Dr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective
74 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsArt is the truest expression of the workings of the mind, free from learned language. More than that, it is the visual expression of culture, politics, society, religion, emotion, zeitgeist, channeled through the brush, chisel, or hands of creative individuals. Understanding art allows us to understand history: to pin it with images, and pepper it with the faces, colours, drama and expression of its time. This series is designed to give bite-sized insights into the world of Art History, bringing one image to life across a wide-ranging discussion with experts. History is never far from view, so each image will be expanded to sit within the cultural and historical context that produced it. Presented by Janina Ramirez Produced by Dan Morelle
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#71 - Turner and the Thames: Five Paintings - Featuring Sir David Attenborough
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#70 - The Shock of the Nude - Dame Professor Mary Beard
February 10, 2020 17:30 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MB-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#69 - Lost and Found: Raiders of the Lost Past
October 30, 2019 17:24 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBThis episode was recorded in September 2019 at Gloucester History Festival. Producer: Dan Morelle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective ---------------------------------------------------------------...
#68 - Drunk Art Detective - Dr Adam Rutherford
June 28, 2019 05:30 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBThis episode was originally released in April 2019 to our lovely Patreon backers. Support Art Detective on Patreon now for loads of exclusive content and ad free shows. Producer: Dan Morelle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group: https://faceb...
#67 - Rebecca Gonzales-Lauck - Olmec Art
June 10, 2019 13:42 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBThe Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in Mesoamerica following a progressive development in Soconusco. They lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Producer: Dan Morelle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https...
#66 - Professor Dame Mary Beard - Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos
May 19, 2019 18:31 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBDame Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of multiple books, including Confronting the Classics, and most recently, the manifesto, Women & Power. Dame Mary is a respected blogger and television personality. She is Classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. Producer: Dan Morelle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inst...
#65 - Neil Gaiman on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke by Richard Dadd
May 14, 2019 11:38 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBThis episode originally aired in 2017. Neil Gaiman is an author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Gr...
#64 Staffordshire Hoard Helmet
April 02, 2019 06:07 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBWith Pieta Greaves and Dr Jenni Butterworth. The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever discovered. Heavily damaged before it was buried, the 7th century treasure contains more than 4,000 precious fragments, approximately a third of which are now known to come from a single, very high-status helmet. From 2014 to 2017, the helmet was studied as part of the major research project on the treasure funded by Historic England and the museums which care ...
#63 Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring
March 10, 2019 19:35 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBSince Tracy Chevalier’s 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' was published in 1999, it has sold more than 5 million copies, has been translated into 39 languages and was made into an Oscar-nominated film. On the 20th anniversary of this enduring modern classic, Dr Janina Ramirez joined Tracy Chevalier and the Victoria & Albert Museum to talk about Vermeer’s painting of the same name, and how it inspired her. View the slideshow referenced in this episode here. Producer: Dan Morelle ----------------...
Dr Alexa Frost, Archivist at Blenheim Palace
March 01, 2019 17:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBExclusive interview with Dr Alexa Frost the Head Archivist at Blenheim Palace. Artwork discussed in this episode: Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Unknown date, but author died in 1723) Tell all your friends, you can now support us on PATREON! Presented by: Dr Janina Ramirez Producer: Dan Morelle -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twi...
Ophelia Field - The Favourite
February 25, 2019 06:30 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBWE'RE BAACK! Art Detective has landed with a brand new sparkling theme tune by award winning composer, Marc Canham and we're kicking off season 2 with an interview with Ophelia Field, author of The Favourite recorded at Blenheim Palace! Yes, we are spoiling you but we REALLY missed you! Tune in on Friday for Part 2 with an exclusive interview with the Head Archivist at Blenheim Palace. Artwork discussed in this episode: 1. Large family portrait by John Closterman (1660-1711) 2. Lady Churc...
Civilisations with David Olusoga
July 10, 2018 11:42 - 23 minutes - 54.3 MBDr Janina Ramirez talks to David Olusoga about Civilisations, how the programme was made, and how art reacts to social change. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/ Episode Credits Producer - Natt Ta...
