It’s starting to get warm out so the seaside’s on my mind! In the latest episode we visit Appledore on the Isles of Shoals with American painter Childe Hassam. This group of islands off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine was a long-time vacation fave for this Boston artist.  We’ll find out how he fused the color and energy of artists like Claude Monet and Camille Pissaro with uniquely American settings like this stunning rocky New England shoreline. And the ruckus he and some of his fellow painters started to create a brand-new kind of American art! Transcript is available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/appledore

Henry Sturgis Drinker and Cecilia Beaux had a complicated history but that didn’t get in the way of Cecilia making him the subject of one of her best portraits. In today’s episode, we’ll find out how Henry was just one example of the lengths this renowned Gilded Age artist went to pursue her dream of an art career. And how her talent, hard work--and the help of a good friend--got her started.   SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/   Episode music “Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 21 'Sunday'” by Frédéric Chopin Courtesy of the European Archive and musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/82-preludes-op-28/   “Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 17 'Scene on the Place de Notre-Dame'” by Frédéric Chopin Performed by Ivan Ilic. Courtesy of musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/82-preludes-op-28/   “String Quartet no. 12 in F major 'American', Op. 96” by Antonín Dvořák. Courtesy of the European Archive and musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/4887-string-quartet-no-12-in-f-major-american-op-96/   Artwork information https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/man-cat-henry-sturgis-drinker-1635   Les Dernier Jours d’Enfance https://www.pafa.org/museum/collection/item/les-derniers-jours-d-enfance   Cecilia bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Beaux#cite_ref-16   “Cecilia Beaux: A Modern Painter in the Gilded Age” by Alice A. Carter. https://archive.org/details/ceciliabeauxmode0000cart   “Cecilia Beaux: American Figure Painter” by Sylvia Yount.  https://archive.org/details/ceciliabeauxamer00beau   Henry Sturgis Drinker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sturgis_Drinker   Transcript is available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/cecilia-beaux/

Putting ordinary people in odd, unsettling surroundings was the specialty of Hughie Lee-Smith. In today’s episode we look at his “Confrontation” from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.  We’’ll find out how an encounter with Italian Surrealism and a forbidden childhood carnival forged a visual language he used to depict universal feelings of loneliness, separation, and alienation in post-war America. SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/ Episode music: “Passing Fields” by Quantum Jazz Courtesy of Free music Archive (CC BY-SA) https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Quantum_Jazz/End_of_Line/05_-_Quantum_Jazz_-_Passing_Fields/ “Ghost Carousel” by LAURENT BUCZEK Courtesy of Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/build-up-scenes-ghost-carousel-155303/ “Between Worlds” by Tobias Webster (CC-BY) http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664 "Shades of Spring" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artwork information  https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/confrontation-78130 Artist information Biography Hughie Lee-Smith by Leslie King-Hammond and Aiden Faust. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2010. Hughie Lee-Smith papers, c 1890-2007, bulk 1931-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. https://americanart.si.edu/artist/hughie-lee-smith-6317 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughie_Lee-Smith https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/04/nyregion/art-a-painter-finally-gets-his-due.html https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/nyregion/art-review-a-painter-s-evolution-visual-and-political.html Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/confrontation

Merry Christmas! For this year’s holiday episode we're looking at this kind of unusual Nativity scene jammed packed with the detail those Northern European Renaissance artists just loved! We’ll find out how the birth of Christ went from early spring to late December, the story of the arch, and the mystery of the missing gold platter! SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” opening theme is "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and the closing music is “Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella” performed by John Sayles http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm Episode music: “Away in a Manger” and “Angels We Have Heard on High” performed by John Sayles  http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm “Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Teller of the Tales” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artwork information  https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.47.html “Early Netherlandish Painting”  https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/early-netherlandish-painting.pdf “Petrus Christus: Renaissance Master of Bruges”  https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Petrus_Christus_Renaissance_Master_of_Bruges “Petrus Christus in Renaissance Bruges : An Interdisciplinary Approach” https://archive.org/details/petruschristusin0000unse/page/167/mode/1up How Dec. 25 became Christmas The Christmas Story in Art  https://www.history.com/news/why-is-christmas-celebrated-on-december-25 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/12/25/why-is-christmas-on-dec-25-a-brief-history-lesson-that-may-surprise-you/ Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2865

