{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Portrait of a Noblewoman by Lavinia Fontana","description":"  In honor of Women\u2019s History Month, we find out about trailblazer Lavinia Fontana, a celebrity artist in Renaissance Italy. Her portraits were all the rage among the nobility of Bologna and with the help of a supportive (and broad-minded) husband\/business manager, she became the first professional woman artist.&amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp;   SHOW NOTES   \u201cA Long Look\u201d opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas: \u201cAscension\u201d  https:\/\/youtu.be\/jGEdNSNkZoo  and \u201cEasy\u201d  https:\/\/youtu.be\/2QGe6skVzSs   &amp;nbsp;   Episode music: \u201cRondeau\u201d and \u201cMy Mistress is as Fine as Faire \u201d performed by John Sayles   \u201cGoldberg Variations, BWV 988 - 13 - Variatio 12 Canone alla Quarta\u201d composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Kimiko Ishizaka.&amp;nbsp;  http:\/\/www.jsayles.com\/familypages\/earlymusic.htm  https:\/\/musopen.org\/music\/4107-goldberg-variations-bwv-988\/   &amp;nbsp;   Artwork information&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/nmwa.org\/art\/collection\/portrait-noblewoman\/   &amp;nbsp;   Self-portrait&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=15883827   &amp;nbsp;   Lavinia Fontana information  https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/press\/acquisitions\/2022\/lavinia-fontana.html https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/stories\/lavinia-fontana-and-lucia-bonasoni-garzoni-two-professional-women.html https:\/\/www.theartstory.org\/artist\/fontana-lavinia\/  &amp;nbsp;   National Museum for Women in the Arts https:\/\/nmwa.org\/  https:\/\/nmwa.org\/nmwa-at-home\/   &amp;nbsp;   Lavinia Fontana: Pioneering Painter of the 16th Century (Getty)  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rgeDGtF11KY   &amp;nbsp;   Lavinia Fontana of Bologna, 1552-1614   Catalog for exhibition of the same name, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1998     Comments or questions are welcome at  alonglookpodcast.com ","author_name":"A Long Look Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/alonglook.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26338311\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/148833135"}