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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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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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45: Courtesans and Fish Plates
Greetings travelers and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston. We’re heading back to ancient Greece to explore the decorative delights, culinary curiosities, and...
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48: Apollo Sauroktonos the Lizard Slayer
Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston. Back in episode 26 we had a close look at the Aphrodite of Knidos, a particularly famous 4th century BC statue by one of the...
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49: Ancient Dragons
Greetings warriors. I am Lucas Livingston, your Dungeon Master on our intrepid journey though the mythical realm known as the Ancient Art Podcast. In recent episodes, we’ve encountered fierce beasts...
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53: Medusa, Mythic Monster
Greetings ghouls and gals. Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your ghost of a host, Lucas Livingston. In the spirit of Halloween, with monstrous fiends and tortured souls lurking about in...
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55: Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art
Note: This post includes segments that were excluded from the podcast episode. After many long months of anticipation, the Art Institute of Chicago recently unveiled the new Mary and Michael Jaharis...
View Article57: Medusa Up Close and Personal
Hello bold adventurers and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host Lucas Livingston. Back in episode 53, we explored the mythology and artistry of that demonness of Greek legend, the...
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60: Comets & Antiquity, Halley’s Comet, ISON, Apophis, and More
« prev 1 ... 4 5 6 next » (67 Photos) Hello fellow travelers and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m the astrolabe to your Copernicus, Lucas Livingston. Over the last year,...
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63: Dogs in Antiquity: Greece & Rome
This article includes additional highlighted information not found in the video. This is the third installment of a three-part series on dogs in antiquity. First we explored the ancient hairless...
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65: Gandharan Stupa Reliquary
« prev 1 ... 3 4 5 next » (54 Photos) Hello and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston. Thousands of visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago pass...
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66: Star Wars and Stupas
« prev 1 ... 3 4 5 next » (54 Photos) Welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m Lucas Livingston. We’re picking up where we left off with the Gandharan Stupa Reliquary in the Art...
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67: Buddha’s Past Lives – Dipankara and Shakyamuni
Hello and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your guide to antiquity, Lucas Livingston. « prev 1 2 next » (19 Photos) For years, walking through the cavernous corridors of the...
View Article68: Hercules and Buddha Walk into a Bar
Hello and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast, pumping straight into your soft brain matter since 2006. I’m the cerebral spelunker of antiquity, Lucas Livingston. Last time in episode 67 we...
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Cycladic Statue of a Female Figurine – Coloring the Past (71)
Cycladic Female Figure, 2600-2400 BC, Art Institute of Chicago
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Tinted Venus – Painted Aphrodite – Coloring the Past (72)
Tinted Venus by John Gibson, 1862, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Many sculptural works from the ancient world were once beautifully colored. This is an excerpt of my gallery talk “Coloring the Past” in...
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Zeuxis and Parrhasius, Pliny the Elder, Roman Painting – Coloring the Past (73)
Adriaen van der Spelt and Frans van Mieris, Trompe-l’Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain, 1658, Art Institute of Chicago (1949.585) Pliny the Elder shares with us the tale of dueling...
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Etruscan Gigantomachy, Gods vs Giants – Coloring the Past (74)
Battle Between Gods and Giants, Etruscan, Art Institute of Chicago We examine the use of color in ancient art to designate role, status, nature, and more, and discuss causes for the disappearance of...
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Black Figure vs Red Figure Ancient Greek Vase Painting Techniques (76)
Athenian Black-figure Belly-Amphora (Storage Jar) Showing Herakles Wrestling the Nemean Lion, c. 550-540 B.C., Art Institute of Chicago (1978.114); Athenian Hydria (Water Jar), c. 470/460 B.C., Art...
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The Birth of Dionysus (84)
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Archaeological Museum of Olympia http://www.ancientartpodcast.org/media/84-birth-of-dionysus.m4a This is episode 84 of Ancient Worlds: The Birth of Dionysus. I’m the...
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Odysseus in the Underworld (85)
Jar (pelike) with Odysseus and Elpenor in the Underworld, MFA Boston http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ancientartpodcast/~5/3hMtiy-8HRc/85-odysseus-in-the-underworld.m4a A very brief excerpt from my...
