So you want to see art more often than you do, or maybe you just want a fresh perspective on art you’ve seen before. Join your host, Sydney, on a slow tour through an art gallery. Every season will have a theme and each episode will be dedicated to one artwork. You’ll get a brief history of the artist before the description of the work and then you’ll get to hear Sydney’s thoughts on it. Because Sydney is a casual art fan you won’t hear overly complicated technical terms, or if you do then you’ll get an explanation of what the term means in plain English.
Long Live Bat Art is seasonal, with 16 episodes a season posted every other Friday from the first Friday in July to 32 weeks later. The rest of the calendar year is the offseason.
Follow me on Twitter, tumblr, and Instagram at Long Live Bat Art.
My own website is longlivebatart.com
So you want to see art more often than you do, or maybe you just want a fresh perspective on art you’ve seen before. Join your host, Sydney, on a slow tour through an art gallery. Every season will have a theme and each episode will be dedicated to one artwork. You’ll get a brief history of the artist before the description of the work and then you’ll get to hear Sydney’s thoughts on it. Because Sydney is a casual art fan you won’t hear overly complicated technical terms, or if you do then you’ll get an explanation of what the term means in plain English.
Long Live Bat Art is seasonal, with 16 episodes a season posted every other Friday from the first Friday in July to 32 weeks later. The rest of the calendar year is the offseason.
Follow me on Twitter, tumblr, and Instagram at Long Live Bat Art.
My own website is longlivebatart.com
Sydney has stopped at Interior of the Oude Kerk, Delft for
today’s episode. This artwork was painted by Hendrick van Vliet and
shows the inside of a building. In the season finale, Sydney talks about
matching outfits, hamburgers, and what she learned these past eight
months.
Show Notes
The sources used for the information on Hendrick van Vliet are:
https://research.rkd.nl/en/detail/https%3A%2f%2fdata.rkd.nl%2fartists%2f81475
https://www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/collection/hendrick-cornelisz-van-vliet/
https://theworldsartist.com/artist/hendrick-cornelisz-van-vliet
The
transcript of this episode can be found at
https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/753562839844798464/wow-15-episodes-and-eight-months-this-episode-is
Artist biography: 00:51
Description of art: 2:00
Thoughts: 09:10
Challenge: 11:29
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Sydney has stopped at Kitchen Scene for today’s episode. This
artwork was painted by Peter Wtewael and shows a feast being prepared.
Sydney talks about cooking, company, whistling, self-worth, and
laughter.
Show Notes
The source used for the information on Peter Wtewael is
https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/w/wtewael/peter/biograph.html
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/752356068329406464/wtewaels-kitchen-scene
Artist biography: 0:44
Description of art: 1:21
Thoughts: 6:36
Challenge: 8:24
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Sydney has stopped at The Holy Family with Shepherds for today’s
episode. This artwork was painted by Jacob Jordaens and shows a simple
moment between mother and child. Sydney talks about approachability,
makes a dorky reference, and accepting but not denying experiences.
Show notes
The sources used for the information on Jordaens are
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1426.html
Kimberlee
Cloutier Blazzard, "The Wise Man has two tongues: Images of the Satyr
and the Peasant in Jordaens and Steen", in Myth in History, History in
Myth, Brill, Boston, 2009
The Oxford Companion to Western Art,
Ed. Hugh Brigstocke, Oxford University Press, 2001. Grove Art Online.
Oxford University Press, Published online: 2003
https://research.rkd.nl/en/detail/https%3A%2f%2fdata.rkd.nl%2fartists%2f42880
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacob-Jordaens
https://www.jacobjordaens.org/biography.html
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/jacob-jordaens
The
transcript of this episode can be found at
https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/750666788181868544/jordaens-the-holy-family-with-shepherds
Artist biography: 00:36
Description of art: 02:53
Thoughts: 05:30
Challenge: 08:34
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Sydney has stopped at Vanitas Still Life for today’s episode.
This artwork was painted by Jacques Gheyn and shows a skull in an alcove, along with other items. Listen to her talk about death, theater, and finding happiness.
The sources used for the information on Gheyn are:
https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/g/gheyn/biograph.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20070821094834/http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=501&page=1
https://www.themorgan.org/drawings/item/247222
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/749389570766979072/welcome-to-long-live-bat-art-the-podcast-for-art.
Artist biography: 00:36
Description of art: 05:18
Thoughts: 12:43
Challenge: 16:21
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Sydney has stopped at A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a
Cavalier for today’s episode. This artwork is painted by Gerard ter
Borch the Younger and shows a woman playing an instrument with a man listening. Sydney talks about music, her desire to learn guitar, and a change in perspective.
