A Little Curious #2: Donatello's Mary Magdalene

A Little Curious #2: Donatello's Mary Magdalene

Welcome to A Little Curious, a series of special episodes that will provide you will short and sweet bonus content about the unexpected, the slightly odd, and the strangely wonderful in art history. A Little Curious will publish in our season's "off" weeks. Enjoy!

This week’s topic: Donatello’s rule-breaking Mary Magdalene.

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Episode Credits

Production and Editing by Kaboonki. Social media assistance by Emily Crockett.  Image: Penitent Magdalene, by Donatello (c. 1455)

Additional music credits

"Angle of Light" by David Hilowitz is licensed under BY-NC 4.0. Show Music: "Night Rider 2 (ID 992)" by Lobo Loco is licensed under BY-NC-NC 4.0. Ad Music: "My Algo2" by Yan Terrian is licensed under BY-SA 4.0; "Jingle Jazz" by Quantum Jazz is licensed under BY-SA 3.0

Recommended Reading

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Links and further resources

The Wall Street Journal: Donatello's Sublime Enigma

Episode #42: Shock Art: Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes (Season 4, Episode 3)

Episode #42: Shock Art: Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes (Season 4, Episode 3)

Episode #41: Shock Art: Edouard Manet's Olympia (Season 4, Episode 2)

Episode #41: Shock Art: Edouard Manet's Olympia (Season 4, Episode 2)

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