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
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu would translate to “old mountain” but it isn’t that old. While stone ruins are often associated with ancient civilizations thousands of years old, Machu Picchu is relatively young having…
00:09:46 |
Sat 06 Jan 2024
The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful man-made structures in the world. It is a UNESCO world heritage site considered to be one of the modern wonders of the world. The story behind its construct…
00:06:23 |
Fri 05 Jan 2024
The Moai of Rapa Nui
Today's mini episode is about the Moai statues of Rapa Nui, commonly referred to as Easter Island. The Moai are one of the artworks I will have in my annual Arts Madness Tournament this March, and it…
00:07:56 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
The Terracotta Warriors
In 1974, some farmers began digging a well. Before they struck water, they stumbled upon an amazing archaeological and artistic treasure, the terracotta army. Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of Chin…
00:08:49 |
Wed 03 Jan 2024
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | The Judgment of Hunefer
This mini episode is about The Book of the Dead, a collection of funerary texts from ancient Egypt. To better understand the collection as well as the culture and mythology behind these works, I look…
00:08:56 |
Tue 02 Jan 2024
The Treasures of King Tutankhamun's Tomb
On November 26, 1922, Howard Carter prepared to enter the tomb of a little-known pharaoh. Nobody had set foot inside the space for over 3,000 years, but as Carter held up his candle, his partner, Lor…
00:10:41 |
Mon 01 Jan 2024
The Pyramids at Giza
Once again I will be hosting my annual Arts Madness Tournament this Spring. I will be posting daily mini-episodes covering 64 diverse artists and artworks from all around the world and from the prehi…
00:07:55 |
Sun 31 Dec 2023
The Aztec Sun Stone or The Calendar Stone
Once again I will be hosting my annual Arts Madness Tournament this Spring. I will be posting daily mini-episodes covering 64 diverse artists and artworks from all around the world and from the prehi…
00:07:45 |
Sat 30 Dec 2023
The Lascaux Cave Art
Once again I will be hosting my annual Arts Madness Tournament this Spring. I will be posting daily mini-episodes covering 64 diverse artists and artworks from all around the world and from the prehi…
00:07:59 |
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Announcing Arts Madness Tournament and the Apollo 11 Stones
This year I will once again host my annual Arts Madness Tournament in March. I will be posting daily mini-episodes on 64 different artworks over the next 64 days to help everyone get to know the diff…
00:08:05 |
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Thomas Nast the Father of the Modern Santa
In the bustling streets of 19th-century New York, amid the ink-stained presses and frenetic energy of the newsroom, Thomas Nast, a German-born American artist, rose from humble beginnings to become t…
00:10:42 |
Mon 25 Dec 2023
Banksy | Girl with Balloon
In 2018, Banksy's painting, Girl with Balloon went up for auction. As the gavel sounded to announce a winning bid of about $1 million, everyone in the room was stunned to see the painting begin to se…
00:11:24 |
Fri 22 Dec 2023
Keith Haring | DJ Dog
Keith Haring is one of my absolute favorite artists because he was earnest and direct in his paintings. In his works, he would reduce complicated messages to clear and catchy slogans. He used bright …
00:40:59 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Polykleitos | Doryphoros
Around 450 BCE as Polykleitos walked the dusty streets of Argos, art and philosophy intertwined. The Greeks of the classical era produced works that artists and scholars still admire today. Polyklei…
00:06:55 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Gustave Caillebotte | Paris Street; Rainy Day
Many know the image of Paris Street; Rainy Day, but somehow far fewer know the artist who painted it, Gustave Caillebotte. He was born in Paris in the mid 19th century just as massive changes were ha…
00:48:45 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Max Beckmann | The Night
Max Beckmann was a German painter born on February 12, 1884. While he is often associated with the expressionist movement, he actually rejected that label. He was a part of the New Objectivity moveme…
00:10:11 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
Bob Ross | Mystic Mountain
Bob Ross served in the United States military for 20 years before he became America's favorite painter of "happy little trees." This week, my guest Tom DesLongchamp joined me to talk about Bob Ross, …
00:51:09 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
Louis Prang | Father of the American Christmas Card
Louis Prang not only started the company that makes some of my favorite art classroom supplies, he created the artist's color wheel and introduced Christmas cards to America. Prang was in the lithogr…
00:10:12 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
Tom DesLongchamp | Portrait of Don
Tom DesLongchamp is an incredible multidisciplinary artist, but it is his marker drawings that caught my attention. Tom has long felt the drive to create and he creates a new artwork in some form eve…
00:36:38 |
Mon 27 Nov 2023
The World's Oldest Artwork? (encore)
Scientists have discovered some fossilized impressions of hand and footprints they estimate to be well over 100,000 years old. They also believe that these hand and footprints were pressed into the g…
00:05:20 |
Fri 24 Nov 2023
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