Show Notes
The sources used for the information on Gerard ter Borch the younger are
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ter Borch, Gerard". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 637.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gerard-Terborch
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.983.pdf
https://www.theleidencollection.com/artists/gerard-ter-borch-the-younger/
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/743773610238476288/ter-borch-the-youngers-a-woman-playing-the
Artist biography: 00:37
Description of art: 3:52
Thoughts: 9:08
Challenge: 10:37
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Sydney has stopped at Still life with Ginger Pot and Porcelain Bowl for today’s episode. This artwork was painted by Willem Kalf and shows a variety of items on a table. Before you click away, give the episode a chance as Sydney talks about looking deeper, patience, and appreciation.
Show Notes
The sources used for the information on Willem Kalf are
Van Luttervelt, R. 'Aanteekeningen over de Ontwikkeling van Willem Kalf', Oud-Holland, 60 (1943)
Slive, S. 'Dutch Painting, 1600–1800 (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series)', (First Edition), Yale University Press, (1998)
Van Gelder, H.E. 'Aanteekeningen over Willem Kalf en Cornelia Pluvier', Oud-Holland, 59 (1942),
Van den Brink, P. Meijer, F.G. and Böhmer, S. ‘Gemaltes Licht: die Stilleben von Willem Kalf, 1619-1693.’ München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, (2007).
Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. ‘Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century’, The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue, (1995)
De Witt, D. ‘The Bader Collection: European Paintings’ Agnes Etherington Art Centre (2014),
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/740602127795257344/welcome-to-long-live-bat-art-the-podcast-for-art
Artist biography: 00:37
Description of art: 02:48
Thoughts: 07:02
Challenge: 09:37
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Sydney has stopped at The Disillusioned Medea for today’s episode. This artwork was painted by Paulus Bor and shows a young morose woman. Listen to Sydney tell her tale and talk about how one of the most hated women can be seen in a new light.
The sources used for the information on Paulus Bor are
Liedtke, Walter A. (2007). Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. ISBN 978-1-58839-273-2
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/738711370655301632/bors-the-disillusioned-medea
Artist biography: 00:36
Medea’s story: 02:40
Description of art: 03:56
Thoughts: 07:18
Challenge: 10:03
Sydney has stopped at Young Herdsmen with Cows for today’s episode. This artwork was painted by Aelbert Cuyp and shows a raised field with cows and young men guarding them. Listen as she talks about tranquility, experience, and intent.
The sources used for the information on Cuyp are
Stephen Reiss (1975). Aelbert Cuyp. Zwemmer. ISBN 9780302027356.
"Aelbert Cuyp". The Vincent van Gogh Gallery, retrieved June 28th 2023
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1202.html
https://www.nga.gov/press/exh/0111.html
Artist biography: 00:36
Description of art: 04:58
Thoughts: 08:00
Challenge: 10:39
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Sydney has stopped at The Harvesters for today’s episode. This artwork was painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and shows a day working in the fields. Listen as she describes cooperation and how rushing isn’t always the best thing.
Show Notes
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/733517329057677312/bruegel-the-elders-the-harvesters
Description of art: 00:47
Thoughts: 4:26
Challenge: 6:05
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Sydney has stopped at the engraving Pyramus and Thisbe by
Lucas van Leyden for today’s episode. The artwork shows two young
people, one dying or dead and the other one about to be so. Before you
click away, if you have the mental space for hearing about fictional
suicide Sydney would be grateful.
Listen as Sydney describes the scene, tells a story that features a lioness and love gone wrong, and fate.
Show Notes
The sources used for the information on van Leyden are
https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/leyden-lucas-van#:~:text=Lucas%E2%80%99%20surviving%20paintings%20are%20relatively%20few%20in%20number%2C,the%20Blind%20Man%20of%20Jericho%20%28Hermitage%2C%20St.%20Petersburg%29
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucas-van-Leyden
Smith, Elise Lawton (1992) The Paintings of Lucas Van Leyden: A New Appraisal, with Catalogue Raisonné University of Missouri Press ISBN 978-0-8262-0824-8
"Lucas van Leyden | Dutch artist" Encyclopedia Britannica
Friedländer, Max (1924). Lucas van Leyden.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1484.html#works
Max J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting (trans., 5 vols., 1967-1969).
https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/leyden-lucas-van
The source used for the information on Pyramus and Thisbe is
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pyramus
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transcript of this episode can be found at
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History: 00:51
Story: 5:00
Description of art: 6:32
Thoughts: 12:50
Challenge: 16:49
Sydney has stopped at Youth with a Skull for today’s episode. This artwork was painted by Frans Hals and shows a young man holding a skull. She also talks about nostalgia and practice in all things.
