In this episode, Miguel Misa and Kody Schnelby discuss beauty standards, appreciating beauty, John Dennis and a certain quote of his.

In this podcast we will discuss how beauty is determined. Our primary focus will be on Vincent van Gogh’s painting, The Night Café and the aesthetic value of this artwork. Is beauty strictly in the eye of the beholder or do we believe certain objects, people, or locations to be beautiful, because others said it was? We will also discuss the possibility of our emotions determining how we perceive beauty. We hope you enjoy it!

In this podcast episode, Eduardo and Pedro Luis will be discussing the parallels for the two root meanings of the word “picturesque”, those being the French word “pittoresque” which means “like a picture” and the Italian word “pittoresco” which means “like a painter.” We use Nathaniel Parker Willis as a reference to get the meaning of the word “picturesque” from his novel American Scenery: Or Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. Does beauty truly lie on the eye of the beholder?

in this podcast, Sophia, Amanda, and Matt dive deep into the Peter Ustinov film "Billy Budd" and why the director believed making the film black and white would make it seem "more real". We analyzed if colors truly influence our feelings and emotions and whether or not a world without color would be emotion-less. We drew conclusions by using our perceptions from Puzzles About Art "Beauty, Ugliness, and Aesthetic Experience", and expanded on what classifies things as "beautiful". Does color define reality? Is beauty a matter of how people experience this person or thing? Tune in to find out!

Music: Denzel Sprak (uncopyrighted)

Today we will be exploring John Galsworthy, a British novelist. His inspiration in art came from the huge amount of museums and historical buildings that have in England.  His ideas still connect with the ideas we have nowadays and can be connected with modern art. We will also look at modern exhibitions of art surrounding ourselves in this current time.

Would films entirely done with AI technology lose value? Varek, Solimar and Hilba discuss this from the perspective of a world where technology is still evolving, and AI is still in its early stages. Would these films be considered less artistic, creative, or less deserving of praise from their audience?

Fun (Version 2) Audio source: Jamendo

In this podcast, Daniel Gonzalez will be joining Justin Rushetsky into an in-depth conversation about film theory, and solving case study #77. 

Time to dive into the curious case of Darwin's mysterious music comprehension.

In this podcast, Stephanie, David, and Jose will be exploring Mark Twain's perspective on the Mississippi river that he calls home, and how his perspective on the river changed once he gained extensive knowledge of the way it worked; now seeing it as “grim” and “analytical” even though it looks the same as when he saw it as beautiful. We compare and tie in elements from Mark Twain’s excerpt to our own readings from Puzzles About Art “Beauty, Ugliness, and Aesthetic Experience”, and expand on the idea of subjective beauty, who or what decides what is beautiful to an individual, and how the “beauty standard” changes over time. Is beauty what you see or how you see it? Listen and find out!

The music is called "Blue morning" by Sergey Gulevich.

In our podcast discussed Shakespeare's famous words, words words from Hamlet and the question do we "read" words, or "marks" on paper?