Show Notes
Correggio showed the world of painting that even the invisible could be made visible. The narration for this episode was produced using artificial intelligence. This podcast is researched, written, and produced by the art-loving team at Storywise Studios.
In Vienna hangs a narrow painting in which a cloud embraces a woman—and anyone who looks closely will make out a face in the gray. In this episode, we look behind the work to discover how Correggio, around 1530, solved a problem hardly any painter dared to take on, why a pious prince cut its companion painting to pieces, and why Dresden is now devoting the first major exhibition outside Italy to this nearly forgotten master.
Additional Resources • The work in high resolution: Jupiter and Io at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna • Dive deeper: Jupiter and Io on Wikipedia • More about the artist: Antonio da Correggio on Wikipedia
The three companion paintings in the series: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna – Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle (Wikipedia) Galleria Borghese, Rome – Danaë Gemäldegalerie Berlin – Leda and the Swan
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