Rebuilding The Renaissance

Episode 329 - The Spanish Steps

Episode 328 - The Trevi Fountain (Rome)

Episode 327 - Answers to Open Questions XXIV

Episode 326 - Borromini’s Sant’Agnese in Agone (Piazza Navona)

Episode 325 - Borromini’s Church of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza

Episode 324 - Borromini’s Oratory of the Filippini

Episode 323 - Borromini’s Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Part II)

Episode 322 - Borromini's Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Episode 321 - The Life of Francesco Borromini

Episode 320 - The Death and Legacy of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Bernini’s “Tomb of Pope Alexander VII”

Episode 318 - Bernini’s “Blessed Ludovica Albertoni”

Bernini’s Bridge of Angels

Episode 316 - Bernini's "Elephant"

Episode 315 - Answers to Open Questions XXIII

Episode 314 - Bernini’s “Equestrian Monument of King Louis XIV”

Episode 313 - Bernini and King Louis XIV

Episode 312 - Bernini’s “Vision of Constantine”

Episode 311 - Bernini’s Scala Regia

Episode 310 - Bernini’s Sant’Andrea al Quirinale in Rome

Episode 309 - Bernini and St. Peter’s Square

Episode 308 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s “Chair of St. Peter”

Episode 307 - Bernini’s “Fountain of the Four Rivers”

Episode 306 - Rome: Piazza Navona

Episode 305 - Bernini's "Ecstasy of St. Teresa" (Part II)

Episode 304 - Bernini’s “Ecstasy of St. Teresa” (Part I)

Episode 303 - Bernini’s “Truth Unveiled by Time”

Episode 302 - Bernini’s Tomb of Pope Urban VIII

Rome: Bernini’s “Triton Fountain”

Episode 300 - Answers to Open Questions XXII

Episode 299 - Bernini’s Towers for St. Peter’s

Episode 298 - The Barberini Palace in Rome – Maderno, Bernini, and Borromini

Bernini’s “St. Bibiana”

Episode 296 - Bernini’s Crossing Piers in St. Peter’s

Episode 295 - Bernini’s “St. Longinus”

Maderno’s “Confessio” in St. Peter’s

Episode 293 - Bernini’s Baldacchino

Episode 292 - Bernini’s “David”

Episode 291 - Bernini’s “Apollo and Daphne”

Episode 290 - Bernini’s “Pluto and Persephone”

Episode 289 - Bernini’s “Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius”

Episode 288 - The Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Episode 287 - The Façade St. Peter’s

Episode 286 - Answers to Open Questions XXI

The Death of Caravaggio

Episode 284 - Caravaggio’s “Martyrdom of St. Ursula”

Episode 283 - Caravaggio’s “Denial of St. Peter”

Episode 282 - Caravaggio's "Adoration of the Shepherds"

Episode 281 - Caravaggio's "The Raising of Lazarus"

Episode 280 - Caravaggio's "Burial of St. Lucy"

Episode 279 - Caravaggio: Back to Black

Episode 278 - Caravaggio’s “The Beheading of St. John the Baptist”

Caravaggio’s “Sleeping Cupid”

Episode 276 - Caravaggio’s “Madonna of the Rosary”

Caravaggio’s “Flagellation”

Episode 274 - Caravaggio’s “Seven Acts of Mercy”

Answers to Open Questions XX

Episode 272 - Caravaggio’s “David with the Head of Goliath”

Caravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus” (2nd Version)

Episode 270 - Caravaggio: Wanted Dead or Alive

Episode 269 - Caravaggio’s St. Jerome (Borghese Gallery)

Episode 268 - Caravaggio’s “Madonna of the Palafrenieri”

Episode 267 - Caravaggio’s “Deposition”

Caravaggio’s “Death of the Virgin”

Caravaggio’s “Madonna of Loreto”

Episode 264 - Caravaggio’s “Amor VIncit Omnia” (“Love Conquers All”)

Podcast 263 - Caravaggio’s “Incredulity of St. Thomas”

Episode 262 - Answers to Open Questions XIX

Episode 261 - Caravaggio’s “St. John the Baptist” and the “Taking of Christ”

Episode 260 - Caravaggio’s “Supper at Emmaus”

Episode 259 - Caravaggio’s “Conversion of St. Paul”

