Art History for All

Episode 28: No Foolin’ Nov 02, 2021

In this episode we delve into the portrait of Don Juan de Calabazas in the Cleveland Museum of Art! Allyson talks jesters, fools, disability history, and rethinking how we view disabled people.

Book rec: Disability Visibility, edited by Alice Wong, 2020. (I listened to the audiobook version, but you can Buy on Bookshop.org also)

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Other Music:

Valse Gymnopedie by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7928-valse-gymnopedie
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Floating Cities by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3765-floating-cities
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Episode 27: The Incredible Flying Kris Aug 09, 2021

The podcast returns as sharp as ever with a discussion of an example of a Malaysian blade called a kris! Allyson talks about the transition from Hinduism to Islam in Southeast Asia, tales from the Mahabharata, and the impact of colonialism (again).

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Other Music:

Water Lily by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4609-water-lily
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Stormfront by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4421-stormfront
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Episode 26: The Case of Ingapirca Feb 22, 2021

Allyson returns refreshed after a quarantine-induced slump to tell you all about Ingapirca, an Inka archaeological site whose function has been obscured by time and imperialism.

To learn more about the Inka Empire in convenient podcast form, check out ahistoryoftheinca.wordpress.com or search for A History of the Inca in your favorite podcatcher!

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Additional Music Credits:

Sardana by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5002-sardana
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Tempting Secrets by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5005-tempting-secrets
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Episode 25: Aboriginal Glyph Aug 31, 2020

AH4A is back with an examination of Margaret Preston’s 1958 work Aboriginal Glyph, and lots of thoughts about what it means for a white woman to claim her work is “aboriginal.”

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Additional Music Credits:

Pride by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4239-pride
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 24: A Place to Rest Jun 08, 2020

Lots of food for thought in this episode as Allyson discusses a Shona headrest from Zimbabwe in the Met’s collection: how do such objects come to be in Western museums? Should they be returned to their cultures of origin?

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Get involved with Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

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Additional Music Credits:

“Round Drums” by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4308-round-drums

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“Nomadic Dawn” by Alexander Nakarada

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4766-nomadic-dawn

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

#podcastblackout Jun 01, 2020

In protest of the epidemic of racism and police brutality that affects Black people in America daily, this episode is part of #podcastblackout, a movement begun by the Cult 45 Podcast. The list of victims of police violence in this episode is significantly abbreviated.

Below are some resources to educate yourself on anti-racism and support anti-racist work. Use these resources as a starting point. Allyship is a process. Do not stop educating yourself, and above all LISTEN TO THOSE TO WHOM YOU WISH TO BE AN ALLY.

Donate to Black Lives Matter. Donate to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Donate to The Bail Project.

Find a Black Lives Matter chapter near you.

A breakdown of anti-racism from the National Museum of African American History & Culture

Just one of many Anti-Racism Reading Lists

How to Be an Ally if You Are A Person With Privilege, Frances E. Kendall

The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates (and in audio format here)

Holy shit, being an ally isn’t about me!, WOC & Allies

The Racist Housing Policy that Made Your Neighborhood, Alexis C. Madrigal

1619, a podcast by the New York Times

Intersectionality Matters!, a podcast by Kimberlé Crenshaw

Code Switch, a podcast from NPR

Episode 23: Rock Steady Mar 09, 2020

AH4A is back with an episode that ROCKS! Allyson discusses the rock art at Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí, Brazil, and what its story reveals about what we do (or don’t) value.

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Additional Music Credits:

“Chalet,” by Meydän, via freemusicarchive.org, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

“Cosmic Relevance,” by Unheard Music Concepts, via freemusicarchive.org, Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 22: Gilded Gingerbread Dec 24, 2019

An icon of the head of John the Baptist (c. 1680) from Yaroslavl is the focus of this last episode of 2019, prompting a discussion of how Russia has been viewed across history.

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Additional Music Credits:

“Ay Uchniem (Song of the Volga Boatmen),” performed by Kiriloff’s Russian Balalaika Orchestra, 1921. 78 rpm recording via archive.org: https://archive.org/details/78_ay-uchniem-song-of-the-volga-boatmen_kirilloffs-russian-balalaika-orchestra_gbia0054989a/Ay+Uchniem+(Song+-+Kirilloff’s+Russian+Balalaika+Orchestra.flac

Music from https://filmmusic.io

“Virtutes Instrumenti” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 21: A Paintbrush in Her Hand Nov 25, 2019

Indigenous Canadian artist Daphne Odjig’s painting Bathed in Sunlight (1983) and the larger story of Odjig’s career prompt us to think about Native art and how it is (or isn’t) included in the mainstream contemporary art world.

