While I’m taking a break, I thought you might enjoy this encore presentation of a popular episode from 2019—the gorgeous Woman Holding a Balance at the National Gallery of Art. If you want to follow along, you can find it at alonglookpodcast.com/vermeer.

And make sure to stick around to the end for a special announcement!

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode theme is “Caro Mio Ben in C Major” by Giuseppe Giordani, performed by Joel Meza.
https://soundcloud.com/joel-meza-1/caro-mio-ben-in-c-major

“Women Holding a Balance” information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1236.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/vermeer-woman-holding-a-balance.html

Vermeer information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1951.html

“Essential Vermeer” website (extensive amount of info!)
https://www.essentialvermeer.com

Widener information
“Dutch Paintings at the National Gallery of Art: The Untold Stories behind the Acquisitions of the Rembrandts, Vermeers, and Other Treasures in the Collection” (audio)
https://www.nga.gov/global-site-search-page.html?searchterm=wheelock+audio

RECOMMENDED READING
“Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting” by Adriaan Waiboer, et al. Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, 2017.

Exhibit brochure
https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/exhibitions/pdfs/2017/vermeer-brochurel.pdf

“Vermeer: Faith in Art” by Daniel Arasse

Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/encore-woman-balance-vermeer/

And you thought YOU were gonna have a lot of holiday company! Poor Mary, who’s only given birth a week or so ago, now faces this onslaught of unexpected visitors in today’s episode.

We’ll find out who exactly all those folks are, their connection to one of the most powerful families in Europe, and what’s up with the peacock. Pretty sure that wasn’t one of the animals at the Nativity...

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode music
“Joy to the World” and “We Three Kings” performed by John Sayles
http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm

“Mass for 4 Voices,” composed by William Byrd, performed by Ensemble Morale. Courtesy of musopen.org

https://musopen.org/music/44138-mass-for-4-voices

“Suite in F Major” composed by Michael Praetorius. Performed by Michel Rondeau. Courtesy of musopen.org

https://musopen.org/music/43633-suite-in-f-major

Artwork information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41581.html

https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/angelico-lippi-the-adoration-of-the-magi.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi_(Fra_Angelico_and_Filippo_Lippi)

https://www-jstor-org.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/20074684?seq=6 (JSTOR article, may need to log in through your library)

Magi gifts
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202212/why-did-the-magi-bring-jesus-gold-frankincense-and-myrrh

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/why-did-the-magi-bring-gold-frankincense-and-myrrh/

Medici information
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Medici-family

Karen’s favorite illuminated manuscript
“The Hours of Catherine of Cleves” https://www.themorgan.org/collection/Hours-of-Catherine-of-Cleves

Recommended Reading:
“Fra Angelico” by Laurence Kanter and Pia Palladino. Published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, 2005. Pgs 278-283. Explains Magi’s visitation. (Free PDF)
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/cctd4ker/production/f9c70388da067f22ea0e43e5e512fb5f8d2b0d33.pdf

Transcript available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/adoration-magi-angelico-lippi/

Today’s episode is all about relaxing, taking a little break after a long year and before the holidays hit. So I offer you a quiet beach at the Jersey Shore in this serene painting by William Trost Richards.

We’ll find out how this Philadelphia-born artist embraced the idea of nature and art as keys to a better life and his connection to the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C.

Thomas Cole and the Corcoran are key parts of the story, so here are previous episodes about them: “A Pastoral Visit” tells the story of the founding of this influential museum and “The Voyage of Life: Childhood” is one of Cole’s dramatic allegorical paintings.

SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode Music
"Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

“Database Of Problems, Rolodex Of Lies” by Doctor Turtle
https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/album/free-turtle-archive-everything-cc-by-by-turtle

Artwork information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.195170.html

William Trost Richards information
https://chrysler.org/exhibition/seascapes-by-william-trost-richards/

https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.2710.html

New York Times article on Richards
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/arts/design/william-trost-richards-at-national-academy-museum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“William Trost Richards: American Landscape & Marine Painter” by Linda S. Ferber
https://archive.org/embed/williamtrostrich0000ferb (archive.org)

“Niagara” by Frederic Edwin Church
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.166436.html

Episode on the Corcoran Gallery
“A Pastoral Visit”

Episode on Thomas Cole
“The Voyage of Life: Childhood”

Transcript is available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/coast-new-jersey