Episode 144 - The Brera Gallery in Milan, Italy
This episode explores the extraordinary collection of Italian Renaissance paintings in Milan's most important painting museum, which houses masterpiec...
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This podcast will explore the development of the art, architecture, culture and history in Italy, from ancient Roman times through the Renaissance. Listeners will develop an understanding of Italy’s role in the development of Western civilization and an ability to appreciate and understand works of art in their historical context.
Episode 143 - Salvator Mundi and Leonardo da Vinci
This episode addresses the world's most expensive painting that sold for nearly a half billion dollars in 2017. Although the attribution to Leonardo d...
Episode 142 - Leonardo da Vinci's Sala delle Asse
This episode examines one of the most unique decorative programs in history. A room in the Sforza Castle in Milan whose walls and vault are covered wi...
Episode 141 - Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper - Part 2
This is the second of a two-part episode on Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" which is considered the first work of the High Renaissance. From the met...
Episode 140 - Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper - Part 1
This episode will introduce Leonardo's famous work. From its location, to the rather complicated process of making arrangements to see it, to its poor...
Episode 139 - Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
This episode examines one of the most famous drawings in the world - Leonardo's "Vitruvian Man." From the meaning of the subject, to those artists who...
Episode 138 - Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine
This episode examines one of Leonardo da Vinci's most celebrated portraits, the subject of which was Cecilia Gallerani, mistress of Ludovico Sforza. I...
Episode 137 - Leonardo da Vinci and the Bronze Horse
Duke Ludovico Sforza’s principal motivation for bringing Leonardo to Milan was most likely Leonardo’s experience in working with bronze. The duke was ...
Episode 136 - Answers to Open Questions - Part IX
From the disproportions in Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", to the origins of the name "Colosseum", to the original decoration on the altar wall of the ...
Episode 135 - Hugo van der Goes' "Portinari Altarpiece" (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)
This episode examines the exquisite Flemish masterpiece which was painted for a prominent Italian patron. Located in the Uffizi Galleries in Florence,...