Mannerism: The Elegance of Excess - Episode 2...

In this episode, we move from the balance of the High Renaissance to the distortions of Mannerism, and from Caravaggio’s raw drama in Rome to Rudolf II’s eccentric collections in Prague. Along the way we look at Parmigianino’s Madonna of the Long Neck, Bronzino’s polished allegor ...  Show more

A basic overview of the high renaissance. Starting in Rome, and ultimately ending up at Lobkowicz Palace in Prague. 

Splotches, spills, and stains. They can evoke shapes, moods, energy, even music. Yet no one seemed to appreciate their very beauty with the same intuitive, delicate flair as Helen Frankenthaler, who created something fiercely new "between cocktails and dinner," or, more accuratel ...  Show more

Plague! Corpse dismemberment! Pretty costumes! Derpy greyhounds! Necrotic Herbs! This episode has a little bit of everything. It takes you on a journey through five centuries to discuss the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s obsession with Boccaccio’s story about a young woman named Li ...  Show more

Is it a surprise that famous Modernist artists were problematic? Henri Matisse was a prominent Fauvist, but he benefited from French imperialism and he was a big fan of objectifying women. Join Klaire Lockheart as she shares the basics about Fauvism and explains the importance of ...  Show more

Adolf Loos’s essay ‘Ornament and Crime’ (1910) is considered the classic modernist polemic against the frills and folderols of the established arts of the day. We're in the city of Freud — and the neurotic subtext is very close to the surface. We discuss a little of Loos’s career ...  Show more