Just in time for Thanksgiving, we take a look at this sumptuous feast by one of the stars of still-life painting, Pieter Claesz. We'll find out three hints that tell us who might have owned this fabulous artwork and the amazing connection between the Dutch and one of your favorite ballpark treats!   If you want to follow along, you can find it here on the Gallery's site. SHOW NOTES  “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/ Episode music “Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293 'Autumn' - III Allegro” composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Performed by John Harrison. Courtesy of musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/ “Meadow Waltz” by Keys of Moon Music https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon/meadow-waltz-classical-piano-orchestra-free-download “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” performed by Kevin MacLeod https://www.incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100313 Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.132271.html Artist information https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.18426.html “Pieter Claesz : Master of Haarlem Still Life” by P. Biesboer, Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2004. History of still life https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-still-life-painting-definition/ “The Dutch Gamepiece” by Scott A. Sullivan  Dutch cuisine “The Sensible Cook : Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World” by Peter G. Rose. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 1989. For a transcript, visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2825

In today’s episode we’re looking at “Childhood” by Thomas Cole. It’s the first of a series of enormous paintings he did called “The Voyage of Life.”  We’ll find out how Cole used this series to push the boundaries of landscape painting from just pretty pictures to something much more meaningful. And we’ll learn why the Gallery’s version isn’t the original!  SHOW NOTES  “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/ Episode music:  “Scenes from Childhood,” Op. 15, Robert Schumman https://musopen.org/music/2326-scenes-from-childhood-op-15/ “His Last Share of the Stars” by Doctor Turtle https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/album/free-turtle-archive-everything-cc-by-by-turtle Artwork information  https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.52450.html https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/cole-the-voyage-of-life-childhood.html https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-19th-century-part-1.pdf Thomas Cole information https://thomascole.org/biography-of-thomas-cole/ https://thomascole.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PDF-for-Website-2022.pdf Thomas Cole National Historic Site  https://thomascole.org/ For a transcript visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2804

Autumn is a season of change, so it seemed like the perfect time to announce a few changes happening with the show!  First, I've got new music! The current theme did the job when I started way back in 2017, but it’s time for a refresh so I went with a couple tunes that are welcoming and relaxed, but a little funky. I hope you like it! I've also updated the intro and am moving to a monthly release schedule. These changes will start with the next episode, which drops soon.  Listen below for more details! I hope you enjoy the new sound and if you do, it would mean so much if you spread the word! Personal recommendations are one of the top ways people discover podcasts. Just send folks here or tell them to search for “A Long Look” wherever they get their podcasts. SHOW NOTES  “A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/ For a transcript visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2772

This work by Edouard Vuillard reminds me of the old Magic Eye images that ran in the Sunday comics back in the ’90s. You’d be presented with a dense, colorful pattern and have to figure out what the hidden image was. I could never do it.  In today’s episode we’ll find out how he and a group of young artists called the Nabis threw out the rules of traditional painting to create something more personal that made the viewer have to do some of the work of figuring out what’s going on. If you want to follow along, you can find it here on the Gallery’s site. SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT BELOW) “A Long Look” opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas “Ascension” https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and “Easy” https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs Episode theme is “Gnossienne” composed by Erik Satie. Performed by Edward Rosser. Courtesy of musopen.org  Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.52238.html Vuillard self-portrait https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.93000.html Vuillard info https://www.theartstory.org/artist/vuillard-edouard/ https://artuk.org/discover/stories/douard-vuillard-nabi-and-intimist “Bonnard to Vuillard: Intimate Poetry: The Nabi Collection of Vicki and Roger Sant” by Elsa Smithgall, et al. New York, New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019. “Vuillard, the Inexhaustible Glance : Critical Catalogue of Paintings and Pastels.”  Salomon, Antoine., Guy. Cogeval, and Mathias. Chivot. Vol. 1, Milano: Skira, 2003. Nabis info https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dcpt/hd_dcpt.htm https://smarthistory.org/nabis-decorative-art/ Negative space trick https://mymodernmet.com/negative-space-definition/ For a transcript visit https://alonglookpodcast.com/?p=2728

