{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61168564926b7100124612a7/6953663309314afbec398620?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"111: The Best of: Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner ","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>Natalie Dykstra,&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(2024).</p><p><br></p><p>The webpage for Clara Endicott Sear's Fruitland Museum can be found at <a href=\"https://thetrustees.org/place/fruitlands-museum/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thetrustees.org/place/fruitlands-museum/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Michael Patrick Cullinane"}