Louis Daguerre | The Artist's Studio
I have talked a bit about Daguerre and his photographic methods in a previous episode about the world’s first photobomb. Listeners may recall that the first photograph to feature a human happened by a...
10 Jun 20229min
Meret Oppenheim | Object
My guest this week is Janet Taylor, an artist and art teacher at the high school and college levels. Find her work and more about her at www.jatayolorart.com In 1936, Meret Oppenheim was having lunch ...
6 Jun 202239min
The Peace Symbol
In November of 1957, a small committee was formed. February 17, 1958, they held the first public meeting of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. That same year, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament a...
3 Jun 20229min
Jack Kirby | The Avengers
My guest this week is The Real Michael Lee, a musician, graphic designer, illustrator and comic enthusiast (find him and all his social media at bit.ly/heartrml) . We had a great talk about Jack Kirby...
30 Mai 202252min
The Aztec Sun Stone
The Sun Stone is probably the first bit of Aztec art I became familiar with even before I studied art. It has been widely represented in various forms of culture from the relatively recent Mexican fol...
27 Mai 202210min
Alma Thomas | Resurrection
While Alma Thomas worked for decades as a teacher, but she continued pursuing her art. She took classes at American University in Washington. She showed her work in group exhibitions with other Africa...
23 Mai 202235min
The Mysterious Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of The Mona Lisa, also called La Gioconda has captured society’s collective imagination. Her hold on the audience is so intense there is a widely known phenomenon called, ...
20 Mai 202211min
Norman Rockwell | The Problem We All Live With
Norman Rockwell is probably best known for his wholesome and nostalgic illustrations that graced the covers of The Saturday Evening Post for decades. His name has become shorthand for an idealized ver...
16 Mai 202237min
