SOURCE NEEDED

SOURCE NEEDED

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  • Spooky Scary Studies

    grab some hard candy from your halloween basket and suck on this episode! (㇏(•̀ᵥᵥ•́)ノ) Abi + Liz are talking monsters in art, film, and pop culture with a big focus on the vampiric undead. Basing the conversation on their articles this week, the girls get into the philosophical framework of monster studies and the Date Paintings by the Japanese artist Kawara to determine what horror means to them.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY :

    • Goya, "Saturn Devouring his Son"  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_...
    • Las Meninas and Foucault article: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
    • liz's article: https://www.homeworkforyou.com/static...
    • abi's article: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25800346
    • Karawa link:  https://onkawara.co.uk/styled-19/
    • Bosch bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierony...
    • Brueghel the Elder and Rubens, the garden of eden with the fall of man.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gar...

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    Theme Song Credit
    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    33 min
  • Montalvo, A. (2025) Super Graphic Ultra Modern Chapel

    On this episode of SOURCE NEEDED Abi and Liz crack open Abi's recent master's thesis to talk about artist chapels. Focusing on the chapels of Mark Rothko, James Turrell, and Ellsworth Kelly, they explore the relationship between artworks and exhibition spaces.


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    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    38 min
  • Hébert, L. (2021) Full Transparency

    Abi + Liz peal back the layers of Liz’s 2021 masters thesis about the darkening of Rembrandt’s most famous painting: The Night Watch. They cover the entire conservation history from the 1850s to the current Operation by the Rijksmuseum.

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    Theme Song Credit

    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    52 min
  • all this art is making me hungry

    Are you hungry for a mouthwatering deep-dive into art and food with Abi and Liz? From Caravaggio’s wild artichoke story to luxury strawberries and today’s obsession with posting fancy meals online, this episode is all about the highs, lows, and occasional messiness behind what we eat and how we show it off. If you’ve ever wondered why artists paint rotting fruit, why people decorate pastries like works of art, or why watching someone eat can feel a bit over the top, this episode is a delicious listen you won’t want to miss. 


    SOURCES:

    Academic article: Jesse Locker, "Caravaggio's Artichokes," Gastronomica 19, vol. 4, Winter 2019: pp. 20-27. https://www.academia.edu/40754475/Caravaggios_Artichokes

    Substack article: "Glory and Gore go Hand in Hand" by @LesbianFoodAccount: https://open.substack.com/pub/lesbianfoodaccount/p/glory-and-gore-go-hand-in-hand?r=4njq0r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

    • Caravaggio, "Bacchus" (c. 1596)
    • Nathaniel Bacon, "Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit" (c. 1620–1625)

    The Art Assignment, "Art Cooking: Salvador Dali," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kiSGTwtpTs

    • Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuZympOIGC0
    • Claude Joseph Bail, Still Life, Eggs, (c. late 19th century)
    • Roberto Bernardi, Il Cerchio Bianco, 2009.
    • Kathleen Ryan, Bad Lemon (tart), 2020.

    Also: Dutch Golden Age Vanitas Still Lifes: Paintings by artists such as Pieter Claesz and Willem Heda, known for showing abundance, rot, and transience (e.g. “Still Life with a Gilt Cup”)


    Theme Song Credit

    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0


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    35 min
  • sabrina carpenter's symbol chain shibari

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY [and notes]
    Abis article: 
    Garrard, Mary D. 1994. “Here’s Looking at Me: Sofonisba Anguissola and the Problem of the Woman Artist.” Renaissance Quarterly 47 (3): 556–622. https://doi.org/10.2307/2863021.

    Liz’s article:
    Chen, Liangfei. “The Female Identity Being Performed -- Gender Rebellion in Cindy Sherman’s Photography.” SHS Web of Conferences, vol. 174, 2023,  https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202317402015.

    Sofanisbas painting:
    Portrait of Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola

    Cindy Sherman:
    Untitled Film Stills Series https://artlead.net/journal/modern-classics-cindy-sherman-untitled-film-stills/
    In order of appearance - #21 #43 #10 #3

    Jamila Bradley on TikTok
    Cindy Sherman's Insta selfie posted on aug 4 2017 - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/05/magazine/instagram-cindy-sherman-ugly-beauty.html
    Feather music video - https://youtu.be/kLbn61Z4LDI?si=GQOOTgDe2LaJHSFQ
    Please Please Please with Dolly Parton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiQ7qiL73aI&list=RDYiQ7qiL73aI&start_radio=1

    Theme Song Credit
    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    38 min
  • you're gonna die hunny

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY [and notes]
    will be edited after kinds day lol

    Theme Song Credit
    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    32 min
  • fascism is kitsch

    Abi + Liz  break down the definition of kitsch while exploring architectural trends under fascism. Wherever the discussion takes us we know the conclusion: Fascism is NOT fetch.

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY [and notes]
    [3:53] Julia Friedman, “Classicism by Decree,” *Athenaeum  Review*, 2021.

