Podcasts about Benjamin West

(00:00:00) Génerique et présentation (00:01:30) (1) Noémie MARIJON, Introduction (00:02:27) (2) Benjamin WEST, 1775 (00:04:20) (3) Rembrandt, 1665 (00:05:55) (4) Livre des Heures de Louis de Laval, 1470-1485 (00:06:35) Isaac et Abimélèk (00:07:08) La bénédiction de Jacob (00:07:46) (5) Conclusion - Gioachino Assereto, 1640 (00:08:34) Générique de fin Avec cet ultime épisode de notre série sur Rébecca, Noémie Marijon nous présente la figure de Rébecca dans l'art, parmi les enluminures, les œuvres de Rembrandt et de Benjamin West. Elle nous permet de découvrir et goûter à la richesse artistique de ces œuvres dont les références sont en description.    NOTES  ·        Benjamin WEST, Rébecca recevant le bracelet du serviteur d'Abraham, 1775 (Yale Center for British Art - New Heaven, Connecticut, USA) → wikimedia commons·        REMBRANDT, La fiancée juive, 1665 (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL) → wikimedia commons ·        Livre des Heures de louis de Laval, 1470-1485 (BnF) → Gallica / BnF : f.76r, 76v, 77r, 77v, 78r,·        Bibliographie de N. Marijon : Irmtraud FISCHER, Des femmes aux prises avec Dieu, Récits bibliques sur les débuts d'Israël, Paris, Cerf, coll. Lire la Bible, 2008 | Michel PASTOUREAU, Rayures, une histoire culturelle, Paris, Seuil, 2021 | Jacqueline KELEN, Les femmes de la Bible, Paris, éd. du Relié, 2018 ·        BIBLIOGRAPHIE | CARTES & ILLUSTRATIONS ·        Plateformes d'écoute | Réseaux Sociaux | @Contact | Infolettre | RSS  ·        Épisode enregistré en 05/2025 par Noémie Marijon & F. Bessonnet. Image de couverture : Benjamin WEST, Le serviteur d'Isaac attache le bracelet au bras de Rébecca, 1775 - source : Wikimédia Commons. Génériques : Erwan Marchand (D.R.). «Au Large Biblique» : podcast conçu et animé par François Bessonnet, bibliste.Sous Licence Creative Commons (cc BY-NC-ND 4.0 FR)Soutenez le podcast avec Tipeee  ou Ko-fi  CHAPITRES 00:00 Générique et présentation 01:30 (1) Noémie MARIJON, Introduction 02:27 (2) Benjamin West, 1775 04:20 (3) Rembrandt, 1665 05:56 (4) Jean Colombe, 1470-1485 07:46 (5) Conclusion 08:35 Générique de fin

Colonel John Trumbull, Artist John Trumbull must be one of the only artists in the history of American art to insist upon being addressed by his military rank; he was Colonel Trumbull until he died. But it was not John Trumbull's feats in battle or in managing administrative correspondence that won him fame among his contemporaries, but what he painted on canvas. Hanging in the rotunda of the US Capitol are four of the paintings in which he sought to preserve memories and paint a history of the American Revolution, but also teach something of the ethics appropriate to war; of democratic and republican virtue; of political  power flowing from a sovereign people; and of the need to relinquish that power when called to do so. To this day some of the most recognizable images of the Revolution are almost certainly something painted by Trumbull–most likely either The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, or the painting known simply as The Declaration of Independence. If occupying space rent-free in posterity's imagination is ever the ambition of an artist, then Trumbull succeeded, and then some.  With me today to discuss the life, art, and civic teaching of John Trumbull is Richard Brookhiser. Beginning with his 1997 book Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington, Richard Brookhiser has written a shelf of books on the American founders, the most recent of which is Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution.  For Further Investigation Highly recommended: "Let This Be a Lesson: Heroes, Heroines, and Narrative in Paintings at Yale," a brilliant series of lectures on history painting by John Walsh, from which I've learned a lot. See particularly Lecture 7, on Benjamin West, and Lecture 8, on John Trumbull, focusing on his painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill. There are many HT episodes on related issues. You might be interested in Episode 163, on Joseph Warren, the first martyr of the American Revolution, whose death is the focus of Trumbull's first history painting; or Episode 176, which focuses heavily on the images of revolutionary victors created by Trumbull and his contemporaries (some of whom were his friends and acquaintances)

THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: Reflecting on the West Indian victory against Australia "So I woke up last Sunday morning in a Gothic temple, as you do." FROM THE ARCHIVES (10'50): Benjamin West's The Cricketers, and the battle to take the painting to the US "One bat is being leant on like a walking stick, the other has been discarded on the floor." THE REVIEW (21'55): Shane Warne: A Hampshire Love Story (BBC Radio Solent, hosted by Robbie James) (2023) "If you're doing a radio show about Warne, generally you talk to the people who like him of course." Recorded 4 February 2024

Today we read a story about a great American painter, Benjamin West. The story is titled “Our First Great Painter” and comes to us from the book “Fifty Famous People” written by James Baldwin.   Website: http://www.thefightingmoose.com/   National Gallery of Art – Benjamin West https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1970.html/   Blog https://thefightingmoosepodcast.blogspot.com/   iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-moose/id1324413606?mt=2/   Story (PDF): http://ww.thefightingmoose.com/episode370.pdf   Reading List: http://www.thefightingmoose.com/readinglist.pdf   YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fs3hrLih2ks/   Book(s): “Fifty Famous People” http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6168   Music/Audio: Artist – grapes http://beta.ccmixter.org/people/grapes http://www.facebook.com/grapes510   National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): http://www.nasa.gov   Song(s) Used: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

