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Pictorial
A conversation with your eyes
Hosted by Betty Chen and Quinn Rose.
Quinn and Betty are two non-professional art enthusiasts who love art and want to learn more about it. They take turns researching interesting parts of art history and culture, and sharing those stories with each other.
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#35: Playbill Design Throughout History
April 6th, 2021 · 38 minutes
This week we're diving into the history of Playbill design, with diversions along the way into Pantone codes, gradients, and minimalist graphic design.
#34: No But Really, What Are NFTs?
March 23rd, 2021 · 52 minutes
Not only does Quinn have no idea what NFTs are, she doesn't understand blockchain or cryptocurrency. Today Betty's giving them a crash course on what Non-Fungible Tokens are, and what they have to do with someone setting a Banksy painting on fire.
#33: Internet Art of the 1990s
March 9th, 2021 · 30 minutes
Quinn found a book about internet art published in 2004, and she's really excited about it. Today we're talking about what defined the early net.art movement, and artists like who pushed the boundaries of what online art could be in 1995.
#32: Piet Mondrian
February 23rd, 2021 · 35 minutes
This week, we're taking one step deeper into the study of abstract art by examining Piet Mondrian. What historical events, religious beliefs, and settings influenced him to develop his famous style of primary color blocks and black lines?
#31: Attempting to Understand Abstraction
February 9th, 2021 · 35 minutes
We've talked before about some abstract artists we like: but why is abstract art valued as fine art at all? We take a look at the patterns behind how abstract artists develop their unique styles and the deceptive complexity of their work.
#30: Elisabetta Sirani
January 26th, 2021 · 35 minutes
Quinn and Betty dive into the life and work of Elisabetta Sirani, a groundbreaking Italian Baroque painter. Along the way, they discover that they will be dying soon due to lack of marriage, so that's exciting!
#29: Experiential Art
January 5th, 2021 · 30 minutes
Betty and Quinn talk about the art exhibit they visited when they first met, Marta Minujín's Menusunda Reloaded, as well as other experiential art pieces.
#28: Hank Willis Thomas
December 15th, 2020 · 32 minutes
We take a look at the work of contemporary multi-media artist Hank Willis Thomas, especially his massive collaborative political art project For Freedoms.
#27: Pictorialism
December 1st, 2020 · 32 minutes
To celebrate our one year anniversary(!!), we talk about the photography movement Pictorialism.
#26: Flag Design
November 17th, 2020 · 32 minutes
After the recent vote to change Mississippi's flag, we take a look at the principles of flag design and how we would rank various American and Canadian flags.