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Exciting Changes Coming!

Screengrab of new home page.

It’s been a busy 2021 at A Long Look and here’s a peek at one of the changes happening on the show. This is the home page for the new site I’ll be launching at its new home, alonglookpodcast.com. The home page features a grid of the latest episodes that’s a lot easier to navigate. No more constant scrolling looking for past episodes! You’ll now find the entire back catalog under the “Episodes” tabs in the nav bar.

But don’t worry, I’ll still be bringing you the descriptions and backstories you love! And I’m starting work on Season 6 which will debut on the new site, so come check it out!

I’ve made a big change on the back end, too, moving the feed to Libsyn, the granddaddy of podcast hosting companies. You shouldn’t notice any difference in your apps or streaming service, your subscription will automatically update.

The new site will launch in early March and I really look forward to having you join me there!

Feel free to ask any questions or leave a comment below.

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The Thanksgiving Episode

The word gratitude in white against a blue sky surrounded by colorful tree branches.

I’ve been trying to practice gratitude this year to fight against the fear and toxicity that’s felt overwhelming at times. So, I decided to make a special, extended Thanksgiving episode to share this idea with you.

I chose works from former episodes by Richard Norris Brooke, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Aelbert Cuyp that reflect some aspect of family, generosity, or forgiveness that really resonates. I hope they help you to also step back and find balance in remembering the good things.

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SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode artwork
Photo by 30daysreplay Marketingberatung on Unsplash. Photo composition by Karen Jackson.

A Pastoral Visit
Theme is “Which That Is This” by Doctor Turtle.

Gallery entry
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.166432.html#overview

Richard Norris Brooke and William Corcoran information
Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945 (PDF)

The Prodigal Son
Theme is “Adagio in G minor” composed by Tomaso Albinoni/Remo Giazotto and performed by Noh Donghwan

Gallery entry
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.34956.html

Joseph Bonaparte info
NY times https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/nyregion/new-jersey/26bonapartenj.html

River Landscape with Cows
Episode theme is Sonata No. 15 in D Major Pastoral, Op. 28 – I. Allegro composed by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Paul Pitman

Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., “Aelbert Cuyp/River Landscape with Cows/1645/1650,” Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century, NGA Online Editions. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.69390.html#entry

Wheelock video: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.69390.html#relatedpages

Paintings in the Dutch Golden Age (PDF)

End of Season 5

We’ve reached the end of Season 5 and as this unbelievable year comes to a close, I’ll be taking some time off to figure out what’s next for the show.

It’s been a huge pleasure bringing you all the great stories I found and sharing the incredible variety of works in the Gallery. And talking to the occasional guest like Bruce Campbell and Sandy Bellamy was great!

I think what made this season special, though, was learning with you about the incredible Black artists of the Evans-Tibbs Collection. I was familiar with Henry Ossawa Tanner and Alma Thomas but finding out about the work and life of Margaret Burroughs and Edward Loper was amazing. We really only scratched the surface, so if you want to find out more about these and other Black artists, here are a few resources:

Evans-Tibbs Collection exhibition

Digitized Evans-Tibbs archive items

Archive of American Art

Finally, I want to thank everyone at the Gallery who have provided so much help and encouragement.

I’ll continue to be on Instagram @alonglookslowart, so look for me there!

SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas (YouTube)

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Autumn Drama by Alma Thomas

Black and white photo of Alma Thomas attending her exhibition opening.
Jack Whitten. Photograph of Alma Thomas at Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition opening, 1972. Alma Thomas papers, circa 1894-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Click here to view “Autumn Drama” on the Gallery’s site. Clicking the image on their page will open a viewer that allows you to zoom in and pan around.

Talk about a second act! Alma Thomas was a longtime art teacher in Washington DC, who began her art career after 35 years of teaching. She took inspiration from nature, color theory, and the works of artists she met through her involvement in the DC arts scene. All of this developed into her unique, colorful style.

We’ll find out how she found success at age when most people have long since retired and achieved national recognition most artists dream of. And what she had in common with Henri Matisse!

The US National Arboretum was a big inspiration to Thomas and this gorgeous photo shows where she might have gotten her color palette for Autumn Drama!

The columns installation at the US National Arboretum
The columns at the US National Arboretum, photographed by DC Gardens, courtesy of the National Arboretum.

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SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is “All About the Sun” by Quantum Jazz.

Autumn Drama
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.195514.html

Alma Thomas information
https://www.nga.gov/features/african-american-artists.html

https://americanart.si.edu/artist/alma-thomas-4778

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Thomas

Alma W. Thomas : A Retrospective of the Paintings, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 1998
(online book, best viewed in browser)

Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition catalog

The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color, Johannes Itten

Alma Thomas. Autobiographical writing by Alma Thomas on her Earth paintings, before 1978. Alma Thomas papers, circa 1894-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

National Arboretum in October photographed by DC Gardens, courtesy of the National Arboretum CC BY

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew by Duccio di Buoninsegna

An image of the painting being described

This colorful panel painting depicts an episode early in Jesus’s career–the moment he called Peter and his brother Andrew to join his ministry. It was part of an enormous altarpiece for the cathedral of Siena.

We’ll find out what prompted the cathedral powers to hire Duccio, Siena’s top artist and how innovative he was in depicting stories of Mary and Jesus’s lives. And we meet a few friendly fish!

