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Art History at Bedtime is a series of original art historical texts read by the art historian and broadcaster, Dr Bendor Grosvenor. Regular updates of stories from the Renaissance and onwards to help you get off to a calming - and learned - night’s sleep. In support of the UK charity, Art History Link Up.Produced by Bendor Grosvenor and Adam Scourfield.

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    Sofonisba Anguisola (c.1532-1625) by Raffaele Soprani (1674), from 'Life Stories of Women Artists, 1550-1800: An Anthology' by Julia K. Dabbs (2009).

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 15:58


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    The Letters of Michelangelo, 1542.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 17:46


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    Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) by Horace Walpole, 1762.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 14:47


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    “Madonna Properzia de' Rossi (c. 1490–1530) by Giorgio Vasari - the only chapter Vasari dedicated to female artists in the Renaissance.”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 15:38


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    Massaccio (1401-1428) by Giorgio Vasari; “the highest summit of perfection”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 13:18


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    Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), by Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1672); "he gave himself up to the dark manner”.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 16:29


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    Sandro Botticelli c.1445-1510 by Giorgio Vasari - “Now Sandro was fond of jesting…”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 15:04


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    Giorgione (c.1477-1510) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘born to infuse spirit into painting’.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 14:10


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    Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘his name and fame can never be extinguished’.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 33:21


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    Fra Filippo Lippi (c.1406-1469) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘much addicted to the pleasures of sense'.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020 16:29


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    Giotto (1267-1337) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘the true path of art’.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 20:40


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    Cimabue (1240-1302) by Giorgio Vasari - ‘the first light of painting’.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 12:12


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