Notre Dame du Taur with Kate Mosse
July 01, 2018 10:48 - 42 minutes - 97 MBKate Mosse is a historical novelist, known best for her trilogy of novels set in the Languedoc: Labyrinth, Sepulchre & Citadel. She has been fascinated by mediaeval churches since her childhood in Chichester, and here talks to Dr Janina Ramirez about Notre Dame du Tour in Toulouse. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https:/...
Sarah Churchwell - The relationship between text and visual art
June 18, 2018 16:29 - 39 minutes - 90.3 MBDr Janina Ramirez talks to Professor Sarah Churchwell about e.e.cummings, Charles DeMuth, Grant Wood, and how words can represent visual art. Charles DeMuth - I Saw The Figure 5 In Gold Grant Wood - Daughters of Revolution ---------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook G...
The Art of the Ladybird Books - Joel Morris & Jason Hazeley
June 10, 2018 17:57 - 53 minutes - 122 MBThe team behind the Ladybird Books for Grown Ups, Joel Morris & Jason Hazeley, join Janina to discuss the art in the Ladybird books, nostalgic art, and Biblical plague. Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Faceboo...
Guernica - Frank McDonough
June 03, 2018 18:38 - 38 minutes - 87.6 MBDr Janina Ramirez talks to Frank McDonough about Guernica, Picasso and modern art in modern wars. -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com/groups/ArtDetective/ Episode Credits: Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pe...
Plague with Rebecca Rideal
May 28, 2018 00:15 - 38 minutes - 87.2 MBDr Janina Ramirez discusses plague with Rebecca Rideal. Rebecca is a writer, former television producer and historian, specialising in the Stuart dynasty and seventeenth-century England. She now focuses on consulting and has worked with a number of heritage sites, TV companies and independent researchers to bring the intricacies of the past to a wider audience. Episode Credits: Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: ...
Georges La Tour & Artemisia Gentileschi - Mark Gatiss
May 20, 2018 16:52 - 32 minutes - 75.5 MBJanina sits down with the incomparable Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, The League of Gentlemen, Game of Thrones) to talk about Groeg La Tour, Artemisia Gentileschi, murder, beheading, and who's the best at drawing blood. Episode Credits: Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Fac...
The Arnolfini Portrait - Amber Butchart
March 13, 2018 15:10 - 34 minutes - 79.4 MBArt Detective Dr Janina Ramirez meets Amber Butchart at the National Gallery to discuss the Arnolfini Portrait. Episode Credits: Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers Only): https://www.facebook.com...
BIrkenhead Priory
February 27, 2018 15:58 - 27 minutes - 63.4 MBDr Janina Ramirez visits an architectural treasure, Birkenhead Priory, the oldest standing building on Merseyside. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis Picture credits: Adrian Little, James Deegan & Alison Bailey Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Singh Twins at the Walker Gallery, Liverpool
February 06, 2018 01:52 - 34 minutes - 78.1 MBArt Detective Dr Janina Ramirez talks to the Singh twins about the their work and their new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley Audio - Pete Dennis -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook Group (Patreon Backers ...
The History of Magic
February 02, 2018 00:56 - 39 minutes - 90.1 MBDr Janina Ramirez investigates the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition at the British Library, which explores the historical context of the images used by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter novels. Episode Credits Producer - Natt Tapley -------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArtDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrJaninaRamirez/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtDetectivePod Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrJaninaRamirez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJaninaRa...
Imagining The Divine with Jas Elsner
January 16, 2018 01:57 - 47 minutes - 110 MBDr Janina Ramirez goes behind the scenes at the Ashmolean's incredible new exhibition: Imagining The Divine, to talk to Jas Elsner. For more exclusive interviews and documentaries, subscribe to HistoryHit.TV. Click here to join today for free. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Watts Gallery
December 15, 2017 00:46 - 36 minutes - 33 MBDr Janina Ramirez visits the Watts Gallery to discuss the work of G.F.Watts, and the rest of their incredible collection. For more exclusive history documentaries and interviews subscribe to HistoryHit.TV: http://historyh.it/adpod Producer: Dan Morelle Audio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trees with Christiana Payne
December 09, 2017 19:22 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBJanina and Christiana Payne talk about the importance of trees in British art. Producer: Dan Morelle Audio: Pete Dennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tony Robinson
November 08, 2017 06:30 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBRecorded live at Gloucester History Festival. From playing turnip-loving Baldrick in Blackadder to Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History, Tony Robinson’s love of history has been at the heart of his career. Listen as he talks about his frank and funny memoir and lifts the lid on his life-long passion for history. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please share this episode on Twitter and Facebook. P...
