The Bedroom by Pieter de Hooch

Well, here we are my friends, the 100th and final episode! 

We go back to where it all started, the National Gallery of Art, for a look at one of Pieter de Hooch's idealized depictions of what a Dutch household was supposed to be. This cozy home may have been more wishful thinking than reality, though! 

We'll find out how an embarrassing meeting helped create the Gallery! And I'll share final thoughts and thank yous and a few podcast recommendations I think you'll really like (listed below).

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SHOW NOTES

"A Long Look" themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and "At the Cafe with You" by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/

Episode Music
"The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869 - Prelude No. 19 in A major, BWV 864" composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed by Kimiko Ishizaka. Courtesy of musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/43466-the-well-tempered-clavier-book-i-bwv-846-869

"Hand in Space" by Quantum Jazz
https://archive.org/details/jamendo-046377

Artwork information
https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1172-bedroom

https://www.nga.gov/research/publications/online-editions/dutch-paintings-seventeenth-century-bedroom-16581660

Pieter de Hooch information
"Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684" by Peter C. Sutton (Archive.org)
https://archive.org/details/pieterdehooch16200sutt

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/de-hooch-pieter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_de_Hooch

"Public and Private Life in the Art of Pieter de Hooch" by Martha Hollander (JSTOR)
Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art 51 (2000): 272–93. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24706499

Women in Dutch life
"The Embarrassment of Riches" by Simon Schama (Bookshop.org)

Gallery history
https://www.nga.gov/about-us/our-history

https://www.doaks.org/resources/cultural-philanthropy/national-gallery-of-art

"America's National Gallery of Art" by Philip Kopper (Internet Archive)
https://archive.org/details/americasnational0000kopp/americasnational0000kopp

Jazz in the Garden
https://www.nga.gov/calendar/jazz-garden

"The Mill" by Rembrandt
https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1201-mill

The Object Podcast--Minneapolis Institute of Art
https://new.artsmia.org/the-object-podcast

The Modern Art Notes Podcast
https://manpodcast.com
Tyler Greene presents in-depth discussions with artists about their practice and curators about current shows for a fascinating look at today's art world.

Immaterial
https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/series/immaterial-podcast
The Metropolitan of Art's limited series podcast tells us surprising stories about the stuff art is made from.