heritage. Pottery-making was deeply rooted in Puebloan culture, serving as a means of artistic expression and…
00:12:53 |
Fri 03 Jan 2025
Diego Rivera | Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park
Today Diego Rivera is less of a household name than his wife Frida Kahlo, but in the early 20th century, he was the more established artist. In Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park by …
00:10:19 |
Thu 02 Jan 2025
Paul Cezanne | Mont Sainte-Victoire
Cezanne is widely celebrated today, but he struggled early on. He was rejected by Beaux Arts multiple times. He went back home to work at the bank for a while but he felt compelled to pursue the arts…
00:08:04 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Kwakwaka’wakw artist | Eagle Transformation Mask
The transformation mask is a carved and painted sculpture, a status symbol, a costume element and a simple machine all at once. Pulling the strings on the mask allows the wearer to move parts that ef…
00:06:40 |
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Constantin Brâncuși | The Kiss & Bird in Space
Constantin Brâncuși was a Romanian sculptor who made a significant impact on modern art through his abstract sculptures. His passion and dedication to art is legendary. In the autumn of 1903, he bega…
00:18:05 |
Mon 30 Dec 2024
Gustav Klimt | The Kiss
Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" is an iconic Art Nouveau painting, renowned for its use of gold leaf and intricate patterns. The painting depicts a couple embracing in a passionate kiss, their bodies adorn…
00:23:23 |
Sun 29 Dec 2024
Leonardo da Vinci | The Last Supper
One Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous works is not housed in a museum. It is in the Convent of Santa Maria in Milan Italy. It seems totally fitting for a depiction of the last supper was painted on the…
00:10:05 |
Sat 28 Dec 2024
Arts Madness 2025 and Xu Bing | A Book from the Sky
Around 1040 CE Bi Sheng invented the first known moveable type system. Skipping ahead a few hundred years, the artist Xu Bing created Book from the Sky as a monumental print. It is probably among the…
00:16:18 |
Fri 27 Dec 2024
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