Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages30 Syys 2024

Author Interview: Carrie Rickey on A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnes Varda

This week I spoke with Carrie Rickey, the author of a new biography of Agnes Varda. Varda is considered to be one of the greatest female directors in film history. She is one of the greatest French directors in film history. She is among the greatest and most influential directors in really any category of film. In her decades of work producing film, photographs and installations, she inspired generations of creators with her exploration of fresh perspectives. Varda helped to define the French New Wave. Buy A Compliecated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnes Varda on Amazon or wherever you get your books. Learn more about Varda: https://www.amazon.com/Early-Women-Filmmakers-International-Dual-Format/dp/B06X42G2RT A DVD box set of films by women filmmakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RR1361-7nw Interview with Agnes Varda for the Academy Library https://youtu.be/4cG0JF9tuf0?si=qGJDi1JPWyjkPiml The young Varda photographs Brassai in a slapstick documentary for French TV. Check out our sponsor Factor at www.FactorMeals.com/whoarted50 Enter the promo code whoarted50 to get 50% off your first box and 20% off your next month! Check out my new favorite history podcast, Calm History: Want to dive even deeper into history? Try the podcast Calm History You'll learn about famous explorers, leaders, inventions, civilizations and ancient wonders all narrated in a calm voice to help you relax or fall asleep. Find Calm History on your favorite podcast app: https://podfollow.com/calm-history Check out my other podcasts Art Smart | Rainbow Puppy Science Lab Who ARTed is an Airwave Media Podcast. If you are interested in advertising on this or any other Airwave Media show, email: advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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TLDR Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000) was an Austrian visual artist, architect, and environmental philosopher renowned for his vibrant, unconventional aesthetic and radical ecological convictions. R...

21 Syys 13min

Ettore Sottsass | Carlton & Memphis Design

Ettore Sottsass was an Italian architect and designer who transformed the design landscape of the late 20th century by challenging the rigid functionalism of modernist architecture. Born in Austria an...

14 Syys 14min

Author Interview CJ Denton | La Pittura

My guest this week is CJ Denton, author of a new novel called La Pittura. While his work is historical fiction, in preparation for the book, he conducted extensive research into the life of Artemisia ...

7 Syys 37min

Author Interview: Ryan T. Pozzi | The Mess that Made Them

Today I have a bonus episode in the feed. I originally planned to release my interview with Ryan T. Pozzi on Monday, but due to technical difficulties, I had to flip things around. Today, his new book...

3 Syys 43min

TLDR Eugène Delacroix | Liberty Leading the People

Eugène Delacroix stands as one of the defining figures of 19th-century French art and the leading pioneer of the Romantic movement. Rejecting the rigid, line-driven academic standards of Neoclassicism...

31 Elo 13min

Joseph Ducreux | Self-Portrait of the Artist in the Guise of a Mocker

Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802) was an innovative French portrait painter known for defying the rigid conventions of 18th-century academic art. After training under masters such as Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Du...

24 Elo 11min

Fernand Léger | Composition in Blue

Fernand Léger was a pioneering French modernist painter whose foundational training as an architectural draftsman profoundly shaped his structured, geometric approach to art. After absorbing the influ...

17 Elo 11min

Stuart Davis | Swing Landscape

Stuart Davis was an influential 20th-century American modernist painter who bridged European abstract movements like Cubism with distinctively American subjects and aesthetics. Born in 1892, Davis stu...

10 Elo 12min