Japan’s Non-Nuclear Principles, Revenge in Nigeria, Sargent and Velazquez at the Prado

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On this week’s history podcast we look at the reality of Japan’s “non-nuclear” policy; we discuss the possible role of revenge in the massacre in Jos, Nigeria on March 7, and we go behind the scenes at the Prado Museum in Madrid to explore the relationship between a 19th century American masterpiece and a 17th century Spanish one. Download MP3

American masterpiece at the Prado

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One of America’s most beloved paintings goes on display next to the Spanish masterpiece that inspired it at the Prado Museum in Madrid. Anchor Marco Werman has more. Download MP3

• View pictures of the paintings at the Prado
• On The World: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
• Prado Museum

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

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Anchor Marco Werman talks with Erica Hirshler, a Senior Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston about the Parisian background of painter John Singer Sargent’s 1882 masterpiece “The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit.” Download MP3

• Sargent’s Daughters by Erica Hirshler and John Singer Sargent
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery