Art History at Bedtime
by Dr Bendor Grosvenor
May 25, 2020 9:00 pm
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 agoThe Letters of Michelangelo, 1542.
4 years agoSir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) by Horace Walpole, 1762.
4 years ago“Madonna Properzia de' Rossi (c. 1490–1530) by Giorgio Vasari - the only chapter Vasari dedicated to female artists in the Renaissance.”
4 years agoMassaccio (1401-1428) by Giorgio Vasari; “the highest summit of perfection”
4 years agoMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), by Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1672); "he gave himself up to the dark manner”.
4 years agoSandro Botticelli c.1445-1510 by Giorgio Vasari - “Now Sandro was fond of jesting…”
4 years agoGiorgione (c.1477-1510) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘born to infuse spirit into painting’.
4 years agoLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘his name and fame can never be extinguished’.
4 years agoFra Filippo Lippi (c.1406-1469) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘much addicted to the pleasures of sense'.
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