Sjuårskriget 1756-63 utkämpades på tre kontinenter och har därför kallats det första världskriget. I Nordamerika och Indien konfronterades Storbritannien och Frankrike i en kamp om kolonier och kontroll över världshaven. I Europa slogs Fredrick den stores Preussen på liv och död mot franska, ryska och habsburgska arméer. Krigföringen på den europeiska kontinenten innebar något av en höjdpunkt för linjetaktiken och inte minst de välexercerade infanteribataljonerna och deras muskötsalvor.I detta avsnitt av Militärhistoriepodden samtalar Martin Hårdstedt och Peter Bennesved om Sjuårskrigets orsaker, förlopp och konsekvenser främst i Nordamerika och Europa. Konfliktens förhistoria är komplicerad och handlade om den tidens snabba skiftningar och nycker i utrikespolitiken. Preussen ställdes mot en överväldigande koalition av stater bestående av Habsburg, Frankrike, Ryssland och till och med Sverige. I botten på motsättningarna fanns Preussens uppkomst som militärmakt och seger över Habsburg under 1740-talet. På många sätt var det frågan om en maktuppgörelse inom det tyskromerska riket mellan kejsarmaktens Habsburg och utmanaren Preussen. Stöd fick Preussen endast av Storbritannien.Till konflikten på kontinenten hörde även en uppgörelse mellan Storbritannien och Frankrike om kolonier och kontroll över handelsvägar över hela jordklotet. Främst kom kriget att föras i Nordamerika och i Indien. Britterna visade sig i slutänden överlägsna och kunde med kriget slutligen etablera sig som den främsta kolonialmakten på Frankrikes bekostnad. På kontinenten kämpade preussarna mot övermakten och lyckades trots allt rida ut kriget utan att krossas. Inte minst berodde detta på deras militära förmåga och Fredrick den stores ledarskap även om segrar blandades med blodiga nederlag. Med sin taktiska förmåga och inte minst sin flexibilitet och ”sneda slagordning” vann Fredrick spektakulära segrar som vid Rossbach och Leuthen 1757 mot numerärt överlägsna arméer.Litteraturtips är två titlar ur Ospreys serie: Simon Miller Rossback och Leuthen 1757 (2002) och Daniel Marston The Seven Year´s War (2001).Bild: General Wolfes död (1771), på Abrahams slätter, nära Quebec av Benjamin West; wikipedia, Public Domain.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Out of His compassion, Jesus sends the twelve with his authority and power to heal and cast out demons in order to make known the Kingdom of God. What does this mean for us today? Father Jeremiah reflects upon this in his sermon from Sunday.Image: Crowds gather as Christ heals sick people, engraving by T. Phillibrown after Benjamin West. Public Doman. Image location: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ee8bfscw

