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Marini's Lazy Susan
Recess over. We're back and it's Marie ft. Marino Marini; it had to be. Get a gander over here (Marie's choice is called 'Danzatrice'; she's in the 50's section. https://museomarinomarini.it/en/collezione/sculptures/page/2/?anno=1950Hope you enjoy!
Bird in Space
20th century sculpture Pt.II We've left France for Venice. Henry describes this sculpture from memory, and we denied ourselves the chance to look at while he constructed an image for us. You might have seen it, you might not have, but feel free to play a
The Man Who Walks
A new triptych today; 20th century sculpture. We're back in (do we ever want to leave?!) the south of France. As our friend Helen guessed instantly, George chose Giacometti. Not quiet sure what this says about George... but we're looking at 'L'homme qui m
Amélie
Our final Matisse is an unfinished painting of his wife, Amlie. Expect muses, and our musings about them in portraiture. Marie loves Matisse. Matisse loved Amlie. He also loved painting. For the intriguing hierarchy of these feelings, lend us your ears
The Problem of Description
Henry took on a problem that this podcast, and anyone who looks at art, faces:'How do you take on something visual with a verbal description?'Still on Matisse, in this episode we talk about a drawing he made called 'La Passe de Hapataki'. It's found in
A painting of two goldfish
We jump from the Renaissance to the 20th century and Henri Matisse for our next three podcasts. In this episode, we look at 'Le Bocal aux poissons rouges' from the Pompidou in Paris. A painting of two goldfish, an open window, and a streetview. Give or ta
Our final Piero- Baptism
A third and final (for the mo) Piero! Marie whisked us to London and the National Gallery to think about his version of Christ's baptism. We've happened on a formula, following a set of 3, be that by one artist or within a movement. Matisse is making his
The Best Picture in the world
Welcome back (?!) or welcome! Episode 2 sees us continue with Piero Della Francesca. This time, its an easy choice; the greatest painting in the world. Here is said painting:https://www.wikiart.org/en/piero-della-francesca/the-resurrectionDo get in to
In the Beginning was Piero
In this episode, Marie, Henry and George talk about Piero Della Francesca's Madonna Del Parto. Within touching distance of mother's day, we kept things topical, as far as that can be true of a 15th century fresco. Sound might be on the sticky side, bear