On iTunes

In between working on my thesis, I found and subscribed to a whole bunch of art history podcasts on iTunes.  The first series I am reviewing from the Blanton Museum in Texas.  A nice little series of short commentaries (none go over two minutes and thirty seconds) on paintings and sculptures found in the museum.  Each commentary comes from a different person with an education that relates to the chosen artwork.  They pick apart the work, provide historical context, and see how it relates to today.  One downside, you will have to use a search engine of your choice to try to find the work (if you’re lucky).  While these commentaries consist mostly of a host and a commentator, they do put in the occasional background music.  Probably depending whether it has to do with the artist and artwork.  The artists consist mostly of art from the Americas and Europe, ranging from mostly Contemporary to Baroque with the occasional sculpture from the Classical era.  On that note, the Dying Gaul commentary left me perplexed.  The  professor went on this tangent about depicting ones enemies and claimed that people think that The Dying Gaul looked as though he had done Pilates.  I myself never thought that and I hope the people he come across only meant that in jest.  The Blanton has not updated this series since 2007, but it makes for a nice little time waster for people who do not want anything long to listen to.

ETA: Rewrote a sentence and corrected some spacing.