Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson on the history of portrait painting. She then applies this context to some Robert Lowell poems: “Randall Jarrell” 1, 2, & 3, “Charles V by Titian,” and “Rembrandt.”
Part 1 (Biography & Overview) Starts: 00.00
Part 2 (Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson) Starts: 10:43
Part 3 (Four Poems) Starts: 20:38
Dr. Beebe’s LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-beebe
Emily Dickinson: A Companion: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/emily-dickinson/
12-Question Survey for Readers: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R2TGWNM
Dr. Lisot-Nelson is an associate professor of art history at UTT.
She specializes in Renaissance and Baroque art, and also teaches courses on women in art, ancient Greek, Roman, early Christian, Medieval and Latin American art.
Her research interests include artworks representing marginalized populations such as illegitimate children, refugees, slaves and servants.
Dr. Lisot-Nelson presents academic papers on artists such as Federico Barocci, Raphael, Titian, Ghirlandaio and Velázquez.
Forthcoming fall 2023: "The Jewish Bride and Oriental Concubine: Raphael's Donna Velata (Veiled Woman) and La Fornarina (Baker's Daugher)" in Renaissance Papers 2022:
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781640141643/renaissance-papers-2022/
“Refugees of War: Federico Barocci’s Aeneas Fleeing Troy, Classical Antecedents to Contemporary Issues” journal article in: Konsthistorisk Tidskrift / Journal of Art History, Routledge: Taylor & Francis Publisher, Vol. 89, Issue 1 (2020): 33-56.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00233609.2020.1742786
Resources:
“Equestrian Portrait of Charles V” by Titian (1548) https://www.titian.org/equestrian-portrait-of-charles-v.jsp
“The Jewish Bride” by Rembrandt (1665-1669) https://smarthistory.org/rembrandt-jewish-bride/
“Bathsheba at her Bath” by Rembrandt (1654) https://www.rembrandtpaintings.com/bathsheba-at-her-bath.jsp
“Randall Jarrell” by Betty Watson (1963) https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2007.171
Robert Lowell reads “Skunk Hour” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSlcc2b02yc
Lowell, Robert. Collected Poems. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2007.
Lowell, Robert and Elizabeth Bishop. Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2010.
Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson on the history of portrait painting. She then applies this context to some Robert Lowell poems: “Randall Jarrell” 1, 2, & 3, “Charles V by Titian,” and “Rembrandt.”
Part 1 (Biography & Overview) Starts: 00.00
Part 2 (Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson) Starts: 10:43
Part 3 (Four Poems) Starts: 20:38
Dr. Beebe’s LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-beebe
Emily Dickinson: A Companion: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/emily-dickinson/
12-Question Survey for Readers: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R2TGWNM
Dr. Lisot-Nelson is an associate professor of art history at UTT.
She specializes in Renaissance and Baroque art, and also teaches courses on women in art, ancient Greek, Roman, early Christian, Medieval and Latin American art.
Her research interests include artworks representing marginalized populations such as illegitimate children, refugees, slaves and servants.
Dr. Lisot-Nelson presents academic papers on artists such as Federico Barocci, Raphael, Titian, Ghirlandaio and Velázquez.
Forthcoming fall 2023: "The Jewish Bride and Oriental Concubine: Raphael's Donna Velata (Veiled Woman) and La Fornarina (Baker's Daugher)" in Renaissance Papers 2022:
https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781640141643/renaissance-papers-2022/
“Refugees of War: Federico Barocci’s Aeneas Fleeing Troy, Classical Antecedents to Contemporary Issues” journal article in: Konsthistorisk Tidskrift / Journal of Art History, Routledge: Taylor & Francis Publisher, Vol. 89, Issue 1 (2020): 33-56.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00233609.2020.1742786
Resources:
“Equestrian Portrait of Charles V” by Titian (1548) https://www.titian.org/equestrian-portrait-of-charles-v.jsp
“The Jewish Bride” by Rembrandt (1665-1669) https://smarthistory.org/rembrandt-jewish-bride/
“Bathsheba at her Bath” by Rembrandt (1654) https://www.rembrandtpaintings.com/bathsheba-at-her-bath.jsp
“Randall Jarrell” by Betty Watson (1963) https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2007.171
Robert Lowell reads “Skunk Hour” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSlcc2b02yc
Lowell, Robert. Collected Poems. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2007.
Lowell, Robert and Elizabeth Bishop. Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2010.