33 min

Egyptomania and the Art of Egyptian Revival The Object of History

    • History

On this episode, we are investigating the phenomenon of Egyptomania, a "fascination with the style of Egypt, but also the people, and the landscape, and antiquity". We sit down with Lea Stephenson, a PhD Candidate in Art History at the University of Delaware, to examine Egyptomania's second wave during the Gilded Age. Lea helps us examine two collections by Americans who documented their travels to Egypt through various media. We also discuss these American travelers and their relationship with the landscape.
Learn more about episode objects here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/season-3-episode-4-egyptomania
Email us at podcast@masshist.org.
Episode Special Guest:
Lea Stephenson is a PhD Candidate in Art History at the University of Delaware, where her dissertation considers Euro-American artists and collectors in Egypt during the Gilded Age. Currently, she is the Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow in American Paintings & Works on Paper at Historic Deerfield.
This episode uses materials from:
Box Canyon by Chad Crouch (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported)       
Psychic by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)       
Curious Nature by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)

On this episode, we are investigating the phenomenon of Egyptomania, a "fascination with the style of Egypt, but also the people, and the landscape, and antiquity". We sit down with Lea Stephenson, a PhD Candidate in Art History at the University of Delaware, to examine Egyptomania's second wave during the Gilded Age. Lea helps us examine two collections by Americans who documented their travels to Egypt through various media. We also discuss these American travelers and their relationship with the landscape.
Learn more about episode objects here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/season-3-episode-4-egyptomania
Email us at podcast@masshist.org.
Episode Special Guest:
Lea Stephenson is a PhD Candidate in Art History at the University of Delaware, where her dissertation considers Euro-American artists and collectors in Egypt during the Gilded Age. Currently, she is the Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow in American Paintings & Works on Paper at Historic Deerfield.
This episode uses materials from:
Box Canyon by Chad Crouch (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported)       
Psychic by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)       
Curious Nature by Dominic Giam of Ketsa Music (licensed under a commercial non-exclusive license by the Massachusetts Historical Society through Ketsa.uk)

33 min

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