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Adventures of Ulysses in an Italian Renaissance Hope Chest (89)
Adventures of Ulysses in an Italian Renaissance Hope Chest (89)
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10 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2018
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Podcast episode
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http://ancientartpodcast.org/89
In this excerpt from a recent tour, I explore some of the highlights from Homer's Odyssey in a 15th century Florentine painting and learn a little about Italian Renaissance marriage and fidelity. Names and terms dropped: Homer, Odysseus, Penelope, Nausica, cyclops, Polyphemus, the Sirens, Hermes, moly, Circe, Calypso, Argos, Apollonio di Giovanni, James Joyce, Trojan War, Tuscan, gilding; important terms not dropped: cassone.
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Featured Work of Art:
Apollonio di Giovanni
Italian, 1415/17-1465
The Adventures of Ulysses, 1435/45
42 x 131.7 cm (16 3/4 x 51 7/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.1006
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Released:
Jan 14, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
3 (HD): A Donkey-headed Rhyton: Using a particularly delightful example from the Art Institute of Chicago, we look at the history of the Ancient Greek rhyton (drinking cup) from its involvement in heroic warrior feasts and sacrifices to the drinking parties of 5th Century B.C. Athens. by Ancient Art Podcast, Ancient Worlds