Neil Gaiman on The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke by Richard Dadd
October 31, 2017 06:30 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBNeil Gaiman is an author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, The Graveyard Book. In 2013, The Ocean at the ...
India and Me - Anita Rani
October 25, 2017 05:30 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBRecorded live at the Gloucester History Festival. Anita Rani, Countryfile and Watchdog presenter, One Show reporter and star of Strictly Come Dancing, made a moving "Who Do You Think You Are?" exploring her Indian heritage. Anita talks to Gloucester History Festival president Dr Janina Ramirez about India’s partition - marking its 70th anniversary - and how her own family was powerfully affected by the seismic events of 1947. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. ...
Philip Pullman
October 02, 2017 14:08 - 43 minutes - 59.2 MBPhilip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English novelist. He is the author of several best-selling books, most notably the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and the fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945". In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Pullman was named the eleventh most influential person in British culture. Click here to view the images discussed in this episode. Subscribe, rat...
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
October 01, 2017 18:40 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBFrank Cottrell-Boyce is an English screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Danny Boyle. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please share this episode on Twitter and Facebook. Producer: Dan Morelle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Abbey Life Uncovered
September 22, 2017 17:48 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBJanina takes a break from the usual one on one interview to share a talk she recently gave at the Gloucester History Festival where she serves as President. To celebrate the 900th anniversary of Cirencester’s Abbey of St Mary's Janina asks what was life really like at a Medieval Abbey? How did the monks live? What did they eat? How did they help the townsfolk? Janina lifts the lid on monastic life to show a reality rather different from what we often think. Subscribe, rate and review on iTune...
Emma Hamilton by George Romney, with Kate Williams
September 14, 2017 07:44 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MBKate Williams @KateWilliamsme is Professor of History at the University of Reading, is an author, historian and television presenter. George Romney (26 December 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures – including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitte...
Emma Hamilton by George Romney, with Kate Williams
September 14, 2017 07:44 - 74.3 MBKate Williams @KateWilliamsme is Professor of History at the University of Reading, is an author, historian and television presenter. George Romney (26 December 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures – including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitt...
Victoria & Abdul - Shrabani Basu
August 16, 2017 05:45 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBShrabani Basu is a journalist and historian. She is the author of For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front 1914-18, Victoria & Abdul: The Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant, Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan and Curry: The Story of Britain’s Favourite Dish. She is also the founder and chair of the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. P...
Talking Art & Science with Professor Alice Roberts - Live at Latitude Festival 2017
August 09, 2017 05:50 - 54 minutes - 75 MBSubscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please share this episode on Twitter and Facebook. Producer: Dan Morelle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Treasures of St. Cuthbert
August 02, 2017 10:40 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBThe Treasures of St Cuthbert have been a focus for prayer and veneration by Christians for centuries. They include his original coffin and his gold and garnet pectoral cross, as well as the portable altar and comb which were placed in his coffin when he was buried. Later, precious silk textiles were also placed in his coffin. Together, these treasures represent some of the most significant surviving Anglo-Saxon artefacts in the UK. The Treasures of St Cuthbert are on permanent display in the ...
Enlightened Princesses - Joanna Marschner
July 26, 2017 05:30 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBSubscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please share this episode on Twitter and Facebook. Producer: Dan Morelle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel the Elder - with Johnathan Healy
July 19, 2017 13:22 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBThe Fight Between Carnival and Lent is an oil-on-panel work painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1559. This painting depicts a common festival of the period, as celebrated in the Southern Netherlands. It presents the contrast between two sides of contemporary life, as can be seen by the appearance of the inn on the left side - for enjoyment, and the church on the right side - for religious observance. The busy scene depicts well-behaved children near the church and a beer drinking scene ne...
