May 25, 2020 · 15 min
Arts
Art History at Bedtime
Dr Bendor Grosvenor
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.
- 12 episodes
- Updated May 25, 2020
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Episodes12
- May 14, 2020 · 17 min
The Letters of Michelangelo, 1542.
- May 8, 2020 · 14 min
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) by Horace Walpole, 1762.
- May 5, 2020 · 15 min
“Madonna Properzia de' Rossi (c. 1490–1530) by Giorgio Vasari - the only chapter Vasari dedicated to female artists in the Renaissance.”
- Apr 30, 2020 · 13 min
Massaccio (1401-1428) by Giorgio Vasari; “the highest summit of perfection”
- Apr 27, 2020 · 16 min
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), by Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1672); "he gave himself up to the dark manner”.
- Apr 22, 2020 · 15 min
Sandro Botticelli c.1445-1510 by Giorgio Vasari - “Now Sandro was fond of jesting…”
- Apr 18, 2020 · 16 min
Fra Filippo Lippi (c.1406-1469) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘much addicted to the pleasures of sense'.
- Apr 18, 2020 · 33 min
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘his name and fame can never be extinguished’.
- Apr 18, 2020 · 14 min
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘born to infuse spirit into painting’.
- Apr 17, 2020 · 12 min
Cimabue (1240-1302) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘the first light of painting’.
- Apr 17, 2020 · 20 min
Giotto (1267-1337) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘the true path of art’.