It's Monday, April 3rd, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. By Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) Imprisoned Cuban religious leader denied medical leave A leader of the Association of Free Yorubas, an independent Santeria-type religious group in Cuba which combines Catholicism, the West African Yoruba religion, and a polytheistic belief in Spiritism, has been denied permission to receive medical treatment outside the maximum-security prison where he is being held, reports Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Loreto García was detained on July 16, 2021 as part of a government crackdown on protestors who participated in spontaneous and peaceful demonstrations across the island on July 11, 2021. He is serving a seven-year sentence in Guamajal Prison on charges of disrespect and public disorder. Family members of García said he has diabetes and hypertension, and symptoms of pancreatic cancer. After submitting a request for temporary medical leave on October 26, 2022, Cuban authorities denied it on March 19, 2023. Worldview listener reacts to Trump's indictment In reaction to The Worldview's coverage of the indictment of former President Donald Trump, Gian Ryan of Centerville, Tennessee, a homeschool mother of nine, wrote me at Adam@TheWorldview.com. She said, “If the allegations of fraud to cover up adultery are true, it is a great mercy to Mr. Trump that they are brought to light, that perhaps he would be convicted to repent. If Trump has committed these sins, it is right for him to have the law deal with them. “God placed rulers to punish evildoers. [1 Peter 2:13-14] It seems they are doing their job. (It is a separate issue that authorities may be doing their job with partiality. God will, without a doubt, deal with them in due time.)” Mrs. Ryan said, “I believe that Mr. Trump calls himself a Christian. If any of the allegations are true, may God bring Mr. Trump to his knees, saying, ‘God have mercy on me, a sinner! I have committed adultery and fraud! Handcuffs, a mugshot, and prison time would be only the tiniest tokens of proper punishment for me when I deserve an eternity in Hell. Thank you Jesus for the blood that covers all my sins.' “If Mr. Trump is a Christian and these allegations are false, may his grief be that Christ's name was harmed rather than his campaign harmed.” Exodus 20:14 says, “You shall not commit adultery.” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy weighs in on Trump indictment Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted, “Alvin Bragg has irreparably damaged our country in an attempt to interfere in our Presidential election. As he routinely frees violent criminals to terrorize the public, he weaponized our sacred system of justice against President Donald Trump. “The American people will not tolerate this injustice, and the House of Representatives will hold Alvin Bragg and his unprecedented abuse of power to account.” Abby Johnson wants to lead abortion workers out of industry Prominent pro-life activist Abby Johnson, the former director of Planned Parenthood in College Station, Texas, is praying for an “exodus” of abortion workers who will abandon their jobs and change their lives. Johnson's organization And Then There Were None, a group dedicated to helping ex-abortion clinic workers rebuild their lives, will launch Exodus 2023 today. She told CBN's Faithwire, “Abortion workers are often overlooked in the national debate on abortion, yet they suffer immensely because of their job and what it entails.” ESPN blasted for promoting male during Women's History Month As ESPN celebrated Women's History Month, they featured William Thomas, a biological male, pretending to be a woman, and calling himself “Lia.” ESPN REPORTER: “In 2022, swimmer ‘Lia' Thomas became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA division one championship by winning the 500 Freestyle. The Texas native competed for three seasons on the men's swim team at the University of Pennsylvania. She began her transition after her sophomore season, and made her debut as a member of the Women's team in December 2021.” THOMAS: “Being trans is not a choice. I didn't have any other choice because not transitioning was not leading anywhere.” ESPN REPORTER: “She competed amidst criticism from the swimming community, competitors, and teammates. She said she called her persistence serves a larger purpose.” THOMAS: “People will say, ‘Oh, she just transitioned so she would have an advantage, so she could win. I transitioned to be happy.” Riley Gaines, a 12-time All-American swimmer who competed at Kentucky, was livid with ESPN. She tweeted, “Lia Thomas is not a brave, courageous woman who EARNED a national title. He is an arrogant cheat who STOLE a national title from a hardworking, deserving woman. The NCAA is responsible. If I was a woman working at ESPN, I would walk out. You're spineless.” Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” Anniversary of Morse Code developer's death And finally, ever wonder how Morse code got its name? It was named after the developer, Samuel Morse, who was born in 1791 and died on April 2, 1872.  That's 151 years ago yesterday. While returning by ship from Europe in 1832, Morse encountered Charles Jackson of Boston, a man who was well schooled in electromagnetism. Witnessing various experiments with Jackson's electromagnet, Morse developed the concept of a single-wire telegraph and was a co-developer of Morse code. On May 24, 1844, Morse sent the first telegraph message from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland. It was a question:  "What hath God wrought?" Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first child of Calvinist pastor Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826), Samuel Morse also became an accomplished painter.  When he was 20, his father arranged for a three-year painting study under the tutelage of Benjamin West in England beginning in 1811. Morse's first wife, Lucretia, died in 1825 of a heart attack shortly after the birth of their third child. Twenty-three years later he married his second wife, Sarah, with whom he had four more children. Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Monday, April 3rd in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

We discuss what is happening on the ground in battleground states ahead of the 2022 elections.  Our guests are: Boris Ephsteyn, Kevin Kiley, Cheryl Chumley, Dave Walsh, Jon McNaughton Stay ahead of the censors - Join us warroom.org/join Aired On: 4/27/2022 Watch: On the Web: http://www.warroom.org On Podcast: http://warroom.ctcin.bio On TV: PlutoTV Channel 240, Dish Channel 219, Roku, Apple TV, FireTV or on https://AmericasVoice.news. #news #politics #realnews 

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Andrew Stwart, Director of Marketing for the The Brandywine River Museum of Art and Brandywine Conservancy discussed the reopening of the museum after severe flooding from Hurricane Ida.    We discussed the history of the Chadds Ford properties, the founding of the conservancy by concerned neighbors in 1969 when industrial development threatened the area, not just its plants and wildlife, but also the water table that provides drinking water for the city of Wilmington.  Today, the Conservancy holds more than 483 conservation easements and has protected more than 64,500 acres from development in Chester and Delaware counties, Pennsylvania, and in New Castle County, Delaware.  It's a natural home for native plants and birds and shellfish.   Open to members for hiking and outdoor enjoyment, it works with local governments and agencies to permanently protect and conserve natural, cultural and scenic resources. The museum was founded in 1971 through a gift of NC Wyeth paintings by Betsy Wyeth.  Today the Brandywine River Museum of Art features the art of the Brandywine region, American illustration, still life and landscape painting, and the work of the Wyeth family, with works of NC, Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, as well as Horace Pippen – another local artist – and Howard Pyle, Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin West,  and many more.  In addition to the galleries, the museum owns and shows the studios of NC and Andrew Wyeth and delivers special programs and children's offerings, now available online. He discussed the devasting flooding that damaged the classrooms and offices of the museum and forced the closure of the museum for many weeks.  The museum is now open, intime for its annual Christmas and holiday programs, including its enormous toy train, now on display.   For hours, directions, educational programming and Conservancy/Museum membership information go to brandywine.org.

Robert Houle. Kanata, 1992. Acrylic and conte crayon on canvas, 228.7 x 732 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 1994. © Robert Houle A long rectangular canvas is divided into three areas, resembling The French national flag - blue, white, and red. Framed by the bright blue and bright red of the French Flag, a bleached copy of a central historical painting by American painter, Benjamin West,The Death of General Wolfe, depicts the Battle of Quebec in 1759. Men, including enlisted soldiers holding up a British flag, settlers, and an Indigenous man, gather around the British General Wolfe who lies dying. The indigenous man is represented thinking, holding his chin and resting his elbow on his knee like the famous Rodin sculpture, “The Thinker”. The Indigenous man stands out from the washed out sepia crowd, painted with a bright blue and red blanket tied around his waist, a brown bandolier bag, and red feathers in his hair. Houle draws attention to the misrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples as merely passive observers, pointing instead to their direct stake in the history of Canada and the United States.

