Episode 14: Th. Emil Homerin
An artecdote about a person: Dr Professor Th. Emil Homerin, an important, inspiring scholar of religion, especially mysticism, especially the Sufis, with significant thoughts concerning art.
24 Maj 201710min
Episode 13: Nine Arts and Nine Muses
There are traditionally Nine Muses and Nine Arts, frequently linked to one another. This is my attempt to concoct a fresh, contemporary version of this system for no darn reason other than pure, cultu...
15 Maj 201711min
Episode 12: Why 'Dr Great Art' ?
A very short 4 minute episode concerning how this podcast, the accompanying performance-lectures in painting-installations, and indeed the art historian and artist Mark Staff Brandl himself came to be...
1 Maj 20174min
Episode 11: Syncretism, Easter, Mongrel Art
Syncretism is the blending, layering and uniting of different beliefs of various schools of thought. Easter is the holiday most evidencing syncretistic thought. Mongrel Art is a syncretistic form or a...
20 Apr 201711min
Episode 10: Why Art History?
The lessons of art history are that they are lessons. That is a tautology, but an illuminating one worth elaborating upon. It is necessary to know history as personal empowerment for artists: to test ...
27 Mars 201710min
Episode 9: Mannerism is Now!
A short Artecdote about how our time, Postmodernism, resembles and indeed IS a form of Mannerism.
8 Mars 201710min
Episode 8: African Art History, the Survey
A short Artecdote concerning the difficulty in teaching an overview, or intro survey to Sub-Saharan African art, plus a free art image bank to download. Image bank link: http://brandl-art-articles.bl...
19 Feb 20178min
Episode 7: Art Beyond Complaint
A short artecdote discussing how criticism and complaint about the moribund artworld is important, but what positive things we can do to improve the situation.
28 Jan 20175min
