Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

This is an encore presentation of my episode about how DayGlo colors work and how they were developed by a pair of brothers in the 1930s. Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave  Check out my other podcast Art Smart Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or an...

Rachel Ruysch was an incredibly skilled dutch painter in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. She was renowned for her still lives. The objects in this work were carefully selected and the image is loaded with symbolism. Her painting, Fruit and Insects is one of the works on the list for the AP Art History curriculum. Those prepping for the test, may want to check out my Spotify playlist: AP Ar...

This is a very quick announcement of who came out on top in this year's Arts Madness Tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The great pyramids constructed by ancient Egyptians at Giza are the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world still remaining. These massive stone monuments have left people awestruck for thousands of years. True to the distinction as wonders of the ancient world, people have wondered and speculated about how the great pyramids were constructed pretty much as long as they have been around. Wh...

This week is the final round of our annual Arts Madness Tournament. Over the last few weeks, thousands of you have taken time to vote as we narrowed the field from 64 down to our final two: Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh. Listen to this episode to learn a bit about the two men and find out how they have really overcome a lot of obstacles and defied the odds to become such popular figures i...

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec | At The Moulin Rouge Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave  Check out my other podcast Art Smart Arts Madness Tournament links: Check out the Brackets Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: a...

This week I am posting a clip show giving a brief overview of the final four artists/artworks in this year's Arts Madness Tournament. Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave  Check out my other podcast Art Smart Arts Madness Tournament links: Check out the Brackets Related episodes: Vincent van Gogh (par...

Stonehenge has captured the imagination of people for centuries. It is hard to categorize the massive stone work. Is it a feat of engineering, sculpture, architecture? Is it a work of deep spiritual significance or an oversized and needlessly complicated calendar? Located in Wiltshire, England, Stonehenge is made up of standing stones arranged in a circular formation and is estimated to be over 4,...

Marina Abromovic is a contemporary performance artist. In this episode, we talked about her performance piece, The Artist is Present, in which she sat silently looking people in the eyes to form a connection that frequently moved people to tears. My guest this week was Becky Barsi. Becky is an artist and teacher. She was recently named New Hampshire's art educator of the year. She creates and exhi...

Remember to vote for your favorite artist this week at www.whoartedpodcast.com/vote Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave  Check out my other podcast Art Smart Arts Madness Tournament links: Check out the Brackets Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or an...

This week's Friday mini episode is about the Moai statues of Rapa Nui, commonly referred to as Easter Island. The Moai are one of 250 artworks on the AP Art History list. For those students prepping for the test this spring, check out my AP Art History Cram Session playlist on Spotify. Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surve...

ArtCurious is one of my absolute favorite art podcasts. Jennifer Dasal does a deep dive into the research for all her subjects but presents the information that is easy for even me to follow. When I was studying for my exam to become a National Board Certified Teacher, I listened to a lot of ArtCurious to brush up on history I had forgotten and discovered tons of cool stuff I never knew. In fact s...

Voting in Round 3 of Arts Madness will be open until Saturday. Please go to www. WhoARTedPodcast.com/Vote to vote for your favorites. Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave  Check out my other podcast Art Smart Arts Madness Tournament links: Check out the Brackets Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast....

For this week's #funfactfriday mini episode I wanted to share a bit about Herb Williams. Williams is based out of Nashville, TN and he is working with crayons on a level I have never seen from anyone else. He makes jaw dropping sculptures that are not only beautiful to look at, but the choice of crayon makes the work engage multiple senses as the unmistakable scent of crayons draws people in. I fi...

Today, Renoir is remembered as one of the greatest painters of the Impressionist movement. His paintings are soft and delicate, but his life and his work was a painful struggle. Most painters pride themselves on their ability to work with their hands. They spend years practicing, developing fine motor skills and muscle memory to easily render a beautiful image, but Renoir’s hands weren’t on board...

A quick summary of some of the interesting results from the voting in Round 1 and some of the matches I'm interested in for Round 2 of this year's Arts Madness Tournament. I mentioned Vincent van Gogh and his supposed commercial failure as an artist. Check out this episode to learn a little bit more about sales of his work during his lifetime. Did Vincent van Gogh Really Only Sell 1 Painting? Vote...

In 1778, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun met Marie Antoinette at the Royal palace in Versailles. The queen had heard of Le Brun’s talent and asked to paint her portrait. Marie Antoinette loved the way Le Brun painted her and from that point on, she was pretty much her official royal portrait painter. Le Brun painted 30 portraits of the queen. Almost as quickly as her star rose, her fortunes changed. In 17...

George Lucas is responsible for some of the most popular films of all time. Early in his career, he began working on a script for a science fiction story following the hero's journey as outlined by the anthropologist, Joseph Campbell. His film series, Star Wars was not only a commercial success, it was a remarkable technical achievement. Lucas and his crew needed to invent new methods in order to...

Every year in the US, 64 college basketball teams compete in a single elimination tournament known as March Madness. For years, I have created a similar bracketed tournament having my students vote for their favorite artists and now listeners around the world are welcome to join in the fun voting for their favorite artists in a series of head to head matchups. Vote for your favorite artists at www...

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec was associated with the Moulin Rouge since it first opened in 1891. He was captivated by the unique spirit of the club where people of all walks of life would mingle and enjoy the festivities. Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave  Check out my other podcast Art Smart Arts Ma...

For this week's episode we learn a bit about Alexander Calder, the mechanical engineer who became a pioneer of kinetic sculpture. The specific work we looked at in this episode is Streetcar from 1951. It is one of many mobiles Calder created over his career. While he did have other amazing work including his wire sculptures that are just masterfully created drawings in air, as well as toys, jewelr...

This episode is about Phyllida Barlow. I spoke with Greg Daniels, an art teacher out of the UK who runs www.theartteacher.net It was a pleasure talking to him and learning about a unique contemporary sculptor. Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave  Check out my other podcast Art Smart Arts Madness Tour...

In this portrait, Andy Warhol presented Marilyn Monroe in the format typically associated with religious artworks. This work was created just a few weeks after Monroe’s untimely death and it seems like a pop art shrine. Hers was a face that graced the pages of every magazine and tabloid. She was a young girl, Norma Jean who had been plucked from obscurity and celebrated around the world for her be...

Henri Matisse was born in Northern France on December 31, 1869. His father was a successful grain merchant. In 1887, Henri was well on his way to a successful, respectable career when he went to Paris. He was going to study law, and was working in that arena for a while then at age 20, he had appendicitis. His mom gave him a paint set so he could have something to do while he recovered, and he dec...

Grant Wood was one of the most prominent painters of the Regionalist movement. He became a star of the art world pretty much overnight when his painting, American Gothic won an award then was purchased by The Art Institute of Chicago. Fill out the Airwave Media Network survey to give me feedback and get a chance to win a $500 gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwave  Check out my other podcast Ar...