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Circe and Witchcraft in Ancient Greece (87)
This is a short excerpt from my lecture “Things That Go Bump: A Visual Survey of Witches, Demons, and Ghosts.” Herein we explore the ancient Greek tradition of witchcraft and metamorphosis in two...
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Adventures of Ulysses (89)
Apollonio di GiovanniItalian, 1415/17-1465The Adventures of Ulysses, 1435/4542 x 131.7 cm (16 3/4 x 51 7/8 in.)Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.1006 In this excerpt from a recent tour, I explore some of...
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3: A Donkey-headed Rhyton
Hello and welcome back to the SCARABSolutions Ancient Art Podcast. In the previous two episodes, we’ve been having a lot of fun in Ancient Egypt. In this episode, we’re going to jump forward a little...
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5: A Corinthian Pyxis
Welcome back to the SCARABsolutions Ancient Art Podcast. This episode is coming out a little later than I had wanted on account of a cold that I’ve been getting over. But I’m pretty much decongested...
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6: A Classical Lekythos
Hello and welcome back to the SCARABsolutions Ancient Art Podcast. In our last episode on the Art Institute of Chicago’s Corinthian pyxis, we saw how the early Archaic Greeks of the Orientalizing...
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7: Gandharan Bodhisattva
Hello and welcome back to the SCARABsolutions Ancient Art Podcast. Or rather, you could be welcoming me back after this couple month hiatus from cyberspace. But we’re back online and good to go. So,...
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10: The Parthenon Frieze, Part 1
Hello and welcome back to the SCARABsolutions Ancient Art Podcast, your guidebook to the art and culture of the Ancient Mediterranean World. I’m your host on our far-flung journey, Lucas Livingston....
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More Parthenon and Persepolis Resources
As mentioned in episode 10, I have a number of good resources to share on the Parthenon, her frieze, and Persepolis. Check these out… THE PARTHENON The British Museum • Galleries of the Parthenon...
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11: The Parthenon Frieze, Part 2
Welcome back to the SCARABsolutions Ancient Art Podcast, your guidebook to the Ancient Mediterranean World, picking up where Pausanias left off. First a brief technical note. After publishing episode...
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12: The Parthenon Frieze, Part 3
Welcome back to the SCARABsolutions Ancient Art Podcast. I’m your host, Lucas Livingston, your guide on our journey across the Ancient Mediterranean World. Last time in Episode 11, The Parthenon...
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13: Ellsworth Kelly’s “Chicago Panels”
Hello again and welcome back to the SCARABsolutions Ancient Art Podcast. Please bear with me for a minute as I make a brief technical note. If Episode 11: The Parthenon Frieze, Part 2 was the last...
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15: Origin of Greek Sculpture
Hey folks. Lucas Livingston here at the SCARABsoltuions Ancient Art Podcast. Great to have you back. In this episode, we’ll take a brief look at the historical climate that gave rise to Greek...
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16: Metropolitan Kouros
Hey people. Welcome back. I’m excited to announce that we’re undergoing a little re-branding here. We’re dropping the SCARABsolutions and now it’s the Ancient Art Podcast. The website...
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18: Ancient Olympics, Part 1, the Foundation
Hello and welcome back to the Ancient Art Podcast. I’m Lucas Livingston, your guide on our foray through the Ancient World. In this episode, we’ll travel back to Ancient Greece to witness a...
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Dionysus and the Pirates, the Dionysus Cup by Exekias (90)
« prev 1 2 next » (14 Photos) Avast ye scurrilous scaliwags! Welcome to me piratey Ancient Art Podcast. I’m yer crotchety captain, Bottoms Up Livingston. On ship’s deck we have the...
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At this critical turning point in society — with the magnified intersections of health, psychological and physical well-being, and systemic violence, prejudice, and injustice — we are all the more...
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My Archaeology of Alcohol YouTube Series “Uncorked” with ArchaeologyNow
Dunk in to the incredible history and diversity of fermented beverages around the world and across the ages in Uncorked. This YouTube series is co-hosted by Lucas Livingston (Ancient Art Podcast) and...
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