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Art History at Bedtime

Art History at Bedtime

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Art History at Bedtime is a series of original art historical texts read by the art historian and broadcaster, Dr Bendor Grosvenor. Regular updates of stories from the Renaissance and onwards to help you get off to a calming – and learned – night’s sleep. In support of the UK charity, Art History Link Up.Produced by Bendor Grosvenor and Adam Scourfield.

Recent Episodes

  • Sofonisba Anguisola (c.1532-1625) by Raffaele Soprani (1674), from 'Life Stories of Women Artists, 1550-1800: An Anthology' by Julia K. Dabbs (2009).

    4 years ago

  • The Letters of Michelangelo, 1542.

    5 years ago

  • Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) by Horace Walpole, 1762.

    5 years ago

  • “Madonna Properzia de' Rossi (c. 1490–1530) by Giorgio Vasari - the only chapter Vasari dedicated to female artists in the Renaissance.”

    5 years ago

  • Massaccio (1401-1428) by Giorgio Vasari; “the highest summit of perfection”

    5 years ago

  • Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), by Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1672); "he gave himself up to the dark manner”.

    5 years ago

  • Sandro Botticelli c.1445-1510 by Giorgio Vasari - “Now Sandro was fond of jesting…”

    5 years ago

  • Giorgione (c.1477-1510) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘born to infuse spirit into painting’.

    5 years ago

  • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘his name and fame can never be extinguished’.

    5 years ago

  • Fra Filippo Lippi (c.1406-1469) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘much addicted to the pleasures of sense'.

    5 years ago