To help us explore this, we have invited art historian Bente Scavenius and artist David Risley who, with architect Ane Cortzen as host, select works of visual art in which the window is a central element of the narrative.
Host: Ane Cortzen
Guests: Bente Scavenius and David Risley
The following works are discussed:
1. Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1913: The Tall Windows
2. Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1901: Interior
3. Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1900: Sunbeams or Sunlight
4. Johannes Vermeer, 1662/1663: Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
5. Caspar David Friedrich, 1822: Woman at a Window
6. Edward Hopper, 1942: Nighthawks
7. René Magritte, 1933: La Condition Humaine
8. Henri Matisse, 1905: Open Window
9. Jan van Eyck, 1434: The Arnolfini Portrait
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About the podcast series Iconic Windows in the Arts
In architecture and the visual arts, the significance of the window and of light is evident to most people. What is perhaps less widely known is that windows can also expand the narrative in, for example, film, literature, and music.
In the podcast series Iconic Windows in the Arts, you will meet a range of leading experts and art specialists from different artistic disciplines who, with architect Ane Cortzen as host, select—and explore—works in which the window plays a particularly distinctive role.
The series is developed by VILLUM Window Collection and produced by CultureWorks.
