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19: Ancient Olympics, Part 2
Alright team, fall in! It’s coach Lucas Livingston here and it’s time for part two of the Ancient Olympics on the Ancient Art Podcast. Last time we found out about the historical and mythological...
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20: Ancient Olympics, Part 3
Alright, welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. It’s time to wrap things with part 3 of the Ancient Olympics. We looked at the foundation myths for the four major crown games at Delphi, Nemea,...
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21: Akhenaten and the Amarna Style
Hello and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston. In this episode, we’ll scratch the surface of one of the most interesting periods from Ancient Egypt, the reign of...
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22: Nefertiti, Devonia, Michael
On October 31, 1980 at Just Above Midtown Gallery in New York City, artist Lorraine O’Grady, dressed in a long red robe, debuted her new work of performance art. On a dark stage with a slideshow...
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Lorraine O’Grady Resources
1. Lorraine O’Grady (American, born 1940), Miscegenated Family Album, 1980/94, Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior bequest of Marguerita S. Ritman, 2008.81.1-16. 2. Miscegenated Family Album,...
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Ancient Egyptian Michael Jackson Look-alike
Ancient Egyptian Michael Jackson Look-alike: All links last retrieved on August 30, 2009. Online media coverage: • “Egyptian statue ‘looks like Jackson.’” Yahoo News 2009-8-8. • Gilmer, Marcus....
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23: King Tut and Beyond
Hey all you people out there. It seems that I’m not the only one to have noticed the crazy resemblance between that one Egyptian statue at the Field Museum and … oh … the most famous entertainer in the...
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24: Japanese Screens
Hello friendly listeners and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host Lucas Livingston. This is not your usual episode of the Ancient Art Podcast. The subject of this episode is the...
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25: Beheaded Beauties
Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast, bringing you the chart-topping hits from the ancient art billboard three years running now. Every month or so the Art Institute of Chicago publishes a neat...
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26: Aphrodite of Knidos
Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston. Last time in episode 25, “Beheaded Beauties,” we explored the Art Institute of Chicago’s 2nd century Roman headless statue of a...
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Ancient Sources on Aphrodite
Hesiod, Theogony On the birth of Aphrodite (lines 175-205): [175] “… And Heaven came, bringing on night and longing for love, and he lay about Earth spreading himself full upon her. Then the son from...
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27: Hiratsuka Un’ichi
Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. Hang on tight folks as we take another excursion a bit off topic in this episode to explore the art and life of one of the most influential 20th century...
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28: Avatars of Vishnu
Hey folks. Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast, your nifty guidebook to the art and culture of the ancient world. I’m you friendly traveling companion, Lucas Livingston. With all the current hype...
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29: Karnak
Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast, your guidebook to the art and culture of the ancient Mediterranean world and beyond. I’m your friendly traveling companion, Lucas Livingston. A few weeks ago,...
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30: Karnak II
Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. This is Lucas Livingston, the peanut butter to your jelly on our ancient journey. Last time in episode 29, “Karnak,” we just scratched the surface or strolled...
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31: Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance
Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. In the Hindu narrative of the cosmos, the world exists in a never-ending cyclic journey of creation, existence, and destruction. As we discovered in episode 28...
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32: Hadrian and Antinous
Hello and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your friendly traveling companion, Lucas Livingston. Back in episode 25 we took a gander at a beheaded beauty at the Art Institute of Chicago....
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33: Ganesha
Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston. Back in episodes 17 and 31 of the podcast we met Ganesha, the much-beloved elephant-headed Hindu deity, son of Shiva and...
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34: Haniwa Horse and Hokusai’s Ghosts
Hey people. Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston. The Art Institute of Chicago recently opened its new galleries of Japanese art called the Weston Wing. You can now...
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35: The Lotus as a Narcotic or Aphrodisiac
Hey folks. Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston. We’re going to have a little fun over the next few episodes with a speed round of the Top 10 Ancient Egyptian Myths...
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