What Am I Looking At?
Wednesdays at 4:44 P.M. and Sundays at 8:35 A.M.
“What Am I Looking At?” is a podcast series from Doctors Katherine Baker, Temma Balducci, and Leah Long of the Department of Art + Design at A-State. In these short discussions, they will be giving you some insight into works of art from across history that are in some way unusual -- sometimes strange, sometimes hard to understand.
The series air Wednesday afternoons and Sunday mornings. The podcast releases every Wednesday evening. Learn more about the podcast here.
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![Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914) [Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii], ca. 1875 Albumen print from glass negative; Image: 27.3 x 38.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.) Sheet: 27.8 x 38.4 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.) Mount: 47.8 x 55.8 cm (18 13/16 x 21 15/16 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Harriet Ames Charitable Trust Gift, 2012 (2012.111) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/299472](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/de9dbf6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3881x2162+0+335/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F26%2F9c0f94094cca82dc0934691e9c37%2Fplaster-casts-of-bodies-pompeii-met-dp262064.jpg)
In this episode, we'll explore the Pompeii Plaster Casts.For more information visit https://www.archaeology.org/slideshow/3928-casts-of-pompeii-slideshow -
In this episode, we'll explore the Colosseum in Rome.For more information visit, https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/colosseum -
In this episode we'll explore Odysseus and Polyphemus on the Eleusis Amphora.For more information visit, https://smarthistory.org/eleusis-amphora/ -
In this episode we'll explore Perseus and Medusa.For more information visit,
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In this episode, we'll explore the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence by Cornelis Cort.For more information visit, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/356246 -
In this episode we'll explore the Lamassu.For more information visit, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322609 -
In this episode, we'll explore Absolut Power by Hank Willis Thomas.For more information visit,
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In this episode we'll explore the Cult Statue of Artemis of Ephesus. -
In this episode we'll explore the Sleeping Hermaphroditus.For more information, visit https://borghese.gallery/collection/sculpture/sleeping-hermaphroditus.html -
In this episode, we'll explore Janine Antoni's sculpture Gnaw.For more information visit, http://www.janineantoni.net/gnaw
![Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834–1914) [Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii], ca. 1875 Albumen print from glass negative; Image: 27.3 x 38.4 cm (10 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.) Sheet: 27.8 x 38.4 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.) Mount: 47.8 x 55.8 cm (18 13/16 x 21 15/16 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Harriet Ames Charitable Trust Gift, 2012 (2012.111) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/299472](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/de88e3c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3881x2162+0+335/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F26%2F9c0f94094cca82dc0934691e9c37%2Fplaster-casts-of-bodies-pompeii-met-dp262064.jpg)
