Sound Thoughts on Art

Guitarist Sonia De Los Santos hails from Mexico, where as a child she was exposed to different musical influences. In Auguste Renoir’s “Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar,” De Los Santos sees echoes of her younger self. Her song “Sueña” is an ode to dreams. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/sonia-de-los-santos-auguste-renoir-young-spanish-woman-guitar.html Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.  Image credit: Auguste Renoir, “Young Spanish Woman with a Guitar” (detail), 1898, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.76   Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS  National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks      ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART  The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.  More National Gallery of Art Content:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart   Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/

Maria Schneider composed “Bulería, Soleá y Rumba” in the wake of a cancer diagnosis. Inspired by American artists such as Robert Henri and George Bellows, Schneider discusses “art for life’s sake” that tells a story of people—like the evocative figures in Bellows’s The Lone Tenement. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/maria-schneider-george-bellows-lone-tenement.html Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.  Image credit: George Bellows, "The Lone Tenement," (detail) 1909, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.83   Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS  National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks      ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART  The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.  More National Gallery of Art Content:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart   Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/

This work reminds jazz trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis of the proud, hard-working generations that raised him. A history of struggle may suggest the minor key, but Marsalis ultimately chose upbeat music to celebrate those who fought and made it work. Find full transcript and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/delfeayo-marsalis-hawkins-bolden-untitled.html Image credit: Hawkins Bolden, Untitled, 1980/1987, shovel head, garden hose, and wire, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons’ Permanent Fund and Gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.28.10 Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.   Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks   ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.   More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/

Violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved and National Gallery director Kaywin Feldman discuss Hieronymus Bosch’s “Death and the Miser” and its symbolism of contrast: light and dark, life and death. Skærved plays a 17th-century violin sonatina that echoes similar contrasts of sensuality and fatality, beauty and mortality. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/peter-sheppard-skaerved-hieronymus-bosch-death-miser.html Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.  Image credit: Hieronymus Bosch, Death and the Miser (detail), c. 1485/1490, oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.33   Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?  National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS  National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks      ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART  The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.  More National Gallery of Art Content:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart   Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/

Musician Daniel Ho spent much of his childhood on the water, so he relates to Thomas Cole’s river paintings. Ho responds to Voyage of Life with an original suite. Starting with simple harmonies to represent childhood, he gradually introduces complexity.  Find full transcript and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/daniel-ho-thomas-cole-voyage-life-series.html.  Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686.   Image credit: Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood, 1842, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.16.1 Still haven’t subscribed to our YouTube channels?  National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS  National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks  ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART  The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.  More National Gallery of Art Content:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart  Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/  Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/