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SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is “Canzona ‘La Foresta’ (For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones – Rondeau)” composed by Giovanni Cavaccio. Performed by Michel Rondeau. Courtesy of musopen.org

https://musopen.org/music/33104-canzona-la-foresta/

https://musopen.org/music/performer/michel-rondeau/

Artwork information
Miklós Boskovits (1935–2011), “Duccio di Buoninsegna/The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew/1308-1311,” Italian Paintings of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/282 (accessed May 17, 2020).

Maestà information
https://smarthistory.org/duccio-maesta/

https://operaduomo.siena.it/en/sites/museum/

Duccio information
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Duccio

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

Her Appeal to the Dauphin by Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel

Painting being described in episode
Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel (French, 1850 – 1913), Her Appeal to the Dauphin (Joan of Arc series: II), 1906, oil and gold leaf on canvas, Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection) 2015.19.35

Who is this young person kneeling before a crowd of one-percenters? Meet Joan of Arc, one very tough teen. She’s here to convince the exiled French court that she can save France from the British. No wonder they look skeptical!

And just like Sodoma, we get to discover another artist, Louis Maurice Boutet de Monvel. He painted a series of six images about Joan’s life for Senator William A. Clark that formerly hung in the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC.

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SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is “Our Story Begins” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com). Courtesy of https://filmmusic.io License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

Joan information

Cristen Conger “Why was cross-dressing the only crime Joan of Arc was charged with?” 2 February 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/joan-of-arc-trial.htm 11 October 2019

https://www.biography.com/military-figure/joan-of-arc

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc

Joan of Arc: Her Image in France and America by Nora Heimann
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98997.Joan_of_Arc

Joan of Arc trial transcripts
https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/joanofarc-trial.asp

French medievalism and Clark commission
https://soundcloud.com/nationalgalleryofart/boutet-de-monvels-jeanne-darc-from-print-to-paint

https://soundcloud.com/nationalgalleryofart/the-passion-for-all-things-post-medieval-a-multimedia-perspective

NGA Curatorial Records
https://www.nga.gov/collection/curatorial-records-make-an-appointment.html

Saint George and the Dragon by Sodoma

Image of the oil painting described in the audio.
Sodoma, Saint George and the Dragon, Italian, 1477 – 1549, probably 1518, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection

Slaying dragons and rescuing damsels–all in a day’s work for St. George of Cappadocia. We get his story from The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, the same place I found the story of St. Lucy!

We also discover the flamboyant Sodoma, an artist I’ve never heard of! Apparently, this painting isn’t always on display so it was great to find this hidden gem.

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SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is “Angeli, Archangeli” composed by Andrea Gabrieli. Performed by Michel Rondeau. Courtesy of musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/43293-angeli-archangeli/
https://musopen.org/music/performer/michel-rondeau/
https://musopen.org/music/composer/andrea-gabrieli/

St. George information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41691.html
Jacobus. The Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine. New York: Arno Press, 1970. Print.

Sodoma information
Priuli-Bon, Lilian. Sodoma. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1900. Print.
Vasari, Giorgio. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com

Season 4 Update

Excited for Season 4 to get started! We’ll be looking at one big favorite and a couple of hidden gems. Plus one artist I’d never even heard of!

A Long Look is now available on all podcast apps, including Stitcher as well as Spotify and TuneIn! As always, you can find links to the information in each episode in the show notes. You can now find transcripts in the show notes too!

The best thing about A Long Look? It’s available to all art lovers! Listeners who are blind or have low vision can use accessible apps like Apple Podcasts, Overcast and Downcast.

If you want to support the show, please subscribe; leave a rating or review in Apple Podcasts; or spread the word! Recommendations from friends and family is the No. 1 way people are discovering podcasts!

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End of Season 3

A Long Look show art for welcome message

We’ve reached the end of Season 3! Thanks to all you returning listeners and welcome to our new audience members. If you’ve been enjoying the show, you can show your appreciation by subscribing and sharing! You can also help by leaving a comment or rating in Apple Podcasts or in your podcast app. That helps more people discover the show!

“A Long Look” will be back in October to give me time to plan and prep for Season 4.

Until then, there’s plenty happening at the Gallery. They’re staying open until 8 p.m. through August 18 when “The Life of Animals in Japanese Art” closes. Works by Oliver Lee Jackson are up til Sept. 15. And “By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs” is up through January 5. Check www.nga.gov for details.

In the meantime, you can catch up on any episodes you missed. You can find them in the archives here and on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn or your favorite podcast app.

And you can follow me on Instagram @alonglookslowart and check back here for updates. Thanks for listening!

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SHOW NOTES

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Cape Cod Evening by Edward Hopper

Painting of a couple and dog outside a house on a summer evening.
Edward Hopper (American, 1882 – 1967), Cape Cod Evening, 1939, oil on canvas, John Hay Whitney Collection 1982.76.6

Edward Hopper was famous for his ambiguous paintings and Cape Cod Evening is no exception. We’ll find out the possible pop culture influence for the scene and how dumb luck can play a big role in creating art. And just what is that dog looking at?

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SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas

Episode theme is “On the Cool Side” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Robert Torchia, “Edward Hopper/Cape Cod Evening/1939,” American Paintings, 1900–1945, NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/61252 (accessed December 27, 2018).

“My Blue Heaven” (YouTube)

Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com