With the fall of Lord North's government, king George III found himself obliged to submit to the authority of parliament and appoint a government led by the Marquess of Rockingham, a man he deeply disliked and distrusted. His resentment was all the deeper because Rockingham, almost certainly at the urging of his secretary the remarkable Edmund Burke, laid down conditions for the formation of the government, and in particular the staggering words, “The king must not give a veto to the Independence of America.” A subject telling the king what he must not do? That was a small revolution. Rockingham's was the first of three short-lived governments whose most important achievement was the granting of US independence, the end of the war in America, and the end of the wider, world war to which it had led. Illustration: The Treaty of Paris, by Benjamin West, 1783. The painting is unfinished because the British delegation to the treaty negotiations refused to pose for it. Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License

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Josh shares from Ephesians 6 today about some verses that can be hard to hear -- whether you are a child or a parent. Paul is encouraging the Ephesian church that life in Christ is not like the context in which they live where power dictates the relationship. Parents like to correct their children -- especially when they don't listen and obey. Children have a hard time listening to their parents if all they hear is correction. Perhaps if parents erred on the side of encouragement versus correction, our children would hear the correction for what it is. This week, let's step into encouragement and listening. Ephesians 6:1-9.  Josh shared three quotes today: 1) N. T. Wright: "We shouldn't make the mistake of thinking that because some families get it horribly wrong it isn't possible to get it right, at least some of the time. Just because the Garden grows weeds we shouldn't pave it over with concrete. Just because there are oppressive families, there's no reason to dismiss family life altogether. On the contrary. The reason the family can become a place of fear and bondage is because it is designed as the place of love, security, affirmation and new energy. The worst is the corruption of the best. As with marriage, so with family life, and attitudes to work, both from employer and employee. Are we so sure that we in the modern world have got it right that we are in a position to turn around and tell Paul he's got it wrong?" 2) William Barclay: "Here's a letter dated from 1 BC from a man called Hilarion to his wife Alis. He has gone to Alexandria, and he writes home on domestic affairs: 'Heartiest greetings to you and to my dear Berous and Apollonarion. Know that we are still even now in Alexandria. Do not worry if when all others return I remain in Alexandria. I beg and beseech of you to take care of the little child, and, as soon as we receive wages, I will send them to you. If -- good luck to you! -- you bear offspring, if it is a male, let It live; if it is a female, expose it. You told Aphrodisias, "Do not forget me." How can I forget you? I beg you therefore not to worry.' "            3) William Barclay: "The 18th century artist Benjamin West tells how he became a painter. One day, his mother went out leaving him in charge of his little sister, Sally. In his mother's absence, he discovered some bottles of colored ink and began to paint Sally's portrait. In doing so, he made a considerable mess of things with ink blots everywhere. His mother came back. She saw the mess but said nothing. She picked up the piece of paper, saw the drawing and said, 'Why, it's Sally!' And she stooped and kissed him. Afterwards, Benjamin West always used to say 'my mother's kiss made me a painter.' Encouragement did more than rebuke could ever do. As Paul sees it, children must honor their parents, and the parents must never discourage their children." 

J’avais conclu la dernière fois avec la notion d’injustice. Les psaumes et les récits des deux enfants ramenés à la vie par les prophètes Elie et Elisée, introduisaient la question de justice de Dieu face à la mort injuste de ces enfants dont les parents étaient pourtant les hôtes de ces saints prophètes. Mais cette réanimation n’exprime pas encore l’idée d’une résurrection que d’autres textes, plus tardifs, vont développer. REFERENCE•«Au Large Biblique » est un podcast conçu et animé par François Bessonnet, enseignant bibliste et prêtre en Vendée. https://www.aularge.eu/blog/le-podcast/ •Image couverture : Benjamin West, Les femmes au Sépulcre, 1805 - source : wikimedia-commons.•Musique : Erwan Marchand (D.R.)•Épisode enregistré en Vendée (85, France), mars 2021.•Sous Licence Creative Commons (cc BY-NC-ND 4.0 FR)fiNOTES •Daniel Luciani et Régis Burnet, « La résurrection des morts », Cahiers évangile 194, Paris, Cerf, 2021.•L’ascension d’Hénoch Gn 5, 24 : https://www.aelf.org/bible/Gn/5 •L’ascension d’Elie 2R 2 : https://www.aelf.org/bible/2R/2 •Podcast : L’Ascension d’Elie et d’Hénoch : https://www.aularge.eu/blog/2019/05/07/elie-henoch-et-autres-ascensions/ •Le 1er livre d’Hénoch (IIIe s. : 1Hn 22 & 1Hen 25) https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre_d%E2%80%99H%C3%A9noch_(%C3%A9thiopien)/Livre_d%E2%80%99H%C3%A9noch#Sommaire •La foi en la résurrection des sept frères torturés pour leur foi 2M7 https://www.aelf.org/bible/2M/7 •L’intercession pour les combattants juifs tombés à la bataille 2M 12 https://www.aelf.org/bible/2M/12SUIVRE AU LARGE BIBLIQUE •Instagram : Aularge.eu https://www.instagram.com/aularge.eu/ •Facebook : @Aularge85 https://www.facebook.com/aularge85/ •Le groupe Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/groups/aulargebiblique/ •Twitter : @AuLargeBiblque https://twitter.com/AuLargeBiblique •Mail : podcast@aularge.eu •Newsletter : https://www.aularge.eu/blog/abonnement/ •RSS : https://www.spreaker.com/show/3266391/episodes/feed •NOUVEAU : les séries du podcast https://www.aularge.eu/blog/les-series-du-podcast/ Soutenir le podcast avec Tipeee : https://fr.tipeee.com/au-large-biblique

