AP Art History in 15

In this episode, Mr. Bruns explores the rise of early Christianity, and how it used art to survive, communicate, and eventually, transform the visual world of the RomanEmpire. Two topics to explore:1. How early Christianity - its beliefs, tenants, and cultural practices influenced the development of art. 2. How early Christian iconography carried dual meaning so Christians could avoid persecution....

In this episode, Mr. Bruns explores how early Judaism, its tenets, its cultural practices, and its geographical locations impacted the development and content of Jewish art. Specifically, this episode connect these themes tofour important works: 1.      Jewish Catacomb art in Rome — the Ark of the Covenant , Villa Torlonia, 3rd century 2.      The Wall with the Torah Niche , from the house-synagog...

In this episode, Mr. Bruns sails into the heart of the Roman Empire to explore how interaction with other cultures (via the Mediterranean Sea) influenced the making of two iconic Roman monuments: Augustus of Prima Porta and the Flavian Amphitheatre , better known as the Colosseum.

In this episode, Mr. Bruns, unpacks a fundamental concept in Roman art: How purpose, intended audience and patronage shape artisitic production. This episode covers three iconic Roman works: The House of the Vettii Head of Roman Patrician Forum of Trajan

In this episode, Mr. Bruns discusses two of the most celebrated sculptures from ancient Greece— Anavysos Kouros and Doryphoros by Polykleitos —to answer three key questions: First, how do these works show continuity or change withinan artistic tradition? Second, why do these changes or continuities matter? And third, how did cultural interactions shape these masterpieces?

In this episode Mr. Bruns dives into six major works from Ancient Greece , and how their cultural context and artistic techniques shaped their creation. This episode explores: the Athenian Agora the Peplos Kore from the Acropolis the Niobides Krater the Grave Stele of Hegeso the Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon the Seated Boxer

In this episode, Mr. Bruns, heads to the sands of Ancient Egypt to explore five key monuments and objects. In this podcast he will discuss how Egypt’s cultural practices, religious beliefs, and natural environment shaped the art, and how the materials and methods available influenced what the Egyptians created—and why it endures today. Works discussed in this episode: Palette of King Narmer Seated...

In this episode, Mr. Bruns is heading back—way back—to the cradle of civilization: the Ancient Near East - Mesopotamia Today’s episode explores five major works from the region,all of which speak volumes about power, spirituality, and survival in one of the world’s earliest urban landscapes. And we’ll explore them through two keyquestions: 1. How did cultural practices, belief systems, and the phy...

In this episode, Mr. Bruns, dives deep—into a cave, and onto a windswept plain of England—to examine how we interpret two of the most mysterious and iconic prehistoric works of art: the Great Hall of Bulls in Lascaux, France, and Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.

Your host, Mr. Bruns, dives deep into one of themost essential themes in art history: how materials, processes, and techniques affect art and art making , and how artistic decisions about form, style, materials, technique, and content shape a work of art . Works covered in this episode: 1.      The Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a canine 2.      The Running Horned Woman 3.      The Beaker with Ibe...

In this episode, Mr. Bruns compares and contrasts Islamic mosues and Christian churches. Both considered sacred sites for worship, but also demonstrate much more. https://www.rome-museum.com/st-peters-basilica.php https://www.hagiasophia.com/ https://catedraldesantiago.es/en/cathedral/ https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1397/ https://smarthistory.org/the-dome-of-the-rock-qubbat-al-sakhra/

In this episode, Mr. Bruns will discuss how to look at art (form, function, content, and historical context). He will discuss two, of the 250 utilizing this technique - "The Merode Altarpiece" by Robert Campin and Albrecht Durer's "Adam and Eve" https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/470304 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336222

In this episode, Mr. Bruns discusses the key characteristics of Norther Renaissance and in the second part he will discuss the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck. https://www.theartstory.org/movement/northern-renaissance/#:~:text=Northern%20European%20artists%20began%20to,also%20known%20as%20genre%20painting). https://smarthistory.org/an-introduction-to-the-northern-renaissance-in-the-fifteenth-cent...

In this episode, Mr. Bruns compares woodblock, etching and engraving techniques that allowed Northern Renaissance artists, like Durer, to show their mastery in this new medium. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336215 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/336222 https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/hans-holbeins-dance-of-death-1523-5/ https://publicdomainreview.org/col...

In this episode, Mr. Bruns will discuss the difference between "buon frescoe" and "secco frescoe". He will also discuss the pros and cons of using the materials and give a few examples of artists who used one of these techniques. https://smarthistory.org/michelangelo-ceiling-of-the-sistine-chapel-2/ https://cenacolovinciano.org/en/museum/the-works/the-last-supper-leonardo-da-vi...

In this episode, Mr Bruns examines the Arena Chapel and the artist Giotto di Bondone. The podcast digs into why the chapel was constructed and the masterful works of the Proto-Renaissance artist (also grandfather of Renaissance art) Giotto. https://smarthistory.org/giotto-arena-scrovegni-chapel-part-1-of-4/ https://smarthistory.org/giotto-arena-scrovegni-chapel-part-2-of-4/ https://smarthistory.or...

In this episode, Mr. Bruns discusses the patronage and purpose of Moralized Bibles such as the Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France and the Scenes from the Apocalypse. In the second part of the podcast Mr. Bruns discusses the highly charge Rottgen Pieta. https://smarthistory.org/saint-louis-bible-moralized-bible-or-bible-moralisee/ https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/ea...

In todays podcast, Mr. Bruns explores the historical context behind the Gothic art movement. Topics will include the founder of Gothic church movement. The meaning of Gothic. The goal of Gothic architecture. Life in Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries. Finally, the birth of Scholasticism.

In this podcast, Mr. Bruns will discuss the Romanesque churches of St-Foy, St. Vincenc, St. Lazare, and the Church of St. James, Santiago de Compostela. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/669/ https://smarthistory.org/last-judgment-tympanum-cathedral-of-st-lazare-autun-france/ https://smarthistory.org/church-and-reliquary-of-sainte%e2%80%90foy-france/

In this podcast Mr. Bruns discusses the important elements about Romanesque architecture and some of it components. There will be a conversation about "Holy Robbery" of relics.

In this podcast, Mr. Bruns will discuss the political, social, and religious backgrounds to the creation of art in the period of 550 to 750 CE. He will highlight key works from the Hiberno-Saxon art period that are part of the AP Art History 250.

This podcast covers, quickly, the "Vienna Genesis," "The Hagia Sophia (Theotokos and Deeis Mosaics, and "Virgin (Theotokos) and Child Between Saints Theodore and George."

This quick podcast discusses two works - The Catacombs of Priscilla and Santa Sabina.