The 3 Best Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages Podcast Episodes
1) Man Ray | Ingres's Violin
Man Ray was a pioneer of cameraless photography. His signature technique was the "rayogram" created by placing objects directly onto light-sensitive paper often manipulating them during exposure. Of c...Show More
2) The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
My guest this week is Michelle Young, author of The Art Spy. During WWII, French museum curator Rose Valland risked her life to sabotage the Nazi art theft machine, secretly documenting their plunder ...Show More
3) Frank Lloyd Wright
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 and...Show More
4) The Marine Corps War Memorial
Today, I am sharing an episode of my other podcast Fun Facts Daily focusing on the Marine Corps War Memorial and the iconic image of soldiers raising the flag. The Marine Corps War Memorial in Arli...Show More
5) TLDR Jasper Johns | Flag
Jasper Johns, born May 15, 1930, in Augusta, Georgia, significantly influenced mid-century American painting by reintroducing recognizable, everyday imagery into fine art. After pursuing an art degree...Show More
6) Walter De Maria | The Lightning Field (encore)
Walter De Maria (1935-2013) was a pivotal figure in Minimalism, Conceptual Art, and Land Art, known for large-scale environmental installations. His significant works include The New York Earth Room a...Show More
7) TLDR El Greco | The Burial of the Count Orgaz (encore)
Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco, was a singular figure in art history who bridged the gap between Byzantine tradition and Western modernism. Born in Crete in 1541, he trained as an ...Show More
8) TLDR Nan Madol
Nan Madol is an ancient archaeological site situated off the eastern shore of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. Constructed between 1200 and 1600 CE, the city served as the administrative...Show More
9) Charles and Ray Eames | Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman (encore)
Charles and Ray Eames were an iconic husband-and-wife design team who became leaders of the Mid-Century Modern movement. Their partnership began at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, merging Charles's arch...Show More
10) TLDR Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso remains one of the most influential figures of 20th-century art, with a career spanning over 80 years and an estimated output of 50,000 works. Born in Málaga, Spain, in 1881, Picasso was...Show More