“What Am I Looking At?” is a podcast series from Dr. Katherine Baker and Dr. Temma Balducci of the Department of Art + Design at A-State. In these short discussions, they will be giving you some insight into works of art from across history that are in some way unusual -- sometimes strange, sometimes hard to understand.
Katherine Baker, Temma Balducci
In this episode, we'll explore the Pompeii Plaster Casts.For more information visit https://www.archaeology.org/slideshow/3928-casts-of-pompeii-slideshow
In this episode, we'll explore the Colosseum in Rome.For more information visit, https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/colosseum
In this episode we'll explore Odysseus and Polyphemus on the Eleusis Amphora.For more information visit, https://smarthistory.org/eleusis-amphora/
In this episode we'll explore Perseus and Medusa.For more information visit,
In this episode, we'll explore the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence by Cornelis Cort.For more information visit, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/356246
In this episode we'll explore the Lamassu.For more information visit, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322609
In this episode, we'll explore Absolut Power by Hank Willis Thomas.For more information visit,
In this episode we'll explore the Cult Statue of Artemis of Ephesus.
In this episode we'll explore the Sleeping Hermaphroditus.For more information, visit https://borghese.gallery/collection/sculpture/sleeping-hermaphroditus.html
In this episode, we'll explore Janine Antoni's sculpture Gnaw.For more information visit, http://www.janineantoni.net/gnaw
In this episode, we'll explore Francisco Goya's painting Saturn Devouring His Son.For more information visit, https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/saturn/18110a75-b0e7-430c-bc73-2a4d55893bd6
In this episode, we explore Villa of the Mysteries.For more information visit, http://pompeiisites.org/en/archaeological-site/villa-of-the-mysteries/
In this episode, we explore Kiki Smith, Jenny Saville and the "Ideal Body"For more information visit, https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/kiki-smith/https://gagosian.com/artists/jenny-saville/
In this episode, we'll explore Akhenaten Family.For more information visit,
In this episode, we explore the Aquamanile in the form of Aristotle and Phyllis.For more information visit, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459202
In this episode, we explore Ringgold's Story Quilts.For more information visit, https://www.faithringgold.com/
In this episode, we explore the Standard of UrFor more information visit,
In this episode, we explore False Prophets in the Queen Mary Apocalypse.For more information visit,
In this episode, we'll explore Damnatio Memoriae and the Severan Tondo.For more information visit, https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/roman/beginners-guide-rome/a/damnatio-memoriaeroman-sanctions-against-memory
In this episode, we'll explore the artist Alice Neel.For more information visit https://www.aliceneel.com/home/
In this episode, we'll explore The Aberdeen Bestiary's segment on pelicans.For more information visit, https://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/ms24/f35r
In this episode, we'll explore Gerhard Richter and his painting "Betty".
In this episode, we explore Yayoi Kusama and Installation Art.For more information visit, https://hirshhorn.si.edu/kusama/infinity-rooms/
In this episode, we'll explore the Aberdeen Bestiary's segment on the salamander.For more information visit, https://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/ms24/f70r
In this episode, we'll explore earth art and Robert Smithson's Spiral JettyFor more information visit https://holtsmithsonfoundation.org/spiral-jetty
In this episode, we'll explore the Aberdeen Bestiary's segment on the fox.
In this episode, we'll explore Joy of Life by Henri Matisse.
In this episode, we'll explore The Aberdeen Bestiary's segment on bears.For more information visit, https://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/ms24/f15r
In this episode, we'll explore Damien Hirst.
In this episode, we'll explore the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald.For more information visit, https://www.musee-unterlinden.com/en/oeuvres/the-isenheim-altarpiece/
In this episode, we'll explore Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.
In this episode, we'll explore Parmigianino's Madonna with the Long Neck.
In this episode, we'll explore Edvard Much's The Scream.
In this episode, we'll explore the Allan Kaprow's Yard.
In this episode, we'll explore The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger
In this episode, we'll explore Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)
In this episode, we'll explore Meret Oppenheim's Luncheon In Fur
In this episode, we'll explore Pieter Bruegel's Netherlandish Proverbs.
In this episode, we'll explore the Death of the Holy Innocents.
In this episode, we'll be looking at Bal es Ardents' Dance of the Wodewose.
In this episode, we look at Malevich's work called Eight Red Rectangles.
In this episode, we explore Archimoboldo's Four Seasons in One Head. Get more information on this work from the National Gallery of Art website.