Heart in Art

Neoclassicism is the label we use for the period of art history after the Baroque. Spanning the 18th century enlightenment era and into the beginning of the 19th c. Paradigms or broad thought trends always develop in relation to the period before them, and often shift to embrace an opposing aesthetic. In this case, the flowery ornamentation and ostentatiousness of the baroque and the rococo eras, gave way to the embrace of the clean lines and pared back style of classical Greek and Roman antiquity.

Today we will discuss:

-Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. 1715-1720. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6130/6130-h/6130-h.htm

-Sir G. Kneller's portrait of Alexander Pope. 1719https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/portrait-of-alexander-pope-by-sir-godfrey-kneller-1719

-J.Maubert's portrait of John Dryden. 1700.

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/portrait-of-john-dryden

Continuing on with our art history series, this episode we’ll focus upon the aesthetic of The Baroque, with reference to European classical music. The term ‘Baroque’, coined by 19th century critics, describes the period in western European classical music between 1600 to around 1750. The name derives from the Portuguese barroco, or “oddly shaped pearl.” Join our host, Dani Van De Broucke, as she explores the lives and works of Domenico Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Part of Series 3: Artistic Movements for Beginners. Join our host Dani Van De Broucke, as she explores the Renaissance paradigm through the exploration of three famous art pieces of the time:

1. The Sistine Madonna [the Madonna di San Sisto ] by Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino. (1513-1514) https://www.italymagazine.com/news/raphaels-iconic-painting-sistine-madonna

2. The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan Van Eyk (1534) https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-the-arnolfini-portrait

3. David by Michelangelo [Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni] (1501-1504) https://www.florence-museum.com/michelangelo-david.php

   A fitting theme for the start of a new year, and a time where all our old world systems and paradigms seem to be shifting and crumbling around us. On a positive note, new ideas flourish in times of change, just as they did during the Renaissance!

Get your Christmas treats out, light the fire and get cosy. Join our host Dani Van De Broucke for a yuletide Victorian classic story, A Christmas Carol, by English author, Charles Dickens.

This episode starts our new exciting new season, which is a beginners crash course in major artistic styles and movements across the centuries. This episode has a spooky vibe, and focuses upon Gothic Literature in particular, which spans a vast time period from the Middles ages (13th century) up to the 19th Century. Join our host, Dani Van De Broucke, as she shares excerpts from seminal Gothic works and discusses some of the conventions of the Gothic.

2020: In a year that's turned travel upon its' head, what is it like to be a travel writer? Meghan O'Dea has been writing for the past decade about everything from tech to travel to cultivating resilience. Most recently, she joined Lonely Planet at a digital editor, where she frequently writes and commissions stories on getting back to nature, and how to make the outdoors more accessible and intersectional. Join our host, Dani Van De Broucke, as she asks what qualities make good travel writing, and its' defining characteristics in 2020.

How has the Electronic Dance scene changed since the 1980s? With special guest, Canadian DJ and Producer, Model Citizen. Electronic Music has been an important part of counter-culture in both Europe and America over the past 40 years, but how did it makes it's way into the mainstream? What has changed since the 80s? Join us as we explore these questions and talk to Techno and Prog lover Model Citizen, about his experiences on the scene.

Today I'll be talking to the first photographer we have welcomed to Heart in Art, Adam Lang of LangShot Photography. His work focuses upon portraiture and the urban landscapes and architecture in the some of the most beautiful cities in Europe. He describes his style as 'moody,' and he certainly captures the Gothic elements and plays with light and shadow in a way that makes the familiar a little unfamiliar.

Our special guest today is children's author and journalist, Ritu Hemnani. We talk about her new children's book 'Gope and Meera,' based upon the 1947 partition of India and the resulting destruction of the state of Sindh, which led the to largest mass migration in history. Ritu tells us about her personal inspiration for the story and we discuss the importance of ALL children seeing themselves represented in the stories that they read.

This comic novel was published in 1923. The story takes place in London, and depicts the self-absorbed elite in turbulent times following the end of World War I. Listen and enjoy, as our host, Dani Van De Broucke, narrates chapter 1.