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Art Smart

Kyle Wood

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Art is for everyone, but sometimes, the way we talk about art doesn't make sense to anyone. Art Smart breaks through the confusing artspeak to help everyone understand and enjoy art a little bit more. Every episode is short and to the point giving you a quick overview of the topic in just a few minutes. In Season 1, Art Smart focused on the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design. The elements of art are the building blocks of art and the principles of design focus on how artists arrange those building blocks. Understanding the Elements and Principles can help you become a better creator whether you aspire to be the next Leonardo da Vinci, or you just want your family photos to look good on social media. For Season 2, Art Smart is focusing on different eras and movements in art. What is the difference between modern and post-modern? How were the Post-Impressionists and Impressionists similar and different? Learn all about these and other movements in season 2. Each episode will cover a movement or era in broad strokes, then give you five specific artists/works to look at for a better understanding.

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Modern Art

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07/20/22 • 10 min

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Most art historians tend to say the shift to modernism started in the mid to late nineteenth century. This was an era of rethinking the old rules, breaking free from the established traditions and experimenting with new ways of working. There is not one specific artwork that ushered in the modern era. It was not birthed on one specific day. It was an evolution, but if I were to look for a dividing line I would say that the modern era started around the time that Daguerre gave us his photographic method. Photography becoming more accessible changed the way artists worked. Painters were liberated in a way because they no longer needed to focus on capturing an accurate likeness. Those who wanted realistic pictures could simply take a photograph. Of course, the new technology could also threaten their livelihood as patrons could now choose between a painting and a photograph for their portraits. Regardless of whether artists considered the new technology as an opportunity or a threat, the end result was artists experimenting and becoming more abstract. They focused on things the camera could not capture. At first, the Impressionists looked at color, then Post-Impressionists moved on to the expressive qualities. As I said the work became increasingly abstract until artists like Jackson Pollock were simply dripping paint onto the canvas. So what is the connection between Impressionists focusing on what they saw and Jackson Pollock’s action painting? Why do all of these movements fall under the modern umbrella? I would say the through line with modernism is a philosophy rooted in the idea that artists could capture some objective truth that would make the work timeless and universal. The impressionists were focused on optics and how the human eye perceives color. The abstract expressionists ran with the modernist quest to distill art down to a fundamental essence and took it to its logical conclusion. They broke art down to the basic elements like line, color, and texture to create a sense of movement and an expressive composition that was free of specific subject matters which would have tied it to a time and culture.

Go to the Art Smart website (https://www.artsmartpodcast.com/art-erasmovements/modern-art) to see images of the artworks I mentioned as well as podcasts about those artists.

If you are looking for a little extra credit and want to learn more about the artists listed in this episode, check out the following episodes of Who ARTed:

Claude Monet | Water Lilies

Rodin | Burghers of Calais

Vincent van Gogh | The Starry Night

Pablo Picasso | Guernica

Jackson Pollock

Janet Sobel

Wassily Kandinsky | Yellow Red Blue

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Cubism

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09/28/22 • 10 min

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In 1907, Pablo Picasso and George Braque developed art from a new perspective. They began creating works that seemed fragmented and at times almost unrecognizable. The idea was to show the subject from multiple perspectives all in one composition.

Art Smart is an Airwave Media Podcast.

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This episode is about the Element of Art, Space. In addition to the depth created in the foreground, middle ground and background, artist think about the positive and negative space in a composition. In this episode I referenced a classic illusion playing with positive and negative space. You can find the image reference here.

If you enjoy the podcast, please follow and rate it on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to learn more about art and art history, check out my other podcast, Who ARTed, where each week I cover a different artist and their work along with fun fact mini-episodes every Friday to give you an interesting story that isn't covered in the standard art history survey course.

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01/04/22 • 5 min

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07/13/22 • 8 min

On Who ARTed, every week, I discuss a different work of art with a guest. I have been asked how I make sense of so many different artworks. Honestly, analyzing art did not come easily to me, and for a long time I felt uncomfortable discussing a piece because I wasn't very confident in my interpretations. I found that it helps a lot to approach things systematically. I go through three basic steps to understand any artwork.

If you enjoy this show, and want to learn more about art history, check out my other podcast, Who ARTed. Please help others discover the show by leaving a rating or review on your favorite podcast app.

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This episode is about the Element of Art: Form. When shapes become three dimensional we call them forms. For example, a square is a shape but a cube is a form. Learn more about different types of forms and how you can use them in your artwork in this episode.

If you enjoy the podcast, please follow and rate it on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to learn more about art and art history, check out my other podcast, Who ARTed, where each week I cover a different artist and their work along with fun fact mini-episodes every Friday to give you an interesting story that isn't covered in the standard art history survey course.

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This episode is about the Element of Art: Color. Learn about what color is, how we see it, and the different sets of primary colors.

If you enjoy the podcast, please follow and rate it on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to learn more about art and art history, check out my other podcast, Who ARTed, where each week I cover a different artist and their work along with fun fact mini-episodes every Friday to give you an interesting story that isn't covered in the standard art history survey course.

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01/04/22 • 8 min

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01/04/22 • 5 min

This episode is all about the Element of Art: Line. In Art, we consider a mark with length and direction to be a line. Lines can be long or short, they can be straight, wavy, zig-zag, jagged, thick, or thin. Lines can be solid or dotted; we might even talk about a line that is not physically present in the work but merely suggested by other elements we see.

If you enjoy the podcast, please follow and rate it on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to learn more about art and art history, check out my other podcast, Who ARTed, where each week I cover a different artist and their work along with fun fact mini-episodes every Friday to give you an interesting story that isn't covered in the standard art history survey course.

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This episode is about the Element of Art: Shape. A shape occurs when a line bumps into itself. Learn about different types of shapes and their uses within a composition.

If you enjoy the podcast, please follow and rate it on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to learn more about art and art history, check out my other podcast, Who ARTed, where each week I cover a different artist and their work along with fun fact mini-episodes every Friday to give you an interesting story that isn't covered in the standard art history survey course.

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This episode is about the Element of Art: Value. When we talk about value in the art context, we are not talking about quality in relation to price. Value is the relative lightness or darkness of a hue.

If you enjoy the podcast, please follow and rate it on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to learn more about art and art history, check out my other podcast, Who ARTed, where each week I cover a different artist and their work along with fun fact mini-episodes every Friday to give you an interesting story that isn't covered in the standard art history survey course.

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This episode is about the Element of Art, Texture. The texture of a piece is referring to its surface quality. Texture has to do with the sense of touch. Artworks can have either real physical texture or an implied texture meaning it looks as if it might feel a certain way.

If you enjoy the podcast, please follow and rate it on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you want to learn more about art and art history, check out my other podcast, Who ARTed, where each week I cover a different artist and their work along with fun fact mini-episodes every Friday to give you an interesting story that isn't covered in the standard art history survey course.

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How many episodes does Art Smart have?

Art Smart currently has 48 episodes available.

What topics does Art Smart cover?

The podcast is about Visual Arts, Podcasts, Education and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on Art Smart?

The episode title 'Modern Art' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Art Smart?

The average episode length on Art Smart is 13 minutes.

How often are episodes of Art Smart released?

Episodes of Art Smart are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Art Smart?

The first episode of Art Smart was released on Jan 4, 2022.

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