A Long Look Podcast

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'm also 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/

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.

Click to view artwork

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 theme is "Gnossienne" composed by Erik Satie. Performed by Edward Rosser. Courtesy of musopen.org

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/

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

"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/

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

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!

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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: "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/

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]

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.

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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/

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

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.

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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/

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/

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.

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.