Tune in to this art history podcast episode hear from Zoe about the magical powers of medieval gemstones.

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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.⁣

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

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

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Reference Links:

https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6377.full.print

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://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

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Episode 2: Health Reasons to Visit an Art Museum

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.”

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Episode 1: A Chinese Statue and Fabric Organs

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! 

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Introduction: The Fire Evacuation

Zoe (@zkappleby) · Zencastr

Zoe (@zkappleby)

A podcast that shares weird, wonderful, and inspiring stories from the world of art and culture. This is a show for the culturally curious listener. Join Zoe, a current PhD student in art history, as she explores the objects, places, and artists who facinate her.