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Cycladic Statue of a Female Figurine – Coloring the Past (71)
Cycladic Female Figure, 2600-2400 BC, Art Institute of Chicago
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Tinted Venus – Painted Aphrodite – Coloring the Past (72)
Tinted Venus by John Gibson, 1862, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Many sculptural works from the ancient world were once beautifully colored. This is an excerpt of my gallery talk “Coloring the Past” in...
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Zeuxis and Parrhasius, Pliny the Elder, Roman Painting – Coloring the Past (73)
Adriaen van der Spelt and Frans van Mieris, Trompe-l’Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain, 1658, Art Institute of Chicago (1949.585) Pliny the Elder shares with us the tale of dueling...
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Etruscan Gigantomachy, Gods vs Giants – Coloring the Past (74)
Battle Between Gods and Giants, Etruscan, Art Institute of Chicago We examine the use of color in ancient art to designate role, status, nature, and more, and discuss causes for the disappearance of...
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Chinese Tang Funerary Figurines – Coloring the Past (75)
Armored Guardian King (Tianwang) Trampling Demon, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618–907), Art Institute of Chicago Why are the heads, crowns, and hands of magnificent Tang Dynasty Chinese tomb figurines so...
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Black Figure vs Red Figure Ancient Greek Vase Painting Techniques (76)
Athenian Black-figure Belly-Amphora (Storage Jar) Showing Herakles Wrestling the Nemean Lion, c. 550-540 B.C., Art Institute of Chicago (1978.114); Athenian Hydria (Water Jar), c. 470/460 B.C., Art...
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African Congo Kuba Mukenga Mask – Meaningful Materials (77)
Mask (Mukenga), Kuba, Western Kasai region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Art Institute of Chicago How do artists’ choices of materials assign identity and meaning to works of art? How does...
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Nkisi Nkondi Power Figure – Meaningful Materials (78)
Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), Vili, Republic of the Congo or Democratic Republic of the Congo, Art Institute of Chicago, 1998.502...
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Bamana Boli Ritual Object – Meaningful Materials (79)
Ritual Object (Boli), Bamana, Mali, Mid-19th/early 20th century, Art Institute of Chicago, 1961.1177How do artists’ choices of materials assign identity and meaning to works of art? How does meaning...
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Incan Gold and Chicha Beer – Meaningful Materials (80)
Two Peruvian ritual vessels, Art Institute of Chicago How do artists’ choices of materials assign identity and meaning to works of art? How does meaning assign material? In this excerpt from one of my...
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Chinese Jade – Meaningful Materials (81)
Two Chinese Jade Dragon Pendants, c. 4th/3rd century B.C., Art Institute of Chicago How do artists’ choices of materials assign identity and meaning to works of art? How does meaning assign material?...
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Medicine Buddha Bhaishajyaguru – Meaningful Materials (82)
Tibetan Painted Banner (Thangka) with the Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyaguru), 14th century, Art Institute of Chicago...
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Dragons and Tigers (83)
Dragon and Tiger by Kishi Ganku, 1835 Dragon by Morita Shiryu, Art Institute of Chicago http://ancientartpodcast.org/media/83-dragons-and-tigers.m4a In this excerpt from one of my museum tours, we...
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The Birth of Dionysus (84)
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Archaeological Museum of Olympia http://www.ancientartpodcast.org/media/84-birth-of-dionysus.m4a This is episode 84 of Ancient Worlds: The Birth of Dionysus. I’m the...
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Odysseus in the Underworld (85)
Jar (pelike) with Odysseus and Elpenor in the Underworld, MFA Boston http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ancientartpodcast/~5/3hMtiy-8HRc/85-odysseus-in-the-underworld.m4a A very brief excerpt from my...
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Goya’s Caprices and the Wicked Witch of the West (86)
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ancientartpodcast/~5/_-z2Bod1xD4/86-goyas-caprices-and-the-wicked-witch.m4a Happy Halloween! In this very brief excerpt from my lecture “Things That Go Bump: A Visual...
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Circe and Witchcraft in Ancient Greece (87)
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ancientartpodcast/~5/bmR3_1E04mU/87-circe-and-witchcraft-in-ancient-greece.m4a This is a short excerpt from my lecture “Things That Go Bump: A Visual Survey of Witches,...
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Ancient Egyptian Cornucopia
As citizens, immigrants, and perhaps some First Nation people sit down across the country, give thanks over an overflowing centerpiece of abundance, and celebrate Thanksgiving for the harvest, we...
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Tibetan Mandalas (88)
Drepung Gomang Monastery, Mandala of World Peace, Miller Beach, Indiana, September 21, 2014. Photo by Lucas Livingston. http://ancientartpodcast.org/media/88-tibetan-mandalas.mp3 Drepung Gomang...
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Adventures of Ulysses (89)
Apollonio di GiovanniItalian, 1415/17-1465The Adventures of Ulysses, 1435/4542 x 131.7 cm (16 3/4 x 51 7/8 in.)Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.1006 In this excerpt from a recent tour, I explore some of...
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