Fig Leaves & A Grumpy Jesus: Renaissance to Baroque Art
Why is the Virgin Mary always dressed in blue? Does egg tempera smell?
Have you ever wandered through a museum and thought: Why is the Virgin Mary always dressed in blue? Did they really use eggs in egg tempera鈥攁nd did it make those paintings smell weird? And why, for some reason, does baby Jesus sometimes look like a tiny grumpy old man?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Verity Babs, art historian and comedian, who is on a mission to shake the dust off art history. They take a whirlwind tour from the Renaissance through to the Baroque, taking in fig leaves, duels and murder.
Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.
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