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Additional Music Credit:

“Synchronicity” by Unheard Music Concepts via freemusicarchive.org, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

“Amber Haze” by Daniel Birch via freemusicarchive.org, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

In Focus: Conservation Horror Stories Oct 31, 2019

It’s Halloween 2K19 and Allyson is sharing a very specific type of horror story–art conservation horror stories! Listen in, and then share your own tales of artsy mishaps by emailing allysonh[at]arthistoryforall.com!

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Additional Music Credit:

“Ride of the Valkyries,” performed by American Symphony Orchestra, 1921, from Archive.org’s collection of 78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings: https://archive.org/details/EDIS-SRP-0197-06

“Pale Moon (Indian Love Song),” performed by Fritz Kreisler, 1919, from Archive.org’s collection of 78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings: https://archive.org/details/78_pale-moon-indian-love-song_fritz-kreisler-logan-r.-kreisler_gbia0012554a/Pale+Moon+(Indian+Love+Song)+-+Fritz+Kreisler.flac

Episode 20: Big Odalisque Energy Oct 28, 2019

There are lots of different types of bodies in the world, but artist Fernando Botero focuses on the rounder kind–in this episode, Allyson tells you about Botero’s 1998 painting L’Odalisque, and talks about how it relates to body image and ideas of the “other.”

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Additional Music Credit:

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Cool Vibes” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 19: The Casco and the Yacht Oct 01, 2019

Allyson discusses Filipina artist Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s Girls with Baskets (1966), and how colonialism, class, and global politics affect even the most sentimental of art.

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Additional Music Credit:

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Infados” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 18: As Much Worker as Woman Aug 26, 2019

Allyson discusses Myra Albert Wiggins’s The Lacemaker (1899, Portland Museum of Art), workin’ hard for the money, and types of labor that we might not see as labor. This one’s for you, needleworkers!

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Additional Music Credits:

“Serenity” by Jason Shaw, Audionautix.com (https://audionautix.com/Music/Serenity.mp3)
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Breaktime” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
“Trio for Piano, Cello, and Clarinet” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 17: First Lady to Travel Over Sea Jun 25, 2019

Esther Mahlangu’s Untitled, 2008 has simple geometry, but a complex context–Allyson talks about its connections to commerce, soccer, and… BMWs?

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Additional Music Credits:

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
“The Complex,” “Enchanted Journey,” and “Babylon,” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 16: Invasion of the Night May 27, 2019

It’s a mind-bending episode as Allyson guides you through Roberto Matta’s surreal mental landscape, Invasion of the Night (1941), and explores its connections to physics and psychology.

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Additional Music Credits:

Music from https://filmmusic.io:

“Unanswered Questions” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

“Thunderbird” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 15: Compared to Rocks and Mountains Apr 29, 2019

Allyson guides you through the eleventh-century Chinese handscroll painting Summer Mountains, (北宋傳屈鼎夏山圖卷) by little-known painter Qu Ding (屈鼎).

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Additional Music Credits:

Music from https://filmmusic.io:

“Dreams Become Real” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

“Perspectives” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Episode 14: Happiness and Color Mar 26, 2019

Allyson teaches you all about québécoise painter and stained glass artist Marcelle Ferron, whose windows at the Champ-de-Mars Métro station in Montréal are a unique example of public art.

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Additional Music Credits:

“Let That Sink In” by Lee Rosevere (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

“You’re Enough (version a)” by Lee Rosevere (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Episode 13: Namatjira’s Creek Feb 28, 2019

In this episode, Allyson goes down under and discusses the life of Albert Namatjira, his watercolor painting Catherine Creek, Northern Territory (circa 1950), and the situation of Aboriginal Australians in the early to mid-twentieth century.

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Additional Music Credits:

All background music for this episode was composed by Bruce Healey.

Episode 12: Wrecked Jan 29, 2019

Théodore Géricault’s 1819 painting The Raft of the Medusa is part of a larger tangled web of colonialism, incompetence, and disaster. In this episode we get into the shipwreck on which it was based as well as how it’s used today in pop cultural milestones like Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s “APES**T” video.

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

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Additional Music Credits:

“Betrayal” by Lee Rosevere (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

“Puzzle Pieces” by Lee Rosevere (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

“Caught in the Beat” by Broke for Free (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Episode 11: Suspended on a Golden Chain Dec 24, 2018

Hagia Sophia has had many lives over the centuries: from church, to mosque, to secular museum, it’s always taken center stage in its city, whether you call it Istanbul or Constantinople. This episode explores its history, from the violent to the serene, and how the building remains a site of change and shifts in power.

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

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Additional music credits:

“Between Worlds (Instrumental)” by Aussens@iter via ccmixter.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

“Rite of Passage” by Kevin MacLeod via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

“Photo theme: Window like” by Antony Raijekov via ccmixter.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic License.

“Virtutes Vocis” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Episode 10: A Sketch of Native American History Nov 26, 2018

This episode gets a bit obscure and focuses on a single woodcut from David Cusick’s 1828 book Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations, the earliest English-language account of Iroquois history.
You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

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Additional Music Credits:

“You’re Right But I’m Me” by Doctor Turtle, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

“Under the Stairs (Instrumental Version)” by Josh Woodward, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

“Completely Lost” by Lee Rosevere, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Episode 9: Fiends, Frankenstein, and Fuseli Oct 29, 2018

We’re getting spooky in this episode and looking at Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting The Nightmare, by far one of the eeriest paintings in Western art history! Perhaps this image reminds you of something…

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

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Additional Music Credits:

“Fog” by Sergey Cheremisinov, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

“Nightcrawlers” by Parvus Decree, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

“Farewell the Innocent” by Ars Sonor, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Episode 8: In Memory of Malcolm Sep 24, 2018

This episode is a bit more multidimensional, mainly because we’re talking about a sculpture! Barbara Chase-Riboud’s Malcolm X #3 is titled in memory of Malcolm X, but this abstract stele is more than just a funerary monument…

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

Twitter: @arthistory4all

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Additional Music Credits:

“Shake It!” by Jahzzar (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

“Mercy” by Kai Engel (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Episode 7: Painting of Interest Aug 27, 2018

The game is afoot as we investigate the theft of Johannes Vermeer’s The Concert–or, more accurately, investigate how that theft affects how we look at the painting itself.

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

Twitter: @arthistory4all

Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/arthistoryforall

Additional Music Credits:

“Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1 – III. Menuetto Allegretto” by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Daniel Veesey (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Public Domain License.

“Lucid Awakening” by Parvus Decree (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Episode 6: Fly Like An Eagle Jul 30, 2018

Get your shutter fingers ready, because in this episode we’re talking about a photograph! Specifically, Laura Aguilar’s Three Eagles Flying (1990). **This podcast contains discussions of lynching, torture, and death. Listener discretion is advised.**

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

Additional Music Credits:

“Edmond VI” by Marco Trovatello, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Based on a work at https://www.derkleinegruenewuerfel.de/en/releases-en/marco-trovatello-not-at-all/

“Friction” by Nctrnm, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

“First Time Outdoors” by Parvus Decree, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

“The Encouragement Stick” by Doctor Turtle, via freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Episode 5: Hip to Be Square Jun 21, 2018

Brace yourselves, listeners, because in this episode Allyson gets abstract and discusses Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square, often hailed as the end of traditional painting and the beginning of modern art.

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

Additional Music credits:

“Violin Spider” by Marco Trovatello (via freemusicarchive.org) Licensed Under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“A Whale on It’s Side” by Ask Again (via freemusicarchive.org) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

“Cherry” by Nctrnm (via freemusicarchive.org) Licensed Under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28,” by Alexander Scriabin, performed by Raul Manjarrez (via musopen.org) Public Domain Mark 1.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Episode 4: Do the Wave May 19, 2018

This episode we dip our toe into the Asian art pool and talk about Hokusai’s Great Wave, its origins, and the many many transformations it has undergone in commerce and pop culture.

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

Additional Music Credits:

“Bathed in Fine Dust” by Andy G. Cohen (via freemusicarchive.org) Licensed Under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“Boismortiers Concerto for Five Flutes No. 4, Mvt II. Allegro” by The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps (via freemusicarchive.org) Public Domain Mark 1.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

“Brand New World” by Kai Engel (via freemusicarchive.org) Under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 3: In Love with the Rococo Apr 15, 2018

https://arthistoryforall.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/AH4A_Ep3_Carriera.mp3

In a very self-indulgent episode, Allyson talks about her favorite period in art history, and one of her favorite artists: Rosalba Carriera, who did a sexy pastel with a parrot in it once.

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

Background music:

Prelude in C (BWV 846) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Southside, Keeping Stuff Together, and How I Used to See the Stars by Lee Rosevere via freemusicarchive.org
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 2: Why Oh Wiley Mar 14, 2018

https://arthistoryforall.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/AH4A_Ep2_Wiley.mp3

In this episode, Allyson gets topical and talks about a Kehinde Wiley painting–but maybe not the one you think!

You can find a transcript of this podcast at arthistoryforall.com under the Transcripts category.

Twitter: @arthistory4all

Background music:

“Space (Full)” by Andy G. Cohen (via freemusicarchive.org) Licensed Under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“Fresh Air” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

“Rotisserie Graveyard” by Doctor Turtle (via freemusicarchive.org) Licensed Under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 1: For the Love of Mona Lisa Feb 13, 2018

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Art History for All! In this episode, Allyson tells you all about Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and the impact it’s had on Western culture, breaking it down from the Renaissance to Dan Brown and beyond.

You can find a transcript of this podcast right here, or go to the Transcripts tab at https://arthistoryforall.com.

Email: allysonh@arthistoryforall.com

Twitter: @arthistory4all

Background music:

“Lasting Hope”, “Suonatore di Liuto”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/