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Season 3, Ep 17: Georges de La Tour - Penitent Magdalen

This moody, gothic painting was a clean break from the bombastic nature of the baroque style which dominated in the seventeenth century and brings th…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Season 3, Ep 16: Wilfredo Lam - La Silla (The Chair)

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3 years, 2 months ago

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Season 3, ep.15: Charles Webster Hawthorne - The Boat Steerer

This episode, recorded at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum with CEO Chris McCarthy, examines an evocative painting by one of the founders …

3 years, 3 months ago

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Season 3, Ep 13: Egon Schiele - Seated Woman with Bent Knees

Season 3 Episode 13

This week's Painting of the Week explores a work which subverts the traditional beauty standard, bringing a sense of grittiness and discomfort into t…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Season 3 Ep.14: John Singer Sargent - El Jaleo

Season 3 Episode 14

This episode explores a dynamic masterpiece by the greatest portraitist of his time, John Singer Sargent, and his immersion into the "Hispanism" whic…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Season 2, Ep. 12: Goya, The Duchess of Alba

Season 3 Episode 12

This week, Phil and Laura discuss Goya's portrait of a formidable young noble woman, recently widowed. Is there more to this portrait than meets the …

3 years, 6 months ago

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Season 3, Ep.11: Albrecht Dürer, Great Piece of Turf

This week Phil and Laura explore Albrecht Dürer's 'Great Piece of Turf' and what made this very pretty patch of lawn so ground-breaking in the 16th c…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Season 3, Ep.10: Vermeer - Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window

In this very special episode Phil speaks to 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' author Tracy Chevalier from the Rijksmuseum's once-in-a-lifetime Vermeer exhi…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Season 3, Ep. 9: Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew

Season 3 Episode 9

Join Phil and Laura this week as they discuss Caravaggio's 'The Calling of Saint Matthew', a masterpiece that brings this pivotal biblical moment int…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Season 3, Ep.8: Pieter de Hooch - Courtyard of a House in Delft

Season 3 Episode 8

In this episode, Phil and Laura explore this masterpiece from the Dutch Golden Age, uncovering the magic contained within this very normal visions of…

3 years, 8 months ago

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