{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"St. Francis at the Frick Collection","description":"Meet St. Francis, who\u2019s in the middle of receiving a\u2026um\u2026complicated divine visitation. This wealthy young party lover and man about town gave it all up to live a more meaningful life and lead others to embrace self-sacrifice, love nature, and encourage peace.&amp;nbsp; In today\u2019s episode we find out how his spiritual devotion led to this rather mixed blessing and why he\u2019s one of the most popular saints.&amp;nbsp; If you want to follow along, you can find it at here  on the Frick Collection\u2019s site. Photo of St. Francis in gallery https:\/\/www.frick.org\/blogs\/middle_ground_bellini_breuer SHOW NOTES&amp;nbsp; \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 Episode music:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; \u201cByrd O Magnum Mysterium\u201d by William Byrd. Performed by Ensemble Morales https:\/\/musopen.org\/music\/10537-o-magnum-mysterium\/ \u201cAle and Anecdotes\u201d by Darren Curtis | https:\/\/www.darrencurtismusic.com\/  Music promoted on https:\/\/www.chosic.com\/free-music\/all\/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/ Artwork information&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/collections.frick.org\/objects\/39\/st-francis-in-the-desert  https:\/\/www.frick.org\/interact\/miniseries\/cocktails_curator\/bellinis_st_francis_desert St. Francis info  https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_of_Assisi#Character_and_legacy  https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Saint-Francis-of-Assisi#ref2420 In a New Light\u202f: Giovanni Bellini\u2019s \u201cSt. Francis in the Desert.\u201d Rutherglen, Susannah et al. New York: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited, London, 2014. \u201cCocktails with A Curator\u201d St. Francis in the Desert  https:\/\/www.frick.org\/interact\/miniseries\/cocktails_curator\/bellinis_st_francis_desert \u201cCanticle of the Creatures\u201d https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canticle_of_the_Sun Meaning of stigmata  https:\/\/www.franciscantradition.org\/blog\/78-feast-of-the-stigmata-of-saint-francis Transcript available 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\/27027108\/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\/153255630"}