Get to know the man behind the beginnings of the National Gallery. With the assistance of artists such as Joshua Reynolds and Benjamin West, John Julius Angerstein started to establish a collection of Old Master Paintings. In total, he collected 38 important works of art, some were displayed at Woodlands and others at his rooms at his town house at 100 Pall Mall. Many of Angerstein’s earlier purchases of pictures for his collection were by British artists. By 1804, Angerstein’s collection, at that stage consisting of only 25 paintings, was said to be the best and most celebrated collection in Great Britain. Join Hazel as she gets to know John Julius Angerstein, the man behind the National Gallery. Learn things about London that most Londoners don't even know in a 20 minute espresso shot episode of London history with a splash of personality. There's so much we can't fit into our tours, no matter how hard we try. This London history podcast is where we can get down and dirty with the detail! You're not going to find this level of detail in any guidebook. Let us know if there's a particular person, event or place you want to know more about in our podcast. Send us your suggestion / request. Rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Show notes, including transcript, photos and recommended reading: www.londonguidedwalks.uk/042-john-julius-angerstein --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/londonguidedwalks/message

Benjamin West’s The Death of General Wolfe is a near perfect History Painting. Not because it’s accurate. Rather it sets a prime example of West’s reinvented genre. With his buddy, John Singleton Copley, West created a new form of history portrayal. The duo painted current events with dramatic flair. Before them, History Paintings stuck to Classical and Bible stories. These artist friends thus founded contemporary History Painting. For instance, the General falls with tragic grace at the center of The Death of General Wolfe. This had just happened in 1759, during The Seven Years War. Eleven years later West weaved artistic license into it. In truth, Wolfe took three musket balls at the height of battle. There’s no way he died with such elegance. He appears to float into the arms of his compadres, gentle as a feather. Check out this and other masterpieces on LadyKflo's Art Blog. https://www.ladykflo.com/the-death-of-general-wolfe-by-benjamin-west/

Richard Coles and Bridgitte Tetteh are joined by Danielle de Niese who became the youngest ever winner of the Australian TV programme Young Talent Time at the age of 9. Her family relocated to Los Angeles, where Danielle made her professional operatic debut at the age of 15 with the Los Angeles Opera. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera at 19 and now performs around the world. She will host the TV coverage of the Proms 2020 later this summer. Loyd Grossman claims he hasn’t had a career, he’s got a CV. It’s an extensive one; he was the presenter of TV programmes Through the Keyhole and the original MasterChef, he has been a punk guitarist, a journalist, a food critic and launched his own successful food line. And he is now a historian, having published a book about American artist Benjamin West in 2015 and now one on the Italian sculptor Bernini. Sally Coulthard was a busy TV producer in London until she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue syndrome in her late 20s. She was forced to move back home to Yorkshire where she fell in love with rural life. Sally, who has her own flock of sheep, has now published a book on how the woolly creatures have shaped the world. Chris Steel was a bouncer in Blackpool when he returned to school to get his GCSEs. Unexpectedly, he fell in love with learning. Chris is about to embark on a PhD in cancer cell biology at Magdalene College, Cambridge. And ballet dancer Deborah Bull shares her Inheritance Tracks. Producer: Laura Northedge Editor: Richard Hooper

A lecture by Loyd Grossman

Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis by Benjamin West tells an ancient story. The beloved goddess Venus fell hard for heartthrob hottie Adonis. But it was not meant to be. In fact, she knew his destiny for an early death on the hunt. No matter how much Venus warned him and pleaded, Adonis dismissed her. This classic painting portrays the tragedy of his stubborn refusal to hear her. To learn more about this and more masterpieces visit LadyKflo;'s website: https://www.ladykflo.com/benjamin-west-venus-lamenting/

In the third iteration of our project, we will consider how photography, and particularly the new genre of photojournalism, changed the way that people saw the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allison-fox7/message

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the global supply chain. With most whole goods and components coming from China, the U.S. hospitality industry began to scramble in January to keep the supplies coming. Manufacturing has resumed in China as the crisis has reportedly eased there, but the outbreak has yet to reach its peak in the U.S. As COVID-19 continues its rampage across the country, factories are closing or retooling to make medical supplies. It's a fluid situation that changes day by day and hospitality procurement specialists have been working to stay ahead of the COVID-19 wave and find manufacturers and suppliers that can deliver goods to hotels throughout the country. In this episode, which is part of Lodging Leaders' special report on the coronavirus crisis and its impact on the U.S. hospitality industry, we interviewed Alan Benjamin, a procurement specialist with Benjamin West, and Darlene Henke, a shipping and logistics expert with Audit Logistics. We also feature sound bites of Anu Saxena of Hilton Supply Management who participated this week in an AAHOA webcast.

