You, Me & Art

An art history podcast

You, Me & Art — An art history podcast hosted by Mora Garcia-Barneche

Art history, storytelling, and cultural conversation with Mora Garcia-Barneche. Currently walking through all 250 artworks of the AP Art History curriculum — one episode at a time.

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From the curriculum

250 artworks · one conversation at a time

Running horned woman · Tassili n'Ajjer
Running horned woman · Tassili n'Ajjer
Pyxis of al-Mughira · c. 968 CE
Pyxis of al-Mughira · c. 968 CE
Winged Victory of Samothrace · c. 190 BCE
Winged Victory of Samothrace · c. 190 BCE
Madonna and Child · Byzantine icon
Madonna and Child · Byzantine icon
Innermost coffin of Tutankhamun · c. 1323 BCE
Innermost coffin of Tutankhamun · c. 1323 BCE
The Ambum Stone · Papua New Guinea
The Ambum Stone · Papua New Guinea
Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George · Sinai, c. 6th c.
Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George · Sinai, c. 6th c.
Boxer at Rest · c. 100 BCE
Boxer at Rest · c. 100 BCE
The Acropolis · Athens, Greece
The Acropolis · Athens, Greece
Running horned woman · Tassili n'Ajjer
Running horned woman · Tassili n'Ajjer
Pyxis of al-Mughira · c. 968 CE
Pyxis of al-Mughira · c. 968 CE
Winged Victory of Samothrace · c. 190 BCE
Winged Victory of Samothrace · c. 190 BCE
Madonna and Child · Byzantine icon
Madonna and Child · Byzantine icon
Innermost coffin of Tutankhamun · c. 1323 BCE
Innermost coffin of Tutankhamun · c. 1323 BCE
The Ambum Stone · Papua New Guinea
The Ambum Stone · Papua New Guinea
Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George · Sinai, c. 6th c.
Virgin and Child between Saints Theodore and George · Sinai, c. 6th c.
Boxer at Rest · c. 100 BCE
Boxer at Rest · c. 100 BCE
The Acropolis · Athens, Greece
The Acropolis · Athens, Greece

Latest episode

Early Europe & Colonial Americas — Part 1

Unit 3 · Artworks 48–57 ·

From secret burial spaces to imperial cathedrals, illuminated manuscripts, and royal ivory carvings — ten artworks that trace early Christian, Byzantine, and early medieval worlds.

faith & empiresacred imagemanuscript & mosaiccross-cultural exchange
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Early Europe & Colonial Americas — Part 1
EP 04Artworks 48–57
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
— Pablo Picasso
“I paint flowers so they will not die.”
— Frida Kahlo
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way.”
— Georgia O'Keeffe

Season one · AP Art History

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Global Prehistory
EP 01Artworks 1–11

Unit 1

Global Prehistory

Eleven artworks, from the Apollo 11 stones to Stonehenge — how the earliest humans made meaning before writing.

14 min 12 sec
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Ancient Mediterranean — Part 1
EP 02Artworks 12–29

Unit 2

Ancient Mediterranean — Part 1

Mesopotamia and Egypt in 18 artworks — kings, scribes, and gods arguing for permanence in stone.

32 min 23 sec
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Ancient Mediterranean — Part 2
EP 03Artworks 30–47

Unit 2

Ancient Mediterranean — Part 2

Archaic and Classical Greece, the Parthenon, Hellenistic drama, and the rise of Rome.

34 min 36 sec
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Early Europe & Colonial Americas — Part 1
EP 04Artworks 48–57

Unit 3

Early Europe & Colonial Americas — Part 1

From secret burial spaces to imperial cathedrals, illuminated manuscripts, and royal ivory carvings — ten artworks that trace early Christian, Byzantine, and early medieval worlds.

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There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
— Henri Matisse

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