Today's episode takes us back to the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, whose court was every bit as frothy as the clouds the harvest goddess Ceres is lounging on. We find out crabs are sometimes lobsters and how a penniless young man from the outskirts of Paris named Antoine Watteau ended up scoring a big commission from one of the most powerful men in the court. And why this painting is now so rare! If you want to follow along, find it here on the Gallery’s site SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT BELOW) “A Long Look” opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas: “Ascension” https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and “Easy” https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs Episode theme is “Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, K. 216” composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by the NOVA Community Chorus, courtesy of musopen.org  https://musopen.org/music/2863-violin-concerto-no-3-in-g-major-k-216/ Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46149.html Watteau info https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1967.html#biography https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/18th-century-france-the-rococo-and-watteau.html#slide_1 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Watteau/Watteaus-Cythera#ref35071 Cancer crab info https://www.britannica.com/place/Cancer-constellation https://ima.princeton.edu/2016/06/21/junes-zodiac-sign-lobster-like-crabs/   For a transcript visit alonglookpodcast.com

Meet St. Francis, who’s in the middle of receiving a…um…complicated divine visitation. This wealthy young party lover and man about town gave it all up to live a more meaningful life and lead others to embrace self-sacrifice, love nature, and encourage peace.  In today’s episode we find out how his spiritual devotion led to this rather mixed blessing and why he’s one of the most popular saints.  If you want to follow along, you can find it at here on the Frick Collection’s site. Photo of St. Francis in gallery https://www.frick.org/blogs/middle_ground_bellini_breuer SHOW NOTES  “A Long Look” opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas: “Ascension” https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and “Easy” https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs Episode music:   “Byrd O Magnum Mysterium” by William Byrd. Performed by Ensemble Morales https://musopen.org/music/10537-o-magnum-mysterium/ “Ale and Anecdotes” by Darren Curtis | https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/ Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Artwork information  https://collections.frick.org/objects/39/st-francis-in-the-desert https://www.frick.org/interact/miniseries/cocktails_curator/bellinis_st_francis_desert St. Francis info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi#Character_and_legacy https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Francis-of-Assisi#ref2420 In a New Light : Giovanni Bellini’s “St. Francis in the Desert.” Rutherglen, Susannah et al. New York: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2014. “Cocktails with A Curator” St. Francis in the Desert https://www.frick.org/interact/miniseries/cocktails_curator/bellinis_st_francis_desert “Canticle of the Creatures” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canticle_of_the_Sun Meaning of stigmata https://www.franciscantradition.org/blog/78-feast-of-the-stigmata-of-saint-francis Transcript available at alonglookpodcast.com

In today’s episode, we get to picture ourselves in a dreamy landscape on a sunny afternoon courtesy of Annibale Carracci and the National Gallery of Art in DC. Annibale was a painter in Bologna, Italy from the 1580s to early 1600s and one of his big innovations was making landscapes like this a thing in Italian art.  We’ll also find out how Annibale is connected to celebrity artist Lavinia Fontana who we met in a previous episode and what happened to the poor guy when he took on a project with the client from hell!  SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT BELOW) “A Long Look” opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas: “Ascension” https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and “Easy” https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs Episode music: “Classical Piano and Cello” by Danielyan Ashot Makichevich. https://pixabay.com/music/modern-classical-classical-piano-and-cello-short-version-112721 “The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869 - Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed by Kimiko Ishizaka. https://musopen.org/music/performer/kimiko-ishizaka/composer/johann-sebastian-bach/ Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41673.html Carracci information “The Lives of Annibale & Agostino Carracci,” by Giovanni Pietro Bellori. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1968. "Annibale Carracci Artist Overview and Analysis". [Internet]. 2023. TheArtStory.org Content compiled and written by Libby Festorazzi Edited and revised, with Summary and Accomplishments added by Antony Todd Available from: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/carracci-annibale/ First published on 27 Mar 2020. Updated and modified regularly [Accessed 04 May 2023] Comments or questions are welcome at alonglookpodcast.com