It's the dawn of new ideas in art and music, but we're not talking about the present. Nope. We're gonna have to rewind a couple hundred years to illuminate a social and philosophical movement that kindled drastic change in the arts. You won't stay in the dark for long as we dig into this episode's topic - The Enlightenment! ----more---- Art: Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) - The Oath of the Horatii (1784) Benjamin West (1738-1820) - The Death of General Wolfe (1770) Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) - Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures (1780-1790)  ----more---- Music: George Frederich Handel (1685-1759) - Messiah (1741), Part II: Air. "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together" Franz Joseph Haydn (1731-1809) - String Quartet in G Major (1799), Hob.III:81, II. Adagio Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 101 in D Major (1794), Hob.I:101, IV. Finale. Vivace Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) - Symphony in E Minor (1756), Wq. 178, I. Allegro Assai Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor (1800), Op. 37, III. Rondo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor (1788), K.550, IV. Finale. Allegro Assai

Topics we discussed:??Adam's five characteristics based on John Bergsma's thoughts Understanding our participation in the priesthood of ChristFreedom, boundaries, and legalismWhat C.S. Lewis says about morality and an ordered lifeThe personalistic normThe order of lovesResources we mentioned: 6:03 Man MorningsChad Pirotte and Joe's episode about Catholic masculinity Bible Basics for CatholicsA Year with the MysticsAdam Young's podcast on ruling over your kingdomMere Christianity by C.S. LewisImages: The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise (c. 1791) by Benjamin West?? Find Holy Family School of Faith:Online

More than 20 years ago, a team of hotel industry consultants and asset managers got together to figure out how much hotels in the U.S. spend each year on property improvements and maintenance. The idea was if owners and operators know in advance what it will cost to keep a hotel property up to date and in good working order, it would help them put the right amount of cash in reserve to deal with the expected ,as well as the unexpected. In 1997, David Berins and Peggy Berg produced the industry's first CapEx study. They recommended hotels increase their capital reserves from 3 percent, to 4 percent, to afford pending property improvement plans and inevitable equipment replacements. Today, that 4 percent is still regarded as an industry standard. But modern day consultants say the reserve benchmark is woefully underestimated and CapEx planning is so much more complex than it was two decades ago. So how are hotel owners and managers supposed to plan? And by how much? In this episode, Lodging Leaders explores the latest CapEx report researched and published by two organizations – the International Society of Hospitality Consultants and the Hospitality Asset Managers Association – with the help of STR. We feature David Berins of Berins & Co., who says he coined the CapEx abbreviation. We hear from Alan Benjamin of procurement firm Benjamin West, who has co-chaired the past several CapEx studies. And we talk to Matthew Hick of Access Point Financial, a specialty hotel finance company that lends for FF&E projects.

Introduction Career politicians serve themselves. Citizen politicians serve the citizens. The country’s successful founding depended on, and anticipated the continuation of, citizen politicians to serve the country. Today we have career politicians who serve themselves. We must return to the days of citizen politicians by voting in term limits.  Career politicians will fight us tooth and nail. That’s the subject of today’s 10-minute podcast. Continuing Passed by Congress in 1947, and ratified by the states on February 27, 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to two terms in office, a total of eight years. (There is an exception, but it is minor and does not matter much.) We have term limits with the presidency, the highest level of our government. Many state and local governments have term limits for some offices as well. It is past time for the US to have term limits for Congress. Geroge Washington term limited himself--twice. His republican (note the small “r”) values gave him a distaste for career rule, even for himself. He gave up power at the end of the revolutionary war when he resigned his military commission, and again at the end of his second term as president when he refused pleas to seek a third term. He set a standard for American presidents that lasted until FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who ran for and was elected to four terms. King George III, king of England during Washington’s time, and clearly not term limited, asked his American painter, Benjamin West, what George Washington would do after winning independence. West replied, “They say he will return to his farm.” “If he does that,” the incredulous monarch replied, “he will be the greatest man in the world.” Washington had served his country extraordinarily well both  militarily and politically; I argue better than anyone before or since. Yet he walked away from those pleading with him to stay in power. And I agree with King George that this final step of walking away from power and adulation made Washington a truly great man. And as hard as power and adoration are to attain, walking away from them at the height of both must be all that much more difficult. Yet today we have politicians on both sides of the aisle scheming and plotting to raise more and more campaign money and to out promise each other about what they will give to the voters--if only they will vote for them. Today’s politicians are shameless in their drive to attain and keep power. If Washington was the “greatest man” because he walked away from both military and political power, what does that make our current pack of politicians where many will say and do anything to cling to and increase their power? Career politicians serve themselves; citizen politicians serve the citizens. Here’s a specific suggestion about Congressional term limits: one term for Senators (6 years) and three terms for Representatives (three, two-year terms). If the limits are slightly higher, no matter. But we must demand limits. And if you are incensed, as am I, about the power that lobbyists gain from contributing cash to multiple campaigns for the same politician, know that term limits will cause lobbyists to lose a lot of their power. Lobbyists who wine and dine candidates, along with contributing to many of their campaigns over the decades, build up real power and influence with that office holder. Politicians need money--and lots of it--to stay in power. Lobbyists have the money to help them do exactly that. It does not take a lot of thought to know with certainty that politicians will use at least some of their long-held power to make the helpfully generous lobbyists happy. If the best a lobbyist can do is to contribute to six years in power for someone in Congress, as opposed to, say, 30 or 40 years, their power is greatly reduced. The decades-long relationships where the lobbyist’s power grows from continuous free entertainment and large cash contributio...

