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]

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