Episode 258 - Caravaggio’s “Crucifixion of St. Peter”

Episode 257 - Caravaggio’s Cerasi Chapel

Episode 256 - Caravaggio’s “St. Matthew and the Angel”

Episode 255 - Caravaggio’s “Calling of St. Matthew”

Episode 254 - Caravaggio’s “Martyrdom of St. Matthew”

Episode 253 - Caravaggio and the Contarelli Chapel

Episode 252 - Caravaggio’s “Rest on the Flight into Egypt,” “Penitent Magdalene,” and “Judith and Holofernes”

Episode 251 - Caravaggio’s Paintings in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Episode 250 - Caravaggio’s Early Works (Sick Bacchus, Boy with Basket of Fruit, Fortune Teller, Cardsharps, Musicians)

Episode 249 - The Life of Caravaggio – The Cursed Painter

Episode 248 - Answers to Open Questions XVIII

Episode 247 - Titian’s “Pietà” (Accademia Gallery, Venice)

Episode 246 - Titian’s “Crowning with Thorns” (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)

Episode 245 - Titian’s “Venus Blindfolding Cupid” (Borghese Gallery, Rome)

Episode 244 - Paolo Veronese’s “Feast in the House of Levi” (Accademia Gallery, Venice)

Episode 243 - Paolo Veronese’s “Wedding Feast at Cana” (Louvre, Paris)

Episode 242 - Paolo Veronese’s Church of San Sebastiano in Venice

Episode 241 – Tintoretto’s Scuola di San Rocco 5 (Chapter Hall Paintings Continued)

Episode 240 – Tintoretto’s Scuola of San Rocco 4 (The Chapter Hall Paintings)

Episode 239 - Tintoretto’s Scuola di San Rocco P. 3 (The Albergo Paintings)

Episode 238 – Tintoretto’s Scuola di San Rocco P. 2 (The Competition)

Episode 237 – Tintoretto’s Scuola of San Rocco (Venice)

Episode 236 – Answers to Open Questions XVII

Gallery of the Maps (Vatican Museums)

Episode 234 – Giambologna’s “Rape of the Sabine” (Piazza della Signoria, Florence)

Vasari’s “Last Judgment” (Florence Cathedral)

Episode 232 - Ammannati’s “Neptune Fountain” (Piazza Signoria, Florence)

Episode 231 - Titian’s “Perseus and Andromeda” (Wallace Collection, London)

Episode 230 – Titian’s “Rape of Europa” (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston)

Episode 229 – Titian’s “Diana and Callisto” (National Galleries, London and Edinburgh)

Episode 228 – Titian’s “Diana and Acteon” (National Galleries, London and Edinburgh)

Episode 227 – Titian’s “Venus and Adonis” (Prado Museum, Madrid)

Episode 226 - Titian’s “Danaë” (Capodimonte Museum, Naples)

Episode 225 - Titian’s “Poesie” Paintings

Episode 224 - Tintoretto’s “Finding of the Body of St. Mark” (Brera Gallery, Milan)

Episode 223 - Tintoretto’s “Stealing of the Body of St. Mark” (Accademia Gallery, Venice)

Episode 222 - Tintoretto’s “Miracle of the Slave” (Accademia Gallery, Venice)

Episode 221 - Michelangelo’s Tomb (Santa Croce, Florence)

Episode 220 - Michelangelo’s “Rondanini Pietà” (Sforza Castle Museum, Milan)

Michelangelo’s “Bandini/Florence Pietà” (Museo dell’Opera, Florence)

Episode 218 - Michelangelo – God’s Architect (The Building of St. Peter’s)

Episode 217 - Michelangelo’s “Crucifixion of St. Peter” (Pauline Chapel)

Episode 216 - Michelangelo’s “Conversion of St. Paul” (Pauline Chapel)

Episode 215 - Cellini’s “Perseus with the Head of Medusa” (Florence)

Answers to Open Questions Part XVI

Episode 213 - Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library in Florence Part III

Episode 212 - Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library in Florence Part II

Episode 211 - Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library in Florence Part I

Episode 210 - Baccio Bandinelli’s “Hercules and Cacus” (Florence)

Episode 209 - Michelangelo’s Last Judgment Part IV

Episode 208 - Michelangelo’s Last Judgment Part III

Episode 207 - Michelangelo’s Last Judgment Part II

Episode 206 - Michelangelo's Last Judgment Part I

Episode 205 - Titian’s “Penitent Magdalene” (Pitti Palace)

Titian’s “Venus of Urbino” (Uffizi Galleries)

Episode 203 - Answers To Open Questions Part 15

Episode 202 - Palazzo Te in Mantua - Part IV (The Room of the Giants)

Episode 201 - Palazzo Te in Mantua - Part III (The Room of Psyche)

200th Episode Celebration!