Codex Aureus - Kate Wiles
July 12, 2017 16:07 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBThe Stockholm Codex Aureus is a Gospel book written in the mid-eighth century in Southumbria, probably in Canterbury, whose decoration combines Insular and Italian elements. Southumbria produced a number of important illuminated manuscripts during the eighth and early ninth centuries, including the Vespasian Psalter, the Stockholm Codex Aureus, three Mercian prayer books, the Tiberius Bede and the Royal Bible. Kate Wiles is a Medievalist, linguist, and Senior Editor History Today. View this...
La Belle Iseul by William Morris, with Dr Emma Wells
June 28, 2017 19:30 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBWilliam Morris was an English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he played a significant role in propagating the early socialist movement in Britain. View this episode's image here. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and ...
The Artist's Family by Hans Holbein the Younger, with Jeanne Nuechterlein
June 23, 2017 22:01 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBHans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497) – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German and Swiss artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire and Reformation propaganda, and made a significant contribution to the history of book design. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, an accomplished painter of the Late ...
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo - with Patrick Doorly
June 14, 2017 07:22 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBhol Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Valois Tapestries and Catherine de Medici - with Stephanie Merritt
June 07, 2017 05:39 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBThe Valois Tapestries are a series of eight tapestries depicting festivities or 'magnificences' at the Court of France in the second half of the 16th century. The tapestries were worked in the Spanish Netherlands, probably in Brussels or Antwerp, shortly after 1580. Stephanie Merrit @thestephmerritt is an English critic and feature writer who has contributed to various publications including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, New Humanist and Die Welt. She was Deputy Literary ...
Bayeux Tapestry - with Greg Jenner
May 31, 2017 12:40 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBGreg Jenner is the historical consultant to Horrible Histories and is the author of A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life. View this episode's images here. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please share this episode on Twitter and Facebook. Producer: Dan Morelle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bayeux Tapestry - with Joe Whitlock Blundell
May 24, 2017 10:11 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MBThe Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long and 50 centimetres (20 in) tall, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. Joe Whitlock Blundell has been Design and Production Director of The Folio Society for over 20 years, responsible for all aspects of the books’ appearance: typographic design, art directi...
The Kiss - Gustav Klimt
May 17, 2017 14:05 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBThe Kiss was painted by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt between 1907 and 1908, the highpoint of his "Golden Period", when he painted a number of works in a similar gilded style. A perfect square, the canvas depicts a couple embracing, their bodies entwined in elaborate robes decorated in a style influenced by both linear constructs of the contemporary Art Nouveau style and the organic forms of the earlier Arts and Crafts movement. The work is composed of oil paint with applied lay...
Douris Psykter - Michael Scott
May 10, 2017 05:30 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBMichael Scott @drmichaelcscott is an Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, author of several books on ancient Greek and Roman society, and has written and presented a range of documentaries for National Geographic, History Channel, ITV and the BBC. View this episode's images here. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please share this episode on Twitter and Face...
Miss Ashwanden in Cookham by Stanley Spencer - with Robin Ince
May 03, 2017 04:30 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBSir Stanley Spencer (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter.[Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, the small village beside the River Thames where he was born and spent much of his life. Spencer referred to Cookham as "a village in Heaven" and in his biblical scenes, fellow-villagers are shown as their Gospel counterparts. Spencer was skilled at organising multi-figure c...
Bonus Minisode: The Nightwatch by Rembrandt
May 01, 2017 05:01 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBWatch Janina's new 3-part series, An Art Lovers Guide starting on BBC Four from 1st May at 9pm. Watch on iPlayer here. With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of artistic highlights. In the series, Dr Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke take us on three cultural city breaks, hunting for off-the-beaten-track artistic treats - and finding new ways of enjoying some very famous sights. The Night Watch, is a 1642 painting by ...
Portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Elder - with Peter Stanford
April 26, 2017 04:30 - 33 minutes - 45.7 MBLucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472 – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm, becoming a close friend of Martin Luther. He also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and later trying to find new ways of ...