In honor of Women’s History Month, we discover trailblazer Lavinia Fontana, a celebrity artist in Renaissance Italy. Her portraits were all the rage among the… Read More »Portrait of a Noblewoman by Lavinia Fontana
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… Read More »Vittore Carpaccio Ep.4: So Many Mysteries
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… Read More »Vittore Carpaccio Ep3: Virgin Reading
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… Read More »Vittore Carpaccio Ep2: St. Augustine in His Study
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… Read More »Vittore Carpaccio Ep1: Lion of St. Mark
Welcome back to A Long Look! I’m so glad to be back and with a real treat! I’ll be spending Season 7 bringing you highlights… Read More »Vittore Carpaccio: Renaissance Storyteller
We’re going old school in this Christmas episode as we look at Madonna and Child by Giotto di Bondone, a guy who got so famous… Read More »Madonna and Child by Giotto
Well, it’s fall, my favorite time of year! I decided to celebrate by pulling together three past episodes related to this beautiful season. We’ll revisit… Read More »Celebrating Autumn Episode
Woman with a Sunflower looks like one of Mary Cassatt’s charming domestic scenes. But when she painted this in 1905, times were changing and this… Read More »Expanded Ep: Woman with a Sunflower by Mary Cassatt
Talk about a bad rep. Poor Judas Thaddeus has had to contend with the shame of being confused with Judas Iscariot, the traitor who sold… Read More »The Apostle Judas Thaddeus by Hans Baldung Grien