Episode 199 - The Palazzo Te in Mantua Part II

The Palazzo Te in Mantua

Correggio's "Danaë"

Episode 196 - Correggio's Dome Frescoes in Parma Cathedral

Episode 195 - Correggio's Paintings in the National Gallery of Parma

Episode 194 - Correggio's Dome Fresco in San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma

Episode 193 - Correggio's "Camera di San Paolo" in Parma

Episode 192 - Answers to Open Questions XIII

Episode 191 - The Capponi Altarpiece Part II

Episode 190 - Pontormo's "Capponi Altarpiece" - Part I

Episode 189 - Theory - What Is Mannerism?

Episode 188 - Michelangelo's Unfinished "Slaves" (Accademia Gallery, Florence)

Michelangelo's New Sacristy in Florence Part III

Episode 186 - Michelangelo's New Sacristy in Florence Part II

Episode 185 - Michelangelo's New Sacristy in Florence Part I

Episode 184 - Michelangelo's Facade Model for San Lorenzo (Casa Buonarroti Museum)

Episode 183 - Leonardo da Vinci's Late and Controversial Works

Answers to Open Questions XIII

Raphael's "Transfiguration" (Vatican Museums)

Episode 180 - Rome: The Villa Farnesina - Renaissance Pleasure Palace Part II

Episode 179 - Rome: The Villa Farnesina - Renaissance Pleasure Palace Part I

Episode 178 - Rome - Raphael's Room of the Fire in the Borgo

Episode 177 - Rome - Raphael's Room of Heliodorus

Episode 176 - Rome - Raphael's School of Athens Part III

Episode 175 - Rome - Raphael's "School of Athens" Part II

Episode 174 - Rome - Raphael's "School of Athens" Part I

Episode 173 - Raphael - The Prince of Painters

Episode 172 - Answers to Open Questions XII

Episode 171 - Rome: Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel Ceiling Part VI

Episode 170 - Rome: Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel Ceiling Part V

Episode 169 - Rome: Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel - Part IV

Rome: Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel - Part III

Episode 167 - Rome - Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Part II

Episode 166 - Rome: Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Part I

Episode 165 - Rome: The Basilica of St. Peter

Michelangelo and the Tomb of Julius II

Episode 163 - Venice - Titian's "Assumption" and "Pesaro Altarpiece" in the church of the Frari

Episode 162 - Titian's "Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love"

Episode 161 - Venice: Giorgione's "Tempest" and "La Vecchia"

Episode 160 - Venice - Vittore Carpaccio's "The Legend of St. Ursula"

Episode 159 - Venice: Gentile Bellini, Vittorio Carpaccio and the Relic of the True Cross

Episode 158 - Venice: Giovanni Bellini's "St. Job Altarpiece"

Answers to Open Questions XI

The Divine Michelangelo Part VIII - The Doni Tondo

Leonardo vs. Michelangelo- The Battle of the Battles - Part II

Leonardo vs. Michelangelo- The Battle of the Battles - Part I

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Episode 152 - The Divine Michelangelo Part VII - The David (Part III)

The Divine Michelangelo Part VI - The David (Part II)

Episode 150 - The Divine Michelangelo Part V - The David (Part 1)

Episode 149 - The Divine Michelangelo Part IV - The Pietà

Episode 148 - The Divine Michelangelo Part III - The Bacchus

Episode 147 - Answers to Open Questions - Part X

Episode 146 - The Divine Michelangelo Part II - Madonna of the Stairs / Battle of the Lapiths

Episode 145 - The Divine Michelangelo - Part I

The Brera Gallery in Milan, Italy

Episode 143 - Salvator Mundi and Leonardo da Vinci

Episode 142 - Leonardo da Vinci's Sala delle Asse

Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper - Part 2

Episode 140 - Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper - Part 1

Episode 139 - Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man

Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine

Episode 137 - Leonardo da Vinci and the Bronze Horse

Episode 136 - Answers to Open Questions - Part IX

Episode 135 - Hugo van der Goes' "Portinari Altarpiece" (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)

