Fig Leaves & A Grumpy Jesus: Renaissance to Baroque Art

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Have you ever wandered through a museum and thought: Why is the Virgin Mary always dressed in blue? Did they really use eggs in egg tempera—and did it make those paintings smell weird? And why, for some reason, does baby Jesus sometimes look like a tiny grumpy old man? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Verity Babbs, art historian and comedian, who is on a mission to shake the dust off art history. They take a whirlwind tour from the Renaissance through to the Baroque, taking in fig leaves, duels and murder. MORE: Durer: The Great Renaissance Artist The Tudors' Portrait Artist: Holbein Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow…