Art History for All

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Episode 28: No Foolin’ Nov 02, 2021

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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