Episode 134 - Piero della Francesca's "Madonna of the Egg" (Brera Gallery, Milan)

Pienza: The Ideal Renaissance Town

Episode 132 - Florence: Strozzi Palace

Florence - Rucellai Palace

Episode 130 - Florence (Santa Maria Novella): The Tornabuoni Chapel Frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio

Episode 129 - Leonardo da Vinci's 2 "Virgin of the Rocks" (Paris and London)

Answers to Open Questions Part VIII

Episode 127 - Leonardo da Vinci's Resume

Episode 126 - An Interview with Maurizio Seracini -“Leonardo's Adoration of the Magi: The Rediscovery of a Masterpiece”

Florence: Uffizi Gallery - Leonardo da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi

Leonardo da Vinci's "Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci" (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)

Florence: Uffizi Gallery - Leonardo da Vinci's Annunciation

Botticelli's Muse - Simonetta Cattaneo Vespucci

Episode 121 - History - The Pazzi Conspiracy

Episode 120 - Rome: The Sistine Chapel before Michelangelo

Florence: Uffizi Gallery - Botticelli's "Birth of Venus"

Florence: Uffizi Gallery - Botticelli's "Primavera"

Answers to Open Questions VII

Episode 116 - Florence: Andrea del Verrocchio Part II

Florence: Andrea del Verrocchio Part I

Episode 114 - Piero della Francesca’s Flagellation in Urbino

Episode 113 - Piero della Francesca's Paintings in San Sepolcro and Monterchi

Episode 112 - Arezzo: The Legend of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca

Episode 111 - Padua: Andrea Mantegna's frescoes in the Church of the Eremitani

Episode 110 - Padua: Donatello's "Gattamelata" and Statues in the Santo

Episode 109 - Florence: Equestrian Frescoes of John Hawkwood and Niccolò da Tolentino in Florence Cathedral

Answers to Open Questions – Part VI

Episode 107 - Mantua: The Camera degli Sposi by Andrea Mantegna

Episode 106 - Mantua: Basilica of Sant'Andrea

Episode 105 - Florence: The Facade of Santa Maria Novella

Episode 104: Florence: The Basilica of Santo Spirito Part IV

Episode 103 - Florence: The Basilica of Santo Spirito - Part III

Episode 102 - Florence: The Basilica of Santo Spirito - Part II

Florence: The Basilica of Santo Spirito

Episode 100 - The Writing of "Brunelleschi's Basilica: The Building of Santo Spirito in Florence"

Episode 99 - Florence: Penitent Mary Magdalene by Donatello (Museo Dell'Opera del Duomo)

Episode 98: Florence - Uffizi Gallery Early Renaissance Paintings

Episode 97 - An Interview with Nirav Tolia - Part II

An Interview with Nirav Tolia - Part I

Florence: Chapel of the Magi (Medici Palace)

Episode 94 - Florence: The Medici Palace

Florence: The Medici Dynasty

Florence: Last Supper by Andrea del Castagno (Sant'Apollonia)

Episode 91 - Florence: Convent of San Marco - Part II

Episode 90: Florence - The Convent of San Marco - Part I

Answers To Open Questions - Part V

Florence: Donatello's Bronze "David" Part II

Florence: Donatello's Bronze "David" Part I

Episode 86: An Interview with Temple St. Clair - Part II

Episode 85: An Interview with Temple St. Clair - Part I

Episode 84 - Florence: The Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti - Part II

Episode 83: Florence - The Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti - Part I

Episode 82 - Florence: The Cantorie by Luca Della Robbia and Donatello (Cathedral Museum)

