Episode 60: Greek Hellenistic Sculpture

Our special guest, Dr. Catherine Taylor, joins Megan and Lauren to discuss Greek Hellenistic sculpture. 

  

The Hellenistic period spanned from 323-146 BCE. The movement is thought to have begun with the death of Alexander the Great in 323. Compared to previous Greek sculpture Hellenistic sculpture is much more dramatic and lively. Laocoon and His Sons, along with other Hellenistic sculptures heavily influenced many Italian Renaissance sculptors including Michelangelo. 

Laocoon and His Sons early 1st century CE

Dying Gaul, marble copy 230-220 BCE

Nike of Samothrace, 190 BCE

Barberini Faun, 220 BCE

Apollonius, Boxer at Rest, 100-50 BCE., bronze

Next week Julia and Chloe will be starting our special series focusing on Baroque art with Italian Baroque: The Basics

If you have any topics in art history you are interested in hearing more about, please email us at uvu.artsandfacts@gmail.com.

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Episode 58: John Singer Sargent

Join Carrie and Lauren as they explore the universe of 19th and 20th century artist John Singer Sargent. This man danced among the elite of the Belle Epoque, and is famous for his innumerable portraits of the European and American aristocracy. Learn about the scandal behind his most famous work, Madame X, and the lesser known, but equally beautiful, watercolors that he produced in the later part of his oeuvre. 

Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, 1887

Sargent, Madam X, 1883

Sargent, Self Portrait

Sargent, Artist in the Simplon, ca. 1909

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Short but Sweet: Disegno vs. Colorito

We would like to apologize for not having our regular full length episode up today, we have had some technical issues with this episode and are unable to post it at this time. We hope you will enjoy the Short but Sweet instead.

We will have our regular full length episode up next Wednesday.

Thank you.

Disegno

 Colorito

Episode 57: Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko was an Abstract Expressionist painter, who in his later career, focused on color and luminosity in his work. He was inspired by the way children could communicate their reality in simple visual images.  Listen to the podcast to learn more about this remarkable man.

Rothko, The Omen of the Eagle, 1942

Rothko, Number 10, 1950

Rothko, Number 14, 1960

Rothko, Untitled, 1968

Rothko Chapel, Houston Texas, USA

The following links were very helpful resources for researching Mark Rothko.

http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/intro1.shtm

http://www.markrothko.org/

Next weeks episode will be our St. Patrick's Day special, Celtic Art. 

Episode 56: Romanesque Architecture

Romanesque architecture developed after the Roman's and before Gothic style after 1000 AD.

Some of the characteristics of Romanesque architecture are rounded arches, heavy masonry, small windows, and barrel and groin vaults. The rounded arches centered the heavy weight of the masonry and made it possible for stone roofs to be built, although they weren't quite strong enough. Windows had to be kept small and buttresses were added to the design to keep the walls from buckling under the weight.

Decoration was very minimal in Romanesque architecture which was very popular with some monastic orders, but the strength of the fortification was popular with warring Kings. Because of this you will see fortresses, like the White Tower at the Tower of London and churches, like the Chapter House Abbey de Fontenay in Burgundy, France.

Chapter House, Abbaye (Abbey) de Fontenay (Interior)

Chapter House, Abbaye (Abbey) de Fontenay (Exterior)

St. Michael’s Church Hildesheim, Germany
built between 1010 and 1020

St. Michael’s Church Hildesheim, Germany (Interior)

White Tower, Tower of London, ca. 1066-1078

Episode 55: Johannes Vermeer

Julia and Jo talk about Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch Baroque painter who is famous for his domestic interiors of the middle class and in particular his painting called,  Girl with a Pearl Earring , painted in 1665. 

Vermeer was an art dealer, an inn keeper, the head of the guild of St. Luke, the father of fifteen children and a well respected painter. He was by all accounts a very busy man and so perhaps it is not altogether surprising that there are only thirty-four works that are attributed to him today.

Listen to the podcast to learn more about this fascinating man.

The Love Letter, ca. 1668

The Art of Painting or Allegory of Painting, 1668

Girl with a Pearl Earring, ca. 1665

The Kitchen Maid, 1657-58

Next week Julia and Megan will be talking about Romanesque Architecture! Should be an interesting podcast.

Also, we would like to apologize for not having our new Sort but Sweet episodes up yet. We've run into some issues and will be postponing those for some time.

If you have any topics in art history you are interested in hearing more about, please email us at uvu.artsandfacts@gmail.com. Thank you.

Episode 54: Romanticism

Happy Valentines Day! (Or 'Single Awareness Day' if you prefer)

Put the dozen red roses in a vase, pull out the heart shaped box of chocolates, cuddle up with your significant other....or your cat, and enjoy the most unromantic art movement there ever was, romanticism.

Don't say we didn't warn you!

Turner, Slavers throwing overboard the Dead and Dying- Typhoon coming on “The Slave Ship”, 1840

Casper David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818

Gericault, Raft of the Medusa, 1818-19  

Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1790

Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1781-82

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Next week Jo and Julia will be talking about Vermeer!