On today's podcast, Kevin, Ibsen, and Francesca will discuss commonalities and differences between “Alexander the Great slew the Minotaur” and “Botticelli’s Birth of Venus”. They will dive into their research to uncover whether the propositions “Alexander the Great slew the Minotaur” and “Botticelli’s Birth of Venus” are true, false, or neither. As you listen you will be able to learn about Alexander the Great, Alessandro Botticelli, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, and Handel and his work Messiah.

music: "Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4" by Frédéric Chopin

In this podcast, Andres, Maydelis, and Emma all discuss a case study involving Paul Cezanne, and the time throughout his life when he repeatedly painted a landscape of the same mountain. Can drawing something over and over again lead to realization? Of us or of our subjects? Does it have to be more than once? Does the subject have to be human for us to find realization? These are all topics discussed in this podcast. In short, listen to us butt heads about paintings, mountains, and self-identity.

Shanti and Kyle, the esteemed duo of researchers, dive into the relationship between theology and art. In this episode, the duo discusses the impact that our religious beliefs have on our perspective of religious art.

In this episode of the Exploring Arts podcast we put our heads together about whether it would be a better decision to view the objects first without knowing their functions, so as to perceive them "purely," and then to read the catalog so as to view them a second time with knowledge of their functions? Or should the first viewing be an informed one, so one is sure to understand the objects fully?

Script Layout

Introduction: Welcome to another episode of Exploring Art Podcast, At Florida International University student podcast for the creative curious! I'm your host A'mya and I am very pleased to introduce Hannah, Isaiah, and Kamen

Case Study: Is it preferable to view the objects first without knowing their functions, so as to perceive them "purely," and then to read the catalog so as to view them a second time with knowledge of their functions? Or should the first viewing be an informed one, so one is sure to understand the objects fully?

Kamen: a reads case study

Hannah: Speaks about The center of African Art History In New York

Isaiah: Answers the case study question

All: Gives their input and point of view on the question

Outro: I want to thank you for joining us so much today, Isaiah, Kamen Hannah, and I really appreciate it, this concludes Exploring Art Podcast subscribe to Exploring Art Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud, or wherever you get your podcasts, thank you for listening please join us soon and remember to stay curious.

In this episode of Exploring Art Podcast Case, join us as we focus on gender styles in art and try to determine who painted the Portrait of Mademoiselle Charlotte du Val d'Ognes. 

Background:

What do Art Historians do?

Art historians study the visual arts and its identifying features throughout history. https://www.britannica.com/art/art-history (Links to an external site.)

Look up the history of the Louvre

The Louvre was originally created to be a fortress for royalty in the 17th century but was converted into a museum in the 18th century and displayed a variety of collections. https://www.livescience.com/31935-louvre-museum.html (Links to an external site.)

Look up Frans Hal life and work

Frans Hal was a Dutch art dealer and restorer who dealt with a lot of portraiture.

Look up Judith Leyster life and work

She was an active artists in the town of Harlem and painted a variety of works including portraits and still lifes.

What do critics do?

Critics judge the usefulness of professional pieces of art work.

Look up the history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and filled with many collections.

In the 19th century some Americans wanted to bring art and art education to the American people, so they created a museum open to the public

Look up Jacques Louis David life and work

French Artist during the french revolution and painted many leaders and martyrs in a representational style. He focused on portraits and even painted for Napoleon.

Look up Constance Charpentier life and work

French painter who specialized in portraits of mostly children and women.

Are there some kinds of weaknesses or mistakes that are clues to the gender of the artist?

Can we read from the properties of paintings to such characteristics as the artist's social condition or religious convictions or emotional state? The Metropolitan Museum of Art now lists the Portrait of Mademoiselle Charlotte du Val d'Ognes as "by an unknown artist." Does such indeterminacy about the identity painter affect how we see the

In this episode of Exploring Art Podcast, we will solve a case study. To solve this case study we will discuss information about artists like Paul Cezanne, Rembrandt van Rijn, Andre Malraux, and more artists. We will also discuss Mont-Sainte-Victoire. 

In today's podcast, we went over numerous topics from Alexander the Great, to the birth of the Minotaur and to understanding the Birth of Venus and its depiction. From dissecting ideas and forming new ones a posed question sparked conversation “ In what ways are the propositions "Alexander slew the Minotaur" and "Botticelli's Birth of Venus depicts the birth of Venus" alike?”.

What does Joan of Arc's story mean to you? In this episode of Exploring Art, we will learn the story of the fearsome French warrior and discuss whether the altering of the ending and thus historical inaccuracies, lessens the value of her story as a work of art.

http://pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmSaintJoan08.asp https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-Schiller

In this episode we talk about the eastern temple's history with religion and how that  affected Japan's artistic achievements.

In this episode, our host Alex and special guest Natalie discuss Japanese Buddhist art and the history of Buddhism, whether this art can be understood without previous knowledge, and discussions about certain pieces at the Art Institute Chicago.

Resources:

https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/7447/the-great-eastern-temple-treasures-of-japanese-buddhist-art-from-todai-ji

https://asiasociety.org/education/buddhism-japan

https://web.mit.edu/stclair/www/horai/intro-amida-sutra.htm

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dogen

Music Source:

Jumble Boss

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