Art Institute Of Chicago Lectures

Stuart Pyhrr, Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses armor and Chicago's George F. Harding, Jr.'s passion for collecting it. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Isak Applin, instructor in the Department of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute, discusses connections between his own work and panel paintings on the life of St. John the Baptist by 15th-century Sienese artist Giovanni di Paolo. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Adrienne Mayor, Stanford University, cites the Art Institute's Mithradates coin as she unwinds the treacherous tale of Rome's "deadliest" enemy. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Luis Perez Oramas, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, examines Brazilian artist Lygia Clark's work. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago, traced a centuries-old dispute on the symbolism of a genre of votary object representing Hindu god Shiva. James Cuno, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, introduced her. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Alison Fisher, Art Institute of Chicago curator, spoke about Louis Sullivan and the development of architectural ornament as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Richard Cahan, historian, spoke about living with photographer Richard Nickel as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." He was introduced by curator Elizabeth Siegel. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Elizabeth Siegel, Art Institute curator, outlined the goals of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture" and explored John Szarkowski's photography of architecture as key to our seeing and appreciating Louis Sullivan's work keenly. Matthew S. Witkovsky, curator and chair of the Department of Photography, opened the symposium. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. Presented as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Jeffrey Plank, University of Virginia, presented his lecture "From Photograph and Fragment to History" as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." He was introduced by curator Elizabeth Siegel. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragment.. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Tim Samuelson, cultural historian for the City of Chicago, spoke on the experience of seeing Louis Sullivan's buildings as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." He was introduced by curator Alison Fisher. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

John Vinci, Vinci/Hamp Architects, discussed "Completing the Process: The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan" as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." He was introduced by curator Alison Fisher. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Georgina Valverde discusses her work and the inspiration she draws from the Art Institute's collection. Inscribed with text from the Quran and encoded with significant geometric patterns, the Talismanic Textile relates to Valverde's interest in handmade objects, the cultures from which they emerge, and the power that resides in these works. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Marvin Heiferman, independent curator, discusses selected themes that run throughout Baltz' work as a part of the symposium "Four Pictures—Four Things." He was introduced by Art Institute curator Matthew S. Witkovsky. This symposium was offered in support of a special exhibition Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit. Presented as a part of the symposium "Four Pictures—Four Things." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

David Raskin, School of the Art Institute, explores the relationship of Baltz' photographs to Object Theory, Picture Theory, and other current theoretical explorations in the visual arts. He was introduced by Art Institute curator Matthew S. Witkovsky. This symposium was offered in support of a special exhibition Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit. Presented as a part of the symposium "Four Pictures—Four Things." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Nancy Levinson, editor of Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, discussed architecture and urban studies of the late 1960s and early 1970s contemporary to Lewis Baltz' and other young photographers' inquiry into the postwar American landscape as a selected subject for their work. She was introduced by Art Institute curator Matthew S. Witkovsky. This symposium was offered in support of a special exhibition Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit. Presented as a part of the symposium "Four Pictures—Four Things." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was opened and hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. The first speaker, Nicholas Turner, independent scholar, formerly of the British Museum and the Getty, considered "Museums vs. Private Collectors: The Role of Personal Taste in Acquisitions." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Douglas Druick, Art Institute of Chicago, discussed "From Public to Private: Drawing in France, 1850–1900." The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Margaret Morgan Grasselli, National Gallery of Art, spoke on "French Drawings: From Vouet to Ingres." The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Richard Neer, University of Chicago, spoke on "Poussin, Drawing, and the Antique." The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. Presented as a part of the symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Collector and connoisseur Richard Gray talks with curator Suzanne McCullagh. The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. Presented as a part of the symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.