In honor of Women’s History Month, we find out about trailblazer Lavinia Fontana, a celebrity artist in Renaissance Italy. Her portraits were all the rage among the nobility of Bologna and with the help of a supportive (and broad-minded) husband/business manager, she became the first professional woman artist.    SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas: “Ascension” https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and “Easy” https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs   Episode music: “Rondeau” and “My Mistress is as Fine as Faire ” performed by John Sayles “Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - 13 - Variatio 12 Canone alla Quarta” composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Kimiko Ishizaka.  http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm https://musopen.org/music/4107-goldberg-variations-bwv-988/   Artwork information  https://nmwa.org/art/collection/portrait-noblewoman/   Self-portrait  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15883827   Lavinia Fontana information https://www.nga.gov/press/acquisitions/2022/lavinia-fontana.html https://www.nga.gov/stories/lavinia-fontana-and-lucia-bonasoni-garzoni-two-professional-women.html https://www.theartstory.org/artist/fontana-lavinia/   National Museum for Women in the Arts https://nmwa.org/ https://nmwa.org/nmwa-at-home/   Lavinia Fontana: Pioneering Painter of the 16th Century (Getty) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgeDGtF11KY   Lavinia Fontana of Bologna, 1552-1614 Catalog for exhibition of the same name, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1998 Comments or questions are welcome at alonglookpodcast.com

Our final episode in our long look at Vittore Carpaccio examines the mysteries raised by a reunited panel painting and how a good cleaning can make all the difference.  SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode music is “La Verde Primavera,” “My Lady Carey’s Dompe,” and “Salterello” performed by John Sayles http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/earlymusic.htm Exhibition catalogue “Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice,” Peter Humphrey, Yale University Press, 2022.  https://shop.nga.gov/vittore-carpaccio-master-storyteller-of-renaissance-venice-exhibition-catalog Fishing and Fowling on the Lagoon & Letter Rack (Getty Museum)  https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103REK Two Women on a Balcony (Museo Correr/Google Arts and Culture) https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/due-dame-veneziane-vittore-carpaccio/5QEssF9uMskmLA New interpretation of reunited panels “Carpaccio's 'Hunting on the Lagoon': A New Perspective” https://www.jstor.com/stable/886357 (JSTOR, check your local library for access) Fishing scene theories Journal of Art and Society  “Carpaccio’s Double Enigma: Hunting on the Lagoon and the Two Venetian Ladies” https://www.artinsociety.com/carpacciorsquos-double-enigma-hunting-on-the-lagoon-and-the-two-venetian-ladies.html Post comments or questions at alonglookpodcast.com

Our next stop is Carpaccio’s “Virgin Reading.” We discover a hidden Jesus, a still-unsolved art mystery, and how Carpaccio broke the rules in his unusual depiction of the Virgin Mary. Check out the episode at alonglookpodcast.com to see the images mentioned. SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode music is “Goldberg Variations, BWV. 988 - Variation 12. Canon on the fourth.” Performed by Shelley Katz. Courtesy of musopen.org. https://musopen.org/music/4107-goldberg-variations-bwv-988/ Virgin Reading info https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.498.html Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century by Boskovits, Miklós., and David Alan Brown. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2003. Exhibition information  https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2022/carpaccio-renaissance-venice.html Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice by Peter Humphrey et al. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022. X-radiography http://www.fineartconservation.ie/x-radiography-4-4-45.html Giorgione episode https://alonglookpodcast.com/the-adoration-of-the-shepherds-by-giorgione/ Post comments or questions at alonglookpodcast.com

Next up in our tour of Vittore Carpaccio is “Saint Augustine in His Study.” Carpaccio was a specialist in creating series of huge paintings designed to hang in sequence to tell the story of a saint or other Biblical story and “St. Augustine” is one of these.  We’ll find out how an unexpected visitor told the saint to get over himself, how Carpaccio created an immersive media experience in a Venetian meetinghouse, and how a dog beat out a weasel for a role in this scene.  SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode music is “Sheep May Safely Graze - BWV 208” and “Lone Harvest”  by Kevin MacLeod  https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Exhibition information  https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2022/carpaccio-renaissance-venice.html Artwork information Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice by Peter Humphrey et al. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022. St. Augustine bio https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni tour (starts at 4:55) https://aur.edu/dalmatian-school-venice-professor-jason-cardone Words of Jerome to Augustine (Requires JSTOR login) Roberts, Helen I. “St. Augustine in ‘St. Jerome’s Study’: Carpaccio’s Painting and Its Legendary Source.” The Art Bulletin 41, no. 4 (1959): pg 292. https://doi.org/10.2307/3047853. Post comments or questions at alonglookpodcast.com

