Followingabriefperiodofdecline,theentrepreneurialandindustriousregionoftheLowCountriesroseagaintobecomeaculturalleaderinthemodernage.Despiteitssmallandalmostinsignificantsizeitproducedimportantforward-thinkingartistslikeVanGogh,Mondrian,MagritteandDelvaux,whochangedthefaceofartforever.
Andrew'sjourneytakeshimtoaremotebeachinnorthwestHollandthatinspiredMondrian'stransitiontohisnow-renowned...[
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AndrewGraham-DixonlooksathowtheseeminglypeacefulcountriesofHollandandBelgium-famousfortheirtulipsandwindmills,musselsandchips-wereinfactforgedinacrucibleofconflictanddivision.HeexamineshowaperiodofeconomicboomdrivenforthefirsttimebyaburgeoningandsecularmiddleclassledtotheDutchgoldenageofthe17thcentury,creatingnotonlytheconceptofoilpaintingitself,butthemasterpaintersRembrandtandVermeercombinin...[
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AndrewGraham-DixonshowshowtheartofRenaissanceFlandersevolvedfromthecraftofprecioustapestrieswithintheDuchyofBurgundyintoaleadingpaintingschoolinitsownright.StartinghisjourneyatthemagnificentaltarpieceofGhentCathedralcreatedbytheVanEyckbrothers,Andrewexplainstheirgroundbreakinginnovationinoilpaintingandmarvelsathowthecolourstheyobtainedcanstillremainsovibranttoday.
Andrewdescribeshow,inthe...[
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VisionandtheArtist-ProfessorWilliamAyliffe
Visualdisordersaffectthewaywesee,andthereforewouldbeexpectedtoinfluencehowwedepicttheworldindrawingsandpaintings.Thisfascinatingsubjectisexploredusingimagescreatedbyartistswithknowndefects.Weexaminehowpossibledefectsinthevisionofartistsforwhomwehavelittleinformationabouttheireyesight,mightexplainhowtheyproducedtheirindividualstyle.Howthephysiolog...[
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Withintheinterlinked'modern'worldsofEurope,Americaandtheirempires,landscapepaintingslowlyrosetoapositionofdominanceamongthegenres.Thisnodoubtmeantthatlandscapes,paintedandactual,wererecruitedtoservetheinterestsorepitomizethewishesofstatesandpeoples.'National'landscapeswerecalledontoconfirm,andintensify,thenaturalnessofimaginedcommunities.Thislecture,however,looksprimarilyataspectsoflandscapep...[
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TheexquisiteRosslynChapelisamasterpieceinstone.ItusedtobeoneofScotland'sbestkeptsecrets,butitbecameworld-famouswhenitwasfeaturedinDanBrown'stheDