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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
Music: “Sailing Away” by HoliznaCC0
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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.”
To see images of the sculpture visit https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.70 or find Meet Me at the Art Museum on Instagram and Facebook
Music: "Sailing Away" by HoliznaCC0
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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!
Music: "Sailing Away" by HoliznaCC0
