Art As We Know It: Recent Episodes

Art As We Know It

Art History Seminar students chat about current art history events, art styles, and how art affects our lives.

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Students discuss their definition of bad art and works they think fall within that category. Do you agree or disagree?

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Season 5 Episode 1 Students discuss conspiracy theories and their impact on art and artists in this episode!

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Imagine if the Mona Lisa was never recovered! On this episode, AP Art History students talk about art heists, what makes art so valuable, and the effects of stolen art on art history. 

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This podcast episode is by team two of the 2021-2022 Art History Seminar class. In this episode, we talk all about controversy throughout different time periods, how different mediums can create controversy, and how the meaning of artworks can lead to controversy. 

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What if Vincent Van Gogh was Vanessa Van Gogh? Today art history students get theoretical and discuss the differences between women and men artists, portraits and intentions! 

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On this episode students discuss how intertwined art and science really is!

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Today students discuss several interesting coincidences and conspiracies that surround the Great Pyramids of Egypt.

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Join us today as two students discuss some mysteries in the art world including Banksy and his secret identity, why some artists remain anonymous amongst other things.

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Today art history students discuss the influence plagues and pandemics have on art, and how art can bring awareness and hope in the midst of pandemics. Topics discussed include Covid-19, the Justinian Plague, the Black Plaque, the AIDS epidemic and representations/ideas of death in various cultures.

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In today's episode students discuss secret symbolism and meanings found in various artworks throughout history.

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Art history students discuss culture and art and how colonization has effected them over time. 

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In the final episode of this four part art & religion series students talk about the similarities and differences between Judaism and Christian art.

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Art Bites is a one topic episode recorded by art history club students after school, about the current art world topic: "The Comedian" by artist Maurizio Cattelan.

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In our third installation art history students talk about the religion of Islam and art.

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Our second episode in this series about art of various religions, students talk about Hinduism and art.

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In this four part series, art history students discuss different religions and their influences on various styles of art. Today's episode focuses on Buddhist art forms. 

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Art History students discuss all things spooky in this Halloween themed episode.

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Art history students discuss the history of album covers and other interesting things about album art!

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Art history students discuss propaganda in history and how it is used in society.

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Art history students discuss their ideas about modern art, is it art? Topics include the effect of modern art, who can buy it, and influential artists such as Duchamp, Monet, and Ai Wei Wei.

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Students share their thoughts and feelings for the finale episode of Art As We Know it Season 1.

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Students talk about their favorite directors, including Tim Burton and the Russo brothers. They also discuss motifs that help enhance the story telling involved in movies. 

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Students talk about the history of the music video, how music videos use their platform to discuss various topics, and their favorite music videos.

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Art history students talk with Riley Holloway and learn about his career and experiences as a full time artist. 

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Art history students discuss famous people that you may have heard of, but didn't know that they were also visual artists including G.W. Bush, Jim Carrey, Lucy Lu, and Matthew Grey Gubler. 

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Art history students discuss artists that use unusual mediums in their work including Lady Gaga and her Meat Dress, the idea of Fashion as Art, Pisupo Lua Afe by Michel Tuffery, and Julian Schnabel. 

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In this stand alone episode Art History students discuss artists they love, great love stories in art, various interpretations of The Kiss by different artists, and also artists that loved each other through art history. 

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Art History students talk about the Lunar New Year, cultural representations of Gucci,and the MET Year of the Pig exhibition, Apollo 11 stones and the cuteness level of pigs.

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Art History students discuss all things "selfie."

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Art History students discuss topics related to food such as LazyMom, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jason Mecier, and debate on whether or not food should be included as a viable art medium.

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Art History Club students discuss the history of comics in the USA, Stan Lee, Marvel, and Roy Liechtenstein. 

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Art History students discuss the idea of altered realities in relation to the new A.I. Art collective Obvious, Yayoi Kusama, and Surrealism. 

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Art History Club students talk about the recent Banksy prank, Brazil Museum Fire, and Ai Wei Wei.