Episode 5: Hip to Be Square

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Episode 5: Hip to Be Square

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Jun 21, 2018

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Brace yourselves, listeners, because in this episode Allyson gets abstract and discusses Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square, often hailed as the end of traditional painting and the…

Released:

Jun 21, 2018

Format:

Podcast episode

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From art lovers to art haters to art-is-just-okay-ers, Art History for All aims to get all kinds of people thinking about art and what it means to them. Each episode, Allyson Healey tackles a single work of art and its history and larger significance, always asking the question: so what? Art History for All takes you beyond the art historical canon and helps you find the way in which art speaks to you (even if it's never spoken to you before)

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Episode 5: Hip to Be Square

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