Pieces of Art

Mieke Paulsen Ph.D.

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Ph.D. in Art of Late Antiquity who has taught many, many college freshmen how to like art when they didn't think they would.

10/20/2017

11-children-creativity

I was asked to give some highlights from a recent lecture on raising creative children– so here it is. Now I will return to the middle of grading purgatory from whence I came...

19 min
09/22/2017

10-destruction of art

A little shorter than usual this week– school and teaching take priority. In this episode: Mayans, Egyptians, and why people destroy art. Also, my favorite song by my favorite musician, because I can.

14 min
09/09/2017

9- Style Basics: Natural, Abstract, and the Ideal

In this episode... a rant about beauty culture disguised as a discussion of art. References to Michelangelo, Mary Cassatt, anime, the Platonic Ideal, Neo-Platonism, and a reminder that you're marvelous whoever you are. (It's a little rough but I'm a little tired.)

19 min
08/25/2017

8-portraits of Christ

Why is it so easy for a young Obi-wan Kenobi to be mistaken for Jesus Christ? In this episode, a brief and slightly snarky (I'm tired today) overview of the history of Christ in portraits. It should be a really long lecture with lots of slides, but this is the short- short version. -M

18 min
08/11/2017

7-When Painting Met Photography...

A very brief historical introduction to photography and how it affected painting and how painting and photography eventually learned how to play nicely together.

17 min
07/28/2017

6-snakes

Mostly stories this time, and a little bit of soap-box ranting, but also the Great Altar of Pergamon, the Temple of Artemis at Corfu, and all those medieval depictions of the Garden of Eden... oh, and ouroboros amulets

19 min
07/14/2017

5-Why Do Angels Have Wings?

Gilgamesh, Enkidu, birds, scarabs, the afterlife, Cupid and Psyche and Victory and oh, yeah, angels and Christianity.

17 min
06/30/2017

4- Myths about... Myths!

This became about heritage and cultural appropriation– but it all matters when you're looking at art, trust me. A talk about evolution, Roman and Greek Myths, and hey, even Nascar shows up for a cameo. (Also way too many references to various movies.)

18 min
06/23/2017

3-Going on a Lion Hunt

The lion in art. Lion Hunt reliefs - Unicorn Hunt Tapestry - Löwenmensch - Hercules, Dionysos, Olmecs, Alexander the Great, and that internet favorite, the cat lady.

18 min
06/16/2017

2- The Point of Painting

An overview of painting– that drive to color the world. (Audio is a little off– I did not have access to the cool microphone stuff this week...)

17 min

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Ph.D. in Art of Late Antiquity who has taught many, many college freshmen how to like art when they didn't think they would.

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