Episode #38- Rivals: Manet vs. Degas (Season 3, Episode 7)

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ArtCurious

Arts, History, Visual Arts

4.8 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This episode receives additional support from Reynolda House Museum of American Art, where you can find one of the nation's most highly regarded collections of American art on view in a unique domestic setting - the restored 1917 mansion of R. J. and Katharine Reynolds surrounded by beautiful gardens and peaceful walking trails. You can browse Reynolda's art and decorative arts collections and see what's coming next at their website, reynoldahouse.org. Gift-giving: it’s one of the primary ways to solidify a relationship. But what happens when gifting goes suddenly wrong, and alters a friendship for good? Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on Apple Podcasts! Twitter / Facebook/ Instagram Episode Credits This is the third of three episodes in collaboration with Sartle. Sartle encourages you to see art history differently, and they have a plethora of incredibly fun and informative videos, blog posts, and articles on their website. Production and Editing by Kaboonki. Theme music by Alex Davis. Social media assistance by Emily Crockett. ArtCurious is sponsored by Anchorlight, an interdisciplinary creative space, founded with the intent of fostering artists, designers, and craftspeople at varying stages of their development. Home to artist studios, residency opportunities, and exhibition space Anchorlight encourages mentorship and the cross-pollination of skills among creatives in the Triangle. Additional music credits "Misterioso" by Dee Yan-Key is licensed under BY-NC-SA 4.0; "Turkey Vulture" by Chad Crouch is licensed under BY-NC 3.0 ; "Bond Band" by Yan Terrian is licensed under BY-SA 4.0; "Galamus (piano solo)" by Circus Marcus is licensed under BY-NC 3.0; "Simple Life" by Anton Khoryukov is licensed under BY-NC-SA 4.0; "Facing It" by Komiku is licensed under CC0 1.0. Ad Music: "Lonely Chicken Inside Shopping Mall (ID 122)" by KieLoKaz is licensed under BY-NC-ND 4.0; "The Valley" by Dee Yan-Key is licensed under BY-NC-SA 4.0; "Pillow Tree: Version 2" by UncleBibby is licensed under BY 4.0. Links and further resources Manet and the Family Romance, Nancy Locke Olympia: Paris in the Age of Manet, Otto Friedrich The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art, Sebastian Smee The Telegraph: "Did Manet Have a Secret Son?" The Art Story: Edgar Degas The New York Times: "Degas and Mrs. Manet" Edouard Manet, Self-Portrait with Palette, 1878–1879 Edgar Degas, Self-Portrait, 1855 (detail) Edouard Manet, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1862-1863 Edgar Degas, The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, 1874 Edouard Manet, The Absinthe Drinker, 1859 (detail) Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet and Mme. Manet, 1868-69 Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.7	If you are a woman who grew up in the 1980s and 90s, as I did, you probably had one. Or if you are a baby boomer, you
0:39.8	probably gifted a set to someone you knew, a daughter, a niece, a granddaughter, or even a friend.
0:45.8	And if you were a man, or heck, even if you were just alive during that time, you may remember
0:51.5	seeing them, or who knows, maybe you even had one yourself. It's all good.
0:55.8	I'm talking about those best friend heart necklaces. Do you remember those? You had two
1:00.8	necklaces, each with half a heart or half a design, so that when you brought the necklaces
1:05.3	together, they would make the full shape. I definitely had one, although I really can't remember
1:10.2	whether or not I was gifted the other
1:11.7	half, or if I gifted the other half to any of my friends, or if I just wore it because it was,
1:16.8	like, trendy and gimmicky. We can do a deep psychological dive on that one later. The point, though,
1:22.5	was obvious. You would share the necklace and therefore proclaim your devotion to your
1:27.0	bestie for all the world to see.
1:29.5	You were half as great alone, but coming together in full force, you two could be unstoppable, best friends forever.
1:36.8	That's the thing about gift giving. It's one of the primary ways to solidify a relationship.
1:42.5	But what happens when gifting goes suddenly wrong and alters a
1:46.7	friendship for good? Some people think that visual art is dry, boring, lifeless. But the stories behind
2:00.3	those paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs
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