Show Notes
The sources used for the information on Frans Hals are
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hals/hd_hals.htm
https://books.google.com/books?id=eSz5tUIQcHsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false
Johnson, Paul. Art: A New History, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hals, Frans". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/731713929199419392/hals-youth-with-a-skull
Artist biography: 00:37
Description of art: 6:37
Thoughts: 9:53
Challenge: 11:11
Ter Brugghen’s Mars Asleep
Sydney has stopped at Mars Asleep for today’s episode. This
artwork was painted by Hendrick ter Brugghen and shows the Roman god snoozing. Sydney talks about human gods and being wrong.
The sources used for the information on Hendrik ter Brugghen are
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hendrik-Terbrugghen
http://collection.daytonartinstitute.org/people/2431/hendrick-terbrugghen
Cornelis de Bie, Den Spiegel van de verdrayde werelt (Antwerp, 1708), 277.
Joaneath A. Spicer and Lynne Federle Orr, Masters of Light: Dutch Painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age (New Haven, 1997), 379.
Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., “Hendrick ter Brugghen,” NGA Online Editions, https://purl.org/nga/collection/constituent/9714
The transcript of this episode can be found at
https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/728271772971155456/ter-brugghens-mars-asleep
Artist biography: 00:36
Description of art: 3:38
Thoughts: 6:36
Challenge: 9:00
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Sydney has stopped at St. John in the Wilderness for today’s episode. This artwork was painted by Hieronymus Bosch and shows a Biblical figure. Listen as she describes her own beliefs and how she believes everyone can learn from someone they claim to know so well.
Show Notes
Sydney has stopped at another artwork in the gallery.
The sources used for the information on Hieronymus Bosch are:
Siegal, Nina (1 February 2016). "Hieronymus Bosch Credited With Work in Kansas City Museum". The New York Times.
Gibson, Walter. Hieronymus Bosch. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1973
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hieronymus-Bosch#:~:text=Hi%C3%ABronymus%20Bosch%2C%20also%20spelled%20Jheronimus%20Bos%2C%20pseudonym%20of,unusual%20iconography%20of%20a%20complex%20and%20individual%20style
Jacobs, Lynn. "The Triptychs of Hieronymus Bosch". The Sixteenth Century Journal, Volume 31, No. 4, 2000. 1009–1041
'Bosch and the Delights of Hell' Archived 27 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Checa Cremades, Fernando. "Colección de Felipe II – Museo Nacional del Prado". Museo del Prado (in Spanish).
The Secret Life of Paintings. Richard Foster & Pamela Tudor-Craig ISBN 0-85115-439-5
Bax, Dirk. Ontcijfering van Jeroen Bosch. Den Haag: Staats-drukkerij-en Uitgeverijbedrijf, 1949.
Bosing, Walter (1987). Hieronymus Bosch. Taschen.
Fischer, Stefan. Hieronymus Bosch. The Complete Works. Köln: Taschen, 2016 ISBN 978-3836526296
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/725917124726489088/episode-4-hieronymus-boschs-st-john-in-the
Artist biography: 0:40
Description of art: 5:42
Thoughts: 8:49
Challenge: 12:02
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Sydney has stopped at Tower of Babel for today’s episode. This
artwork was painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and shows a Biblical
scene. Even if you aren’t Catholic, you might enjoy this episode. She
talks- among other topics- about vision, clarity of words, building, and
community.
The source used for the information on Pieter Bruegel the Elder is
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pieter-Bruegel-the-Elder
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/day/2023/08/03
Artist biography: 0:37
Story: 4:00
Description of art: 4:32
Thoughts: 7:45
Challenge: 10:58
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Sydney has stopped at the painting Twelfth Night by Jan Steen for today’s episode. The painting shows a lively party, so listen to Sydney tackle the 15 people depicted, the background, and foreground. She also talks about texture, her thoughts on the inebriated, and how the past links to the present through something crucial.
The sources used for the information on Jan Steen are
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jan-steen-6956.php#:~:text=Jan%20Steen%20was%20born%2C%20in%201626%2C%20in%20Leiden%2C,was%20the%20eldest%20of%20the%20couple%E2%80%99s%20eight%20children
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-Havickszoon-Steen
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1220.pdf
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/our-masters/jan-steen/
Gudlaugsson, S. (1945). The Comedians in the work of Jan Steen and his Contemporaries
Liedtke, W. (2007). Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Steen, Jan Havicksz". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1901.html
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/723414926218100736/episode-2-twelfth-night
Artist biography: 0:36
Description of art: 3:51
Thoughts: 15:40
Challenge: 17:29
A more detailed look into what you can expect from the inaugural season of Long Live Bat Art. As an added bonus, you can listen to Sydney try valiantly to pronounce the names of the Dutch artists she’ll be covering this season. She’s sorry for any butchering, but she’s trying her best.
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The introductory trailer to let you know what this show will be all about, from the content to what you can expect from each episode. Sydney hopes you enjoy the setup to a slow tour through an art gallery with someone who wants to share the experience of taking time to appreciate art.
The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/721654537532915712/general-trailer-transcript
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