Florence: Holy Trinity by Masaccio - Part II

Florence: Holy Trinity by Masaccio

Florence: Brunelleschi's Dome Part II

Episode 78: Florence - Brunelleschi's Dome Part I

Episode 77: Answers to Open Questions - Part IV

Florence - Brancacci Chapel Part II

Florence: The Brancacci Chapel - Part I

Episode 74 - An Interview with Ross King - Part II

An Interview with Ross King - Part I

Florence: Brunelleschi and the Basilica of San Lorenzo

Episode 71 - Florence: Brunelleschi's Old Sacristy

Episode 70 - Theory - Classical Architectural Vocabulary

Episode 69 - 360° With Dr. Peter Weller - Part II

360° With Dr. Peter Weller - Part I

Episode 67 - Florence: Brunelleschi and the Hospital of the Innocents

Episode 66 - Florence: Donatello's Crucifix and Prophet Statues (S. Croce/Museo Del Opera)

Episode 65 - Venice: The Grand Canal and Rialto Bridge

Episode 64 - Venice: Basilica of St. Mark and Doge's Palace

Answers to Open Questions - Part III

Episode 62 - Florence: Donatello's St. George (Bargello)

Episode 61: Florence - Donatello's Marble "David" (Bargello)

Florence - Cathedral Facade Sculptures

Episode 59 - Venice: La Serenissma - The History of the Republic

Episode 58 - Florence: Uffizi Gallery: International Gothic Style Paintings

Episode 57: Florence - North Doors of Florence Baptistry

Episode 56: Florence - Competition Panels (Bargello)

Episode 55: Answers to Open Questions - Part II

Florence: Santa Maria Novella - Strozzi Chapel

Saints and Symbols

Siena: Cathedral Pulpit by Nicola Pisano

Florence - Uffizi Gallery - Medieval Paintings

Episode 50 - 50th Episode Celebration!

Episode 49 - A Renaissance Christmas

Episode 48: Florence - San Miniato al Monte

Episode 47: Pisa - Baptistry Pulpit by Nicola Pisano

Pisa - The Leaning Tower of Pisa

Episode 45: Florence - The Baptistry Part II - Mosaics

Florence - The Baptistry - Part I

Answers To Open Questions - Part I

Theory - Bronze Sculpture

Theory: Marble Sculpture

Episode 40 – Florence: Statues at Orsanmichele

Episode 39 – Florence: Orsanmichele

Episode 38 – Florence: Ponte Vecchio and the Vasari Corridor

Episode 37 - Florence: Santa Maria Novella - The Spanish Chapel - Part II

Episode 36: Florence: Santa Maria Novella - The Spanish Chapel - Part I

Episode 35: San Gimignano: Black Death Paintings in the Collegiata

Episode 34: European History: The Black Death Part II

Episode 33: European History: The Black Death Part I

Episode 32: Padua - The Scrovegni Chapel Part 4: The Passion of Jesus Christ

Padua: The Scrovegni Chapel Part 3: The Life and Mission of Jesus Christ

Episode 30: Padua - The Scrovegni Chapel Part 2: The Last Judgement and the Life of the Virgin Mary

Episode 29: Padua - The Scrovegni Chapel Part 1: History

Florence – Florence Cathedral

Episode 27: Siena – Palio

Siena – The Allegory of Good and Bad Government

Episode 25: Siena – The Day the Virgin Mary Got into Politics (Simone Martini's Maestà)

Episode 24: Siena – The Palazzo Pubblico and Piazza del Campo

Episode 23: Siena – City of the Virgin Mary (Battle of Montaperti/Duccio's Maestà)

Episode 22: Siena - The Building of Siena Cathedral

Siena - The Foundation Myth

Episode 20: Theory - Put it in a Box - Defining the Periods in Western Art History

Episode 19: Theory - Stick it on a Wall - The Art of Fresco Painting

Episode 18: Florence - Giotto's Frescoes in Santa Croce

Florence - Celebrity Tombs in Santa Croce

Florence - The Basilica of Santa Croce

Assisi - The Day the Earth Shook

Episode 14: Assisi - The Basilica of San Francesco

Episode 13: Assisi - St. Francis of Assisi - How A Little Man Changed The World

Florence - Speaking Statues in Piazza della Signoria

Florence - Palazzo Vecchio

Florence - Out of Darkness

Episode 9: Florence - Historical Origins

Episode 8: Ravenna - The Byzantine Empire Strikes Back

Rome - Constantine and Christianity

Rome - The Pantheon

Rome - Bread and Circus

Rome - Blood Sport

Rome - The Colosseum

Episode 2: Rome - Julius Caesar and the Dawn of Empire

Episode 1: Rome - The Foundation Myth