{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61168564926b7100124612a7/661440bf1b99f60018fea30b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Chasing Beauty","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61168564926b7100124612a7/1712603179043-36f787894c5451f5f1f6c6717b049f07.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>There are a few people that embody a period. Isabella Stewart Gardner knew many of the the movers and shakers of the Gilded Age and lived from 1840-1924. Her story, and her compulsion to buy the art of the age, makes her a great lens through which to understand the Gilded Age. Dr. Natalie Dykstra joins the show to discuss her latest biography of Bella.</p><p><br></p><p>Essential Reading:</p><p><br></p><p>Natalie Dykstra, <a href=\"https://www.nataliedykstra.com/chasing-beauty-isabella-stewart-gardner-biography/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner</em></a> (2024).</p>","author_name":"Michael Patrick Cullinane"}