• Chasing Beauty

  • Apr 16 2024
  • Length: 47 mins
  • Podcast
  • Summary

  • 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.


    Essential Reading:


    Natalie Dykstra, Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner (2024).


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