We kick off Season 7’s spotlight on Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio with his majestic, “Lion of St. Mark.” This enormous painting announces Venice’s return to power after a run-in with the League of Cambrai.  We’ll find out how a winged lion became the symbol of Venice, what happens when a couple of tourists get carried away, and how a pope changing his mind led to Venice’s resurgence. SHOW NOTES “Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice” is on view Nov. 20, 2022–Feb. 12, 2023. Find out more at https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2022/carpaccio-renaissance-venice.html “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode theme is “Goudimel Hodie nobis caelorum rex” composed by Claude Goudimel. Performed by Michel Rondeau.  Courtesy of musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/43315-hodie-nobis-caelorum-rex/   Artwork information  Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice by Peter Humphrey et al. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022. https://www.italyouritaly.com/blog/2021/1/21/the-lion-of-san-marco https://www.britannica.com/topic/League-of-Cambrai Venice: Pure City by Peter Ackroyd ©2009, Anchor Books.  Post comments or questions at alonglookpodcast.com

Meet Vittore Carpaccio, a famous Renaissance artist you might never have heard of. He's the star of the National Gallery of Art’s exhibition, “Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice” which introduces this Venetian favorite to us for the first time! In Season 7, we’ll look at stories of lions, saints, puppies, and a reunited painting, and hidden Jesus! SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas “Gabrieli Canzon per sonar primi toni a 8, Ch. 170.” Performed by James Howard Young  https://musopen.org/music/43294-canzon-per-sonar-primi-toni-a-8-ch-170/

We’re going old school in this Christmas episode as we look at “Madonna and Child” by Giotto di Bondone, a guy who got so famous he goes by one name, Giotto! Kind of like Cher!  We’ll find out how he revolutionized religious art in Florence at the end of the Middle Ages. Like so many of the writers around him, he looked to the past in order to move forward. And you’ll find out the lengths I go to for my listeners! SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo   Episode theme is “Angels We Have Heard on High” by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3368-angels-we-have-heard-on-high License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   Artwork information https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.397.html ”Distorting the Madonna in Medieval Art“ (Smart History article) Cecilia Frosini lecture (video) Giotto information https://smarthistory.org/giotto-the-ognissanti-madonna/ https://www.theartstory.org/artist/giotto/ Arena Chapel frescoeshttps://smarthistory.org/giotto-arena-scrovegni-chapel-part-1-of-4/ Cimabué, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cimabue_-_The_Madonna_in_Majesty_(Maest%C3%A0)_-_WGA04932.jpg “The Decameron” (Internet Archive link) Post comments or questions at alonglookpodcast.com

Well, it’s fall, my favorite time of year! I decided to celebrate by pulling together three past episodes related to this beautiful season. We’ll revisit a stunning view of the Hudson River by Jasper Cropsey and see how Charles Sheeler turned a country stove into a modern image. Last but not least is Alma Thomas and her exuberant “Autumn Drama.” So join me for this special expanded episode of “A Long Look!” SHOW NOTES “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Quantum Jazz courtesy of Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Quantum_Jazz Cover image by Melk Hagelslag from Pixabay Link to Hudson River episode show notes and transcript Link to Doylestown episode show notes Link to Autumn Drama episode show notes and transcript

Woman with a Sunflower looks like one of Mary Cassatt’s charming domestic scenes. But when she painted this in 1905, times were changing and this is actually a bold statement of women’s rights!  In this episode, art historian Nikki Georgopulos joins us to share the secret of the sunflower, and how her research led to the painting’s original name being restored. “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode theme is “Prelude no. 4 in F major” composed by Gabriel Fauré. Courtesy of musopen. org https://musopen.org/music/7934-9-preludes-op-103/ Closing theme is “Give the Ballot to the Mothers” courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways. https://folkways.si.edu/explore Artwork information Woman with a Sunflower https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46573.html Nikki Georgopolus blog post https://www.nga.gov/blog/cassatt-suffragist-symbolism.html