    [5:47] donate to wikipedia!!!  https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LandingPage&country=NL&uselang=en-gb&wmf_medium=spontaneous&wmf_source=fr-redir&wmf_campaign=spontaneous 

    [6:21] Marcel Breuer - learn more about his work as a furniture designer at this link: https://dedece.com/designer/marcel-breuer/ 

    [6:34] Marcel Breuer, “Old American Embassy in den Haag,” 1959. https://www.john-adams.nl/rio-de-janeiro-and-havana-by-harrison-abramovitz-1948-and-1950/ 

    [6:43] Marcel Breuer, “Hubert H. Humphrey Building, housing the US Department of Health and Human Services,” 1977.

    [7:06] Cass Gilbert, “Supreme Court Building,” 1935.

    [7:47] Overly Sarcastic Productions, “History Summarised: Beauty and Brutalism,” YouTube video essay, 10 May, 2024, 10:31, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Dc5vaEJfY 

    [8:41] Ricardo Bofill, “Les Espaces d’Abraxas,” 1978, Noisy-le-Grand, France. (VR video highlighting the community living at Les Espaces d’Abraxas  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuWRxJFkvC4 )

    [8:58] @brutal_architecture on instagram

    [13:34] Paul Troost [NAZI], “Haus der Kunst,” 1937. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/03/01/should-munich-contemporary-art-museum-reveal-or-obscure-its-nazi-history 

    [14:41] CJ the X, “How Jordan Peterson’s Suits Taught Me Fashion,” YouTube video essay, 16 October, 2024, 1:00:32, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpHFcylNGqg&t=670s 

    [16:17] Friedman, “Classicism by Decree.”

    [20:02] Screenshot of Paris folding on itself from the masterpiece that is Inception. But here’s some info about Haussmann https://www.mansionglobal.com/library/architectural-styles/haussmann-architecture

    [20:22] Eugène Beaudouin, et al. “The Tour Montparnasse,” 1973.  https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-defense-of-the-ugliest-building-in-paris

    [26:17] I.M. Pei, “Louvre Pyramid,” 1989.

    [26:48] Emilio Distretti & Alessandro Petti, “The Afterlife of Fascist Colonial Architecture: A Critical Manifesto.” Journal of Historic Preservation, History, Theory, and Criticism. Vol. 16, No. 2 (Winter 2019), 2019.

    [32:43] Distretti & Petti, “The Afterlife of Fascist Colonial Architecture.” 

    Further Reading:
    - Guiding principles for federal architecture https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/design-and-construction/design-excellence-program/guiding-principles-for-federal-architecture 
    - Cologne Architecture City Guide: 16 Historical and Contemporary Buildings https://www.archdaily.com/972519/cologne-city-guide-10-projects-you-shouldnt-miss

    Theme Song Credit
    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    46 min
  • forgery no. 1

    Abi + Liz break down the art of forgery and go beyond the relic cult of art in this jam packed episode of the SOURCE NEEDED podcast. 

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY [definitely improperly formatted this week]

    1:18 Noah Charney, "The Art of Forgery," published by Phaidon, 2015.

    11:23 Alexander Nagel, "Beyond the relic cult of art."

    14:23 Michaelangelo, "Bacchus.” [Liz got it a bit wrong, but you can read the full story about this sculpture here ⇒ https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/michelangelos-bacchus/]

    15:50 Image of the Caryatid statues (AKA the Elgin marbles) on display in Greece at the Acropolis Museum. A spot remains empty in case the British ever return the missing statue to its rightful home.

    16:49 Artistic rendering of the Florentine Duomo, artist unknown to this bibliography writer. [Learn more about the history of the Duomo’s facade ⇒ https://duomo.firenze.it/en/opera-magazine/post/6558/the-facade-of-florence-cathedral]

    17:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol9CCM240Ag

    20:04 Pablo Picasso, “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon,” 1907.

    22:16 “The Price of Everything,” documentary by Madman Films, 2018.

    25:40 Image of a ‘forgery factory’ from https://artstormer.com/2012/04/06/made-in-china-the-city-of-dafen/ [check out the webpage for more info, it’s fascinating stuff]

    27:22 Peter Schjeldahl, “Dutch Master” New Yorker article, 2008.

    29:21 Johannes Vermeer, “Woman writing a letter, with her Maid,” 1671.

    29:24 Han van Meegeren, “The Supper at Emmaus,” 1937.

    35:54 “Catch me if you can,” starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, 2002. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71rDQ7z4eFg

    35:59 “How to Steal a Million,” starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole, 1966. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cyDLcU-3g

    Theme Song Credit

    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    42 min
  • ponderings on art patronage

    Are the Kardashians the modern day Medici or is that a grossly false equivalency? Abi and Liz are getting into it in this episode of the SOURCE NEEDED podcast.

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY [and notes]
    1. Sandro Botticelli, “Adoration of the Magi,” oil on canvas, 1475. https://medicipatronsaints.wordpress.com/works-in-the-exhibition/sandro-botticelli-adoration-of-the-magi/

    2. @kendalljenner, “posing in front of a casual Katz to show off your easter dress, but let’s be for real - it’s for clout,” instagram photo.

