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

Bird in Space

Apr 27th, 2020 39m 39s

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 fre

The Man Who Walks

Apr 20th, 2020 33m 45s

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'

Amélie

Apr 16th, 2020 32m 1s

Our final Matisse is an unfinished painting of his wife, Amélie. Expect muses, and our musings about them in portraiture. Marie loves Matisse. Matisse loved Amélie. He also loved painting. For the intriguing hierarchy of these feelings, lend u

The Problem of Description

Apr 9th, 2020 24m 21s

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'

A painting of two goldfish

Apr 7th, 2020 28m 16s

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.

Our final Piero- Baptism

Apr 6th, 2020 27m 13s

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

The Best Picture in the world

Apr 3rd, 2020 31m 21s

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-resurrectionD

In the Beginning was Piero

Mar 25th, 2020 23m 47s

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

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