Vermeer's The Milkmaid

Long Live Bat Art

Sydney has stopped at The Milkmaid for today’s episode. This artwork was painted by Johannes Vermeer and shows a woman pouring milk. That might not seem interesting, but take a chance and listen to Sydney describe the scene and the beauty of the mundane painted by her favorite artist. Sydney has loved Vermeer since early childhood and listen as she explains why. Sydney also touches on her philosophy of nicknames, her belief of how humans have always been human, and a few other topics. The sources used for the information on Vermeer are: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johannes-Vermeer http://www.essentialvermeer.com/palette/palette_vermeer'_palette.html#.WM7coBIrJE5 https://web.archive.org/web/20121105004640/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73409194.html The transcript of this episode can be found at https://longlivebatart.tumblr.com/post/722131043782672384/episode-1-vermeers-the-milkmaid-transcript. Artist biography: 0:50 Description of art: 5:23 Thoughts: 9:19 Challenge: 11:13 Follow Long Live Bat Art on twitter, instagram, and tumblr https://twitter.com/LongLiveBatArt https://instagram.com/longlivebatart https://www.tumblr.com/longlivebatart. Music: Intro and outro music- soda pop Transitional music between segments- Atlantis Underlying music for speaking- Mountain Breeze https://www.purple-planet.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sydney0890/message