    3. Alex Katz, “Vivien,” oil on canvas, 2012. https://icon.ink/articles/kendall-jenner-art/

    4. Jacques Barzun, “An Insoluble Problem: The Patronage of Art,” *Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society* 131, no. 2 (1987): 121–31. http://www.jstor.org/stable/986785.

    5. Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” mixed media, 2019.

    6. @Knits.n.notes, “Amsterdam based knitting circle,” instagram account.

    7. *Well I just kind of like it*, edited by Wendy Erskine, (idk the publishing info).

    8. Joseph Scott, “The Lady in my Living Room,” in *Well I just kind of like it*, ed. Wendy Erskine, (idk the publishing info) pg. 28.

    9. Sandro Botticelli, “Adoration of the Magi,” oil on canvas, 1475. 

    10. CJ the X, “Subjectivity in Art,” video essay by CJ the X, 30 July, 2022, video, 1:33:08, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPrNWuppMcc 

    11. Emily Dickinson, “Perception of an Object Costs,” in *Well I just kind of like it*, ed. Wendy Erskine, (idk the publishing info but here’s a link to the complete works of Emily Dickinson: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12242/12242-h/12242-h.htm) pg. 41.

    12. “Official website of Vivian Maier," [created by John Maloof, the man who discovered her work and the chief curator of Maier’s photography] [https://www.vivianmaier.com](https://www.vivianmaier.com/)

    13. “Dickinson,” starring Hailee Steinfeld, created by Alena Smith, Apple TV show, 2019.

    14. Fra Bartolomeo, “Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola,” oil on panel, 1498.

    15. [BONUS VIEWING] “Savonarola and the Bonfire of the Vanities,” YouTube video by the history guy, 3 December, 2018, video, 13:21, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVtKR4pwlDw

    Theme Song Credit
    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    56 min
  • superstars and stephen schwartz

    On this weeks episode of SOURCE NEEDED Abi + Liz + Notre Dame are on FIRE! Their articles this week are both about the Notre Dame fire back in 2019. Abi + Liz chat about how the professionals, politicians, and the public responded to the event through the lens of crisis management and acoustics. Can they find a commonality? Listen to find out!

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    BIBLIOGRAPHY [this bibliography is not formatted, but it’s not graded either so idgaf]

    Napoleon’s Coronation by Jacques-Louis David/ Georges Rouget - art database, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=546742

    [Abi and Liz were talking about the same painting!]


    Mullins, Sarabeth, and Brian Katz. "The Past Has Ears at Notre-Dame Cathedral: An Interdisciplinary Project in Digital Archaeoacoustics." Acoustics Today, 2024. https://acousticstoday.org/the-past-has-ears-at-notre-dame-cathedral-an-interdisciplinary-project-in-digital-archaeoacoustics-sarabeth-s-mullins-and-brian-f-g-katz-2/


    Gombault, Anne. “Notre-Dame Is Burning: Learning From the Crisis of a Superstar Religious Monument.” International Journal of Arts Management 22, no. 2 (2020): 83–95. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48584538.


    Liz Hébert, “S14E06: Musical Instruments” interview with Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet, The C Word, 30 May, 2024, audio 51:59. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3f4XuVG45jJeaWzc48PHPy?si=j3craz5gQIynPGDIfVtuCg


    Handy, Kumaran. “Artstation - Bridging the Gap between Gaming and History: How Assassin’s Creed Unity Is Helping Rebuild Notre-Dame.” ArtStation, https://www.artstation.com/blogs/dioeye/1dYG/bridging-the-gap-between-gaming-and-history-how-assassins-creed-unity-is-helping-rebuild-notre-dame


    Lawson-Tancred, Jo. “The Stats behind Notre-Dame’s Remarkable Restoration.” Artnet News, 19 Dec. 2024, news.artnet.com/art-world/notre-dame-restoration-stats-2578291


    CER: Cultural Emergency Response https://www.culturalemergency.org


    All images of the Notre Dame spire proposals and credits taken from this website: https://www.dezyncle.com/en/articles/5-design-proposals-to-reconstruct-the-notre-dame-cathedral-spire


    Video from Liz’s acoustics article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJvvkl3qrXM&t=2s

    Theme Song Credit

    Acid Jazz Loop - Music Bed by gulyas25 -- https://freesound.org/s/233699/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

    47 min

About SOURCE NEEDED

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In SOURCE NEEDED Abi and Liz discuss the cultural phenomena of the day - from painting conservation to film to poetry to the art market. Guilty of forming opinions on such topics without a source to back the claim, this podcast is an homage to those moments when our conversations precede research. (That said, we do our best to stick to the framework of a cultural ‘object’ per episode, and link the mentioned papers/tiktoks/memes/oddly specific wikipedia pages in the bibliomaniac caption). Intrigued? Subscribe to SOURCE NEEDED for weekly episodes and (unsubstantiated) extras.