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AP Art History in 15
This podcast series is designed to help Advanced Placement (AP) Art History students gain an understanding of the "250" works of art and art history. The series will try to connect works of art and architecture to help students succeed in the AP Exam.
Episodes
- AP Art History in 15
From Rome to Byzantium: How Belief, Culture, and Innovation Shaped Sacred Space
In this episode, Mr. Bruns will take the listener into the early Christian and Byzantine worlds to explore how geography, belief systems, interactions with…
- AP Art History in 15
Hidden in Plain Sight: Early Christianity and Art
In this episode, Mr. Bruns explores the rise of early Christianity, and how it used art to survive, communicate, and eventually, transform the visual world of…
- AP Art History in 15
Early Judaism and the Art of Faith
In this episode, Mr. Bruns explores how early Judaism, its tenets, its cultural practices, and its geographical locations impacted the development and content…
- AP Art History in 15
Rome, the Mediterranean, and the Echoes of Empires
In this episode, Mr. Bruns sails into the heart of the Roman Empire to explore how interaction with other cultures (via the Mediterranean Sea) influenced the…
- AP Art History in 15
Power, Purpose, and Patronage in the Roman World
In this episode, Mr. Bruns, unpacks a fundamental concept in Roman art: How purpose, intended audience and patronage shape artisitic production. This episode…
- AP Art History in 15
Evolution of Greek Sculptures
In this episode, Mr. Bruns discusses two of the most celebrated sculptures from ancient Greece—Anavysos Kouros and Doryphoros by Polykleitos—to answer three…
- AP Art History in 15
Ancient Greeks
In this episode Mr. Bruns dives into six major works from Ancient Greece, and how their cultural context and artistic techniques shaped their creation. This…
- AP Art History in 15
Ancient Egyptian Art – Culture, Belief, Setting, and Materials
In this episode, Mr. Bruns, heads to the sands of Ancient Egypt to explore five key monuments and objects. In this podcast he will discuss how Egypt’s cultural…
- AP Art History in 15
Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia)
In this episode, Mr. Bruns is heading back—way back—to the cradle of civilization: the Ancient Near East - Mesopotamia Today’s episode explores five major…
- AP Art History in 15
Prehistory Volume II
In this episode, Mr. Bruns, dives deep—into a cave, and onto a windswept plain of England—to examine how we interpret two of the most mysterious and iconic…
- AP Art History in 15
Prehistory Volume I
Your host, Mr. Bruns, dives deep into one of themost essential themes in art history: how materials, processes, and techniques affect art and art making, and…
- AP Art History in 15
Mosques and Churches
In this episode, Mr. Bruns compares and contrasts Islamic mosues and Christian churches. Both considered sacred sites for worship, but also demonstrate much…
- AP Art History in 15
Merode Altarpiece and Adam & Eve
In this episode, Mr. Bruns will discuss how to look at art (form, function, content, and historical context). He will discuss two, of the 250 utilizing this…
- AP Art History in 15
Northern Renaissance Art and The Ghent Altarpiece
In this episode, Mr. Bruns discusses the key characteristics of Norther Renaissance and in the second part he will discuss the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van…
- AP Art History in 15
Renaissance Printmaking
In this episode, Mr. Bruns compares woodblock, etching and engraving techniques that allowed Northern Renaissance artists, like Durer, to show their mastery in…
- AP Art History in 15
Buon Frescoe v Secco Frescoe
In this episode, Mr. Bruns will discuss the difference between "buon frescoe" and "secco frescoe". He will also discuss the pros and cons of using the…
- AP Art History in 15
The Arena Chapel and Giotto
In this episode, Mr Bruns examines the Arena Chapel and the artist Giotto di Bondone. The podcast digs into why the chapel was constructed and the masterful…
- AP Art History in 15
Gothic Moralized Bibles and the Röttgen Pietà
In this episode, Mr. Bruns discusses the patronage and purpose of Moralized Bibles such as the Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France and the Scenes…
- AP Art History in 15
Gothic Art and Architecture Background
In todays podcast, Mr. Bruns explores the historical context behind the Gothic art movement. Topics will include the founder of Gothic church movement. The…
- AP Art History in 15
Romanesque Churches
In this podcast, Mr. Bruns will discuss the Romanesque churches of St-Foy, St. Vincenc, St. Lazare, and the Church of St. James, Santiago de Compostela…
- AP Art History in 15
Romanesque Architecture and "Holy Robbery"
In this podcast Mr. Bruns discusses the important elements about Romanesque architecture and some of it components. There will be a conversation about "Holy…
- AP Art History in 15
Medieval Art
In this podcast, Mr. Bruns will discuss the political, social, and religious backgrounds to the creation of art in the period of 550 to 750 CE. He will…
- AP Art History in 15
Byzantine Art and Architecture
This podcast covers, quickly, the "Vienna Genesis," "The Hagia Sophia (Theotokos and Deeis Mosaics, and "Virgin (Theotokos) and Child Between Saints Theodore…
- AP Art History in 15
Late Antiquity
This quick podcast discusses two works - The Catacombs of Priscilla and Santa Sabina.