Join co-hosts Josh and Samantha as they investigate propositions related to Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus', and the ancient Myth of the Minotaur. With the help of guests Dynasty and Noemi, they will uncover the parallels and the answers to Venus' true birth. 

In this Episode, Klarys and her peers discuss theology and ideas revolving around religious art and the understanding of it. They will try to answer the question:  "What nonbelievers can understand of religious art?". 

Music: 

"Kalimba" 

By: Mr.Scruff

Album: "Ninja Tuna" 

Composers": A. Carthy and A. Kingslow"

In this episode, Guillermo, Gabriel, and Gabrielle will dive into the mysteries behind Nigerian culture and their Boki art masks that contain cultural enrichment. As well as going over whether art should be truly be seen at face value for our interpretations or given the history behind its origins. 

Music for intro and outro:

Shinobu Nagata

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On this episode of the Exploring Art Podcast, Emilio and Megan team up to discuss the controversy surrounding the historically inaccurate depictions of Joan of Arc throughout history. The two students cover Schiller's play Jungfrau von Orleans and Verdi’s early opera Giovanna d’Arco to give listeners a better understanding of how altering a story can hinder the value of a piece. Listen to them debate and discuss how accuracy can lessen or enhance the value of a work of art, and what we consider value to be. 

In this episode of "Explore Art Podcast", hosts Ethan, Sergey, and Erquis dive into the 1986 exhibition of Japanese Buddhist art from Todaiji, which can be found in the Chicago Art Institute. Take a look at the intricate background history of some of those exhibits, and learn something new about Japanese Buddhism - all while understanding whether or not someone who has no idea about any of that stuff could understand what's being depicted on those ancient statues and works of art. Of course, we are available on most of the streaming platforms, so listen on and educate yourself!

In this episode of Exploring Art Podcast, we will be discussing whether we would prefer to see the famous philosopher Socrates depicted as a portrait by Dutch artist Rembrandt or a photograph. 

Ashlee, Emilio, and Julius discuss the case of “A Ladylike Hand”. They talk about artwork, particular stylistic properties, and gender stereotypes. Emphasis was focused on how the society’s perspective changed after acknowledging an Artwork was created by a female or by a male and the different criticism that was expressed to artists when something was believed to be done by a man when actuality was done by a woman. The critics depict what a woman's capability in artwork could do. We discussed how unfair treatment toward women’s ability in art or any artistic area such as music or literature was expressed with such harsh criticism, such as what happened to Judith Leyster and the backlash she received when compared to Frans Hals’s work.

In this Episode, students at FIU discuss theology and ideas revolving around religious art and the understanding of it. Basically, they will try to answer the question:  "What nonbelievers can understand of religious art?". 

Music: 

"Kalimba" 

By: Mr.Scruff

Album: "Ninja Tuna" 

Composers": A. Carthy and A. Kingslow"

In our podcast episode “Raphael: Misleading or Devotional”, we answer the question: Are Raphael's depictions of the apostles, and particularly of St. Paul, true? False? Informative? Misleading? We first started by providing some background information on Raphael including some of his paintings. Then we continued by analyzing one of his paintings “St Paul preaching at Athens” in order to answer the question. Based on the background information on St Paul and Raphael's Style which includes the emotions he likes to depict in his paintings, we were able to conclude that his representation of St Paul was informative.

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Paul Cezanne was not the usual artist, unlike other artists, his muse was the mountain, Mont-Saint-Victoire, located in the city he grew up, Aix-en Provence in Southern France. Cezanne got popular for his repetition of this painting, which allowed him to identify himself through his artwork. Do artists need to be repetitive with their art in order to identify and realize themselves? How does a painter realize themselves through a subject? Watch our episode“How Artists Come to Their Paintings,” on Exploring Art Podcast to find out.

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