Introduction: The Fire Evacuation

Episode 3: Beyond the Glitter: Medical and Magical Medieval Gemstones

Tune in to this art history podcast episode hear from Zoe about the magical powers of medieval gemstones. Comments or episode requests? Use these links! https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/] https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089922645769 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089922645769] Reference Links: Brigitte Buettner, The Mineral and the Visual: Precious Stones in Medieval Secular Culture [https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09250-8.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqOdd4Wt6tAxC7zSPRM_TSzi-YWNvp14dPqyP43FJM6Q1FJcwVl] Albertus Magnus, On Minerals  [https://ia600402.us.archive.org/20/items/308059821ALBERTUSMAGNUSTheBookOfMinerals/308059821-ALBERTUS-MAGNUS-The-Book-of-Minerals.pdf] Marian Campbell, Medieval Jewellery: In Europe 1100-1500 [https://books.google.com/books/about/Medieval_Jewellery.html?id=ywBKAQAAIAAJ] Cynthia Hahn. What Do Reliquaries Do for Relics? [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20789594] Artwork: 6th century Byzantine gold bracelet adorned with various gemstones and pearls, currently part of the Toledo Museum of Art collection, Ohio, USA.⁣ Music: “Sailing Away” by HoliznaCC0

Episode 2: Health Reasons to Visit an Art Museum

Tune in to this art history podcast episode hear how visiting art museums benefits your health and the flourishing of your community! Zoe also shares 5 ways you can get the most out of your art museum visits: 1. Bring a sketchbook; 2. Catch the traveling show; 3. Talk to the guards; 4. Don’t see it all; 5. Spark your imagination Comments or episode requests? Use these links! https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/] https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089922645769 [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089922645769] Reference Links: https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6377.full.print [https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6377.full.print] https://ppc.sas.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/artmuseumflourishing.pdf [https://ppc.sas.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/artmuseumflourishing.pdf] https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2022/04/09/3-scientific-reasons-why-visiting-an-art-museum-can-boost-your-happiness-today/?sh=27bb7bf6528d [https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2022/04/09/3-scientific-reasons-why-visiting-an-art-museum-can-boost-your-happiness-today/?sh=27bb7bf6528d] https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mental-health-museum-prescription-brussels-2178582 [https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mental-health-museum-prescription-brussels-2178582] Artwork is by Gustav Klimt, “Medicine” (Detail: “Hygieia”), 1900-07; Hygieia is the Greco-Roman goddess of health. © Belvedere, Vienna Music: “Sailing Away” by HoliznaCC0

Episode 1: A Chinese Statue and Fabric Organs

Explore the world of medieval Chinese Buddhism through a close look at this sculpture of Guanyin in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Your host is a PhD student in art history who is facinated by the stories art objects can tell us. Sources for this episode include: The Lotus Sutra, the Sutra on the Merit of Bathing the Buddha, Chün-fang Yü's Chinese Buddhism: A Thematic History, and James Robson's “The Buddhist Image Inside-Out: On the Placing of Objects Inside Statues in East Asia.” To see images of the sculpture visit https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.70 [https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.70] or find Meet Me at the Art Museum on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089922645769] Music: "Sailing Away" by HoliznaCC0

Introduction: The Fire Evacuation

In this episode of Meet Me at the Art Museum, podcast host Zoe shares her love for art and art history... a love that has stood the test of fire! To see the images accompanying this episode, please visit https://www.instagram.com/art_history_podcast/ Episode Transcription Coming Soon!  Music: "Sailing Away" by HoliznaCC0