Renaissance Fables For The World

Series produced by Daniel Wargo

Caption: 'Apollo And Diana In Waldiger', Credit: Lucas Cranach The Elder
Image by: Lucas Cranach The Elder 
'Apollo And Diana In Waldiger' 

'Renaissance Fables For The World' presents 76 programs of 5 minutes each. We explore the fable literature of four great authors: Leonardo da Vinci, Bartolomeo Scala, Leon Battista Alberti and Bernadino Baldi. These spoken word readings take place within a context of appropriate renaissance music accompaniment.

'Renaissance Fables For The World' explores the literature of the fables written by Leonardo da Vinci, Leon Battista Alberti, Bernadino Baldi and Bartolomeo Scala. This spoken word project brings to life the timeless writings of four great renaissance writers. Each program celebrates an author's contribution to the literature of the western world, and all programs highlight the wit, wisdom and sometimes wary observations of life events, as well as giving us timeless observations on the nature of self during this crucial time in the development of western civilization. Each program is 5 minutes in length. Altogether, there are 76 programs of 'Renaissance Fables For The World' provided for your listener's enjoyment.


76 Pieces

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Caption: 'A Man With A Quilted Sleeve', Credit: Titian
Spoken Word readings of some of the renaissance fables of Bartolomeo Scala. This program is exactly 5 minutes in length, and is part of a series th...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Statue Of Leonardo da Vinci', Credit: Luigi Pampaloni
This program explores some of the renaissance fables of Leonardo da Vinci. It is part of a series that celebrates three other great renaissance wri...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'The Wayfarer', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This series of 76 programs explores the renaissance fables of four great authors. This program presents some of the work of Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 13, 2020
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Caption: 'Venus And Organist And Little Dog', Credit: Titian
This program series has 76 shows each of 5 minutes in length. Four great authors of the Renaissance are explored. This program, through the spoken ...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: 'The Outcast', Credit: Botticelli
This program explores the fables of a great renaissance author, Bartolomeo Scala. It is a spoken word tribute of 5 minutes in length, and part of t...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Cutting The Stone', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This series explores the fables...the renaissance fables of four great authors. This show highlights the work of Leon Battista Alberti...a 'renais...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Self Portrait, Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This program is 5 minutes in length, and celebrates some of the renaissance fables of Leonardo da Vinci.

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'The Mystical Nativity', Credit: Botticelli
This 5 minute program explores through the spoken word the fables of Bartolomeo Scala. Part of the 76 part series here on Public Radio Exchange, th...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: 'The Hermit Saints', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This series presents 76 separate programs of 5 minutes in length. Four great authors of fables from the renaissance are explored here through spoke...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Saint Christopher, Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This 5 minute spoken word program explores the renaissance fables of Bartolomeo Scala, and is accompanied by appropriate musci.

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Salome With The Head Of John The Baptist', Credit: Titian
This 5 minute spoken word program is accompanied by renaissance music, and explores the world of the fable according to Leon Battista Alberti...a t...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Death And The Miser', Credit: Hieronymus Bosch
This 5 minute program is on of 76 in this series. We explore more of the fables of a great renaissance man...Bartolomeo Scala through spoken word a...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Study Of A Horse', Credit: Leonnardo da Vinci
This 5 minute exploration of Leonardo da Vinci's fables is part of the series of 76 programs available here on Public Radio Exchange.

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Touched By The Devil', Credit: Hieronymus Bosh
This spoken word program explores some of the timeless, and profound fables of Bartolomeo Scala. He was a true 'renaissance man', and his literatur...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'The Annunciation', Credit: Fra Angelico
This 5 minute spoken word program presents some of the fables of Bernadino Baldi...one of the four authors explored in this series. His work is tim...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: The Queen Of Sheba Meets With King Solomon, Credit: Piero della Francesca
This program devotes itself to more of the fables of Bartolomeo Scala. Prolific and dedicated, Scala's literature lives today.

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: 'Sacred And Profane Love', Credit: Titian
This 5 minute program highlights some of the fables written by Leon Battista Alberti. One of the three great fablists of the renaissance, this show...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Self Portrait', Credit: Jean Fouquet
This 5 minute program is a spoken word account of some of the incredible fables written by Bartolomeo Scala.

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Lady With An Ermine', Credit: Leonardo da Vinci
This 5 minute program brings to your audience the fables of Leonardo da Vinci. Part of the spoken word series of 76 programs, we explore some of th...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: 'Magnificato', Credit: Botticelli
This program is 5 minutes of spoken word that presents the living fables of the prolific humanitarian...Bartolomeo Scala. Part of the series that c...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:00