God can be terrifying. He is holy after all. But he is also a God of compassion. He is a God who does not leave us in our sin but comes down to us, that we might be brought to him. Painting by Benjamin West

Holy, awesome, terrifying. The image of God presented in the Bible is not always the image of God we want or imagine. Nevertheless, Scripture has made it plain that in his presence no evil, no matter how small, can or will stand. Painting by Benjamin West

In this episode, we learn about the exciting new changes coming to the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and also take a look at Ophelia and Laertes by Benjamin West. Other talking points include: impressing teens with Pearl Jam, winning at Shakespeare, Royal Looky-loos, Santa stick man, the birth of puke, King Lear in Detroit. Hosted by Russell Ihrig. Theme song: Offrande Musicale by Bacalao For more info and other programs, visit: cincinnatiartmuseum.org/ Links: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company: https://cincyshakes.com/ Detroit's King Lear: http://www.dia.org/object-info/1f5a75ba-5312-48bc-9613-7e448f36622a.aspx?position=4 Museum of Fine Arts Boston's larger King Lear painting: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/king-lear-34327

This podcast episode's focus describes Charlotte Mason's inclusion of art and music in her essential curriculum. How has our cultural and educational background prejudiced us to favor core subjects over "fine arts" and how did Ms. Mason view these subjects. Further, how are these subjects included and implemented in the week's feast--especially if the mother is unfamiliar or even fearful of tackling this unknown territory? Listen Now: If you are seeing this message, please make sure you are using the most current version of your web browser: Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome "We cannot measure the influence that one or another artist has upon the child's sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sights of life; he is enriched more than we know in having really looked at even a single picture." (Vol. 1, p. 309) "They are never copied lest an attempt to copy should lessen a child's reverence for great work." (Vol. 6, p. 216) "A great promise has been given to the world––that its teachers shall not any more be removed. There are always those present with us whom God whispers in the ear, through whom He sends a direct message to the rest. Among these messengers are the great painters who interpret to us some of the meanings of life. To read their messages aright is a thing due from us. But this, like other good gifts, does not come by nature. It is the reward of humble, patient study." (Vol. 4, p. 102) "As in a worthy book we leave the author to tell his own tale, so do we trust a picture to tell its tale through the medium the artist gave it." (Vol. 6, p. 216) "[F]or though every child cannot be a great performer, all may be taught an intelligent appreciation of the beauties of music, and it is a wicked shame to clang the doors of music, and therefore of endless channels of delight and inspiration, in a child's face, because we say he has "no ear," when perhaps his ear has never been trained, or because he never will be able to "play."" (Miss Pennethorne's PR Article) "Hearing should tell us a great many interesting things, but the great and perfect joy which we owe to him is Music." (Vol. 4, Book I, pp. 30-31) "Use every chance you get of hearing music (I do not mean only tunes, though these are very nice), and ask whose music has been played, and, by degrees, you will find out that one composer has one sort of thing to say to you, and another speaks other things; these messages of the musicians cannot be put into words, so there is no way of hearing them if we do not train our ear to listen." (Vol. 4, p. 31) "Many great men have put their beautiful thoughts, not into books, or pictures, or buildings, but into musical score, to be sung with the voice or played on instruments, and so full are these musical compositions of the minds of their makers, that people who care for music can always tell who has composed the music they hear, even if they have never heard the particular movement before." (Vol. 4, p. 31) If you would like to study along with us, here are some passages from The Home Education Series and other Parent's Review articles that would be helpful for this episode's topic. You may also read the series online here, or get the free Kindle version from Fisher Academy. Home Education, Part V, Chapter XXI School Education, p. 239 Towards a Philosophy of Education, Book I, Chapter X, Section II: f Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin, Marguerite Henry Stories of Favorite Operas, Clyde Robert Bulla More Stories of Favorite Operas, Clyde Robert Bulla Stories of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Clyde Robert Bulla The Ring and the Fire, Clyde Robert Bulla I, Juan de Pareja, Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Opal Wheeler's Composer Biographies Millet Tilled the Soil, Sybil Deucher Art for Children series by Ernest Raboff Elizabeth Ripley's Artist Biographies Spiritual Lives of Great Composers, Patrick Kavanaugh I, Vivaldi, Janice Shefelman (Contains affiliate links) Emily's Picture Study Portfolios Riverbend Press Artist Prints

Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern At the time of his death in 1820, Benjamin West was the most famous artist in the English-speaking world, and much admired throughout Europe. From humble beginnings in Pennsylvania, he had become the first American artist to study in Italy, and within a few short years of his arrival in London, was instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts (he succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds to become its second President) and became history painter to King George III. Grossman explains why Wolfe was such an instant success and why this thrilling work of art continues to exercise such a strong grip on our imaginations nearly 250 years after it was first shown to the public. He situates West in the midst of Enlightenment thinking about history and modernity, and seeks to demolish some of the prejudices about the talent and intentions of the young man from the Pennsylvania frontier who attained such eminence at the British court." Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Charlotte Brontë’s latest biographer, Claire Harman, visits the home of three remarkable literary sisters. Meanwhile, broadcaster and historian Loyd Grossman introduces the Georgian painter Benjamin West who shook the art world with his depiction of General Wolfe’s death See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When I was a kid, I used to pore over an illustrated history of American sports that I had received as a birthday gift. The oversized, hardcover book featured some of the iconic images of 20th-century sports: Lou Gehrig standing humbly at home plate on his day of tribute, teammates present and past encircling him, the packed bleachers and Bronx cityscape in the background; an exhausted and bloodied Y.A. Tittle kneeling on the gridiron grass on an afternoon of defeat; young Wilt Chamberlain, still in his uniform after the game, displaying a sheet of paper scrawled with “100”; Jesse Owens exploding into a sprint at the Berlin Games. But the image in the book that most captivated me was not a photograph. Instead, it was a painting: George Bellows’ 1924 oil of Luis Firpo knocking Jack Dempsey through the ropes in the first round of their fight at the Polo Grounds. I remember studying the colors, the scramble in the ringside seats, the passive expression of Firpo as he follows through his punch, and the unbelievable scene of Dempsey (who would then–even more unbelievably–go on the win the fight) falling from the ring. The painting remains for me an example of how art can capture the drama, the sounds, and the power of a sporting moment. Allen Guttmann offers many examples of the crossing of art and sport in Sports and American Art from Benjamin West to Andy Warhol (University of Massachusetts Press, 2011): pastoral scenes of hunters and fishermen in the early republic, the accomplished paintings of Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins in the mid-19thcentury, and the pop art portraits of celebrity-athletes in the 1970s. But the book is not simply about sports in art. Instead, Allen looks at the parallel histories of these two forms of cultural expression. The similarities are surprising. As Allen points out at the start, both art and sports have no utilitarian value to society: “They serve no practical purpose.” Allen’s work is built on decades of writing about sports history, and a career of teaching American cultural history. You get a glimpse of his expertise and insight from the interview. But you don’t get to see the pictures. For that, you have to get the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I was a kid, I used to pore over an illustrated history of American sports that I had received as a birthday gift. The oversized, hardcover book featured some of the iconic images of 20th-century sports: Lou Gehrig standing humbly at home plate on his day of tribute, teammates present and past encircling him, the packed bleachers and Bronx cityscape in the background; an exhausted and bloodied Y.A. Tittle kneeling on the gridiron grass on an afternoon of defeat; young Wilt Chamberlain, still in his uniform after the game, displaying a sheet of paper scrawled with “100”; Jesse Owens exploding into a sprint at the Berlin Games. But the image in the book that most captivated me was not a photograph. Instead, it was a painting: George Bellows’ 1924 oil of Luis Firpo knocking Jack Dempsey through the ropes in the first round of their fight at the Polo Grounds. I remember studying the colors, the scramble in the ringside seats, the passive expression of Firpo as he follows through his punch, and the unbelievable scene of Dempsey (who would then–even more unbelievably–go on the win the fight) falling from the ring. The painting remains for me an example of how art can capture the drama, the sounds, and the power of a sporting moment. Allen Guttmann offers many examples of the crossing of art and sport in Sports and American Art from Benjamin West to Andy Warhol (University of Massachusetts Press, 2011): pastoral scenes of hunters and fishermen in the early republic, the accomplished paintings of Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins in the mid-19thcentury, and the pop art portraits of celebrity-athletes in the 1970s. But the book is not simply about sports in art. Instead, Allen looks at the parallel histories of these two forms of cultural expression. The similarities are surprising. As Allen points out at the start, both art and sports have no utilitarian value to society: “They serve no practical purpose.” Allen’s work is built on decades of writing about sports history, and a career of teaching American cultural history. You get a glimpse of his expertise and insight from the interview. But you don’t get to see the pictures. For that, you have to get the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I was a kid, I used to pore over an illustrated history of American sports that I had received as a birthday gift. The oversized, hardcover book featured some of the iconic images of 20th-century sports: Lou Gehrig standing humbly at home plate on his day of tribute, teammates present and past encircling him, the packed bleachers and Bronx cityscape in the background; an exhausted and bloodied Y.A. Tittle kneeling on the gridiron grass on an afternoon of defeat; young Wilt Chamberlain, still in his uniform after the game, displaying a sheet of paper scrawled with “100”; Jesse Owens exploding into a sprint at the Berlin Games. But the image in the book that most captivated me was not a photograph. Instead, it was a painting: George Bellows’ 1924 oil of Luis Firpo knocking Jack Dempsey through the ropes in the first round of their fight at the Polo Grounds. I remember studying the colors, the scramble in the ringside seats, the passive expression of Firpo as he follows through his punch, and the unbelievable scene of Dempsey (who would then–even more unbelievably–go on the win the fight) falling from the ring. The painting remains for me an example of how art can capture the drama, the sounds, and the power of a sporting moment. Allen Guttmann offers many examples of the crossing of art and sport in Sports and American Art from Benjamin West to Andy Warhol (University of Massachusetts Press, 2011): pastoral scenes of hunters and fishermen in the early republic, the accomplished paintings of Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins in the mid-19thcentury, and the pop art portraits of celebrity-athletes in the 1970s. But the book is not simply about sports in art. Instead, Allen looks at the parallel histories of these two forms of cultural expression. The similarities are surprising. As Allen points out at the start, both art and sports have no utilitarian value to society: “They serve no practical purpose.” Allen’s work is built on decades of writing about sports history, and a career of teaching American cultural history. You get a glimpse of his expertise and insight from the interview. But you don’t get to see the pictures. For that, you have to get the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When I was a kid, I used to pore over an illustrated history of American sports that I had received as a birthday gift. The oversized, hardcover book featured some of the iconic images of 20th-century sports: Lou Gehrig standing humbly at home plate on his day of tribute, teammates... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices