Art History at Bedtime
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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.
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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).
- The Letters of Michelangelo, 1542.
- Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) by Horace Walpole, 1762.
- “Madonna Properzia de' Rossi (c. 1490–1530) by Giorgio Vasari - the only chapter Vasari dedicated to female artists in the Renaissance.”
- Massaccio (1401-1428) by Giorgio Vasari; “the highest summit of perfection”
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), by Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1672); "he gave himself up to the dark manner”.
- Sandro Botticelli c.1445-1510 by Giorgio Vasari - “Now Sandro was fond of jesting…”
- Fra Filippo Lippi (c.1406-1469) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘much addicted to the pleasures of sense'.
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘his name and fame can never be extinguished’.
- Giorgione (c.1477-1510) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘born to infuse spirit into painting’.