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
Four American Artworks
July 4 is America's celebration of independence from England. In honor of the holiday, I decided to make an episode covering a little bit about 4 artworks from American history. I started with a piec…
00:18:57 |
Mon 04 Jul 2022
Loving Vincent | A Film Made of Paintings
A few years prior to the immersive experiences, filmmakers brought Vincent van Gogh's paintings to life in a completely new and different way. In 2017, Loving Vincent was a film made of oil paintings…
00:10:49 |
Fri 01 Jul 2022
Shigeru Miyamoto | Mario
In 1979, after some modest success a Japanese video game company opened an office in America. They started off in New York but eventually moved to Seattle. They wanted to break into the new North Ame…
00:35:33 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Jan van Eyck - The Arnolfini Portrait
In the 1400s, influencers couldn’t simply scout a location, arrange the perfect lighting and pull out their camera phone to snap dozens of pics testing different angles to find the perfect shot demon…
00:11:50 |
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Derrick Adams | Floater 73
One of the things that really strikes me is that he is creating scenes of people being joyful. Adams says that part of the appeal of being an artist is getting to create the environments you would li…
00:32:33 |
Mon 20 Jun 2022
MC Escher | Portrait of GA Escher (portrait of his father)
I live in the United States where this weekend, people will be celebrating father’s day. I thought this would be great time to dedicate a mini episode to an artist who created a beautiful work for hi…
00:15:18 |
Fri 17 Jun 2022
Roy Lichtenstein | Look Mickey
In 1964, Life Magazine ran with Lichtenstein on the cover and the text read “Is He the Worst Artist in the U.S.?” Lichtenstein responded to criticism of his work saying “I think my paintings are crit…
00:46:10 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Louis Daguerre | The Artist's Studio
I have talked a bit about Daguerre and his photographic methods in a previous episode about the world’s first photobomb. Listeners may recall that the first photograph to feature a human happened by …
00:09:37 |
Fri 10 Jun 2022
Meret Oppenheim | Object
My guest this week is Janet Taylor, an artist and art teacher at the high school and college levels. Find her work and more about her at www.jatayolorart.com
In 1936, Meret Oppenheim was having lunch…
00:39:39 |
Mon 06 Jun 2022
The Peace Symbol
In November of 1957, a small committee was formed. February 17, 1958, they held the first public meeting of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. That same year, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament …
00:09:47 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Jack Kirby | The Avengers
My guest this week is The Real Michael Lee, a musician, graphic designer, illustrator and comic enthusiast (find him and all his social media at bit.ly/heartrml) . We had a great talk about Jack Kirb…
00:52:01 |
Mon 30 May 2022
The Aztec Sun Stone
The Sun Stone is probably the first bit of Aztec art I became familiar with even before I studied art. It has been widely represented in various forms of culture from the relatively recent Mexican fo…
00:10:26 |
Fri 27 May 2022
Alma Thomas | Resurrection
While Alma Thomas worked for decades as a teacher, but she continued pursuing her art. She took classes at American University in Washington. She showed her work in group exhibitions with other Afric…
00:35:08 |
Mon 23 May 2022
The Mysterious Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of The Mona Lisa, also called La Gioconda has captured society’s collective imagination. Her hold on the audience is so intense there is a widely known phenomenon called,…
00:11:01 |
Fri 20 May 2022
Norman Rockwell | The Problem We All Live With
Norman Rockwell is probably best known for his wholesome and nostalgic illustrations that graced the covers of The Saturday Evening Post for decades. His name has become shorthand for an idealized ve…
00:37:10 |
Mon 16 May 2022
The Taj Mahal (Fun Fact Friday)
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…
00:06:53 |
Fri 13 May 2022
Takashi Murakami | Mr Dobs (encore)
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00:29:00 |
Mon 09 May 2022
Olowe of Ise | Veranda Post (Fun Fact Friday)
The bulk of Olowe’s carvings seem to have been both decorative and functional artworks for the Yoruba kings and prominent families. One of his celebrated works for example is the veranda post that si…
00:08:08 |
Fri 06 May 2022
Henri Matisse - The Dessert: Harmony in Red (Encore)
This is an encore presentation of the episode about Henri Matisse and his painting The Dessert: Harmony in Red from 1908.
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00:32:29 |
Mon 02 May 2022
Louis Sullivan & the Carson Pirie Scott Building (Fun Fact Friday)
In 1896, Louis Sullivan wrote about skyscrapers and architectural design in “The Tall Building Artistically Considered” This was the origin of the famous phrase, “form follows function.” What Sulliva…
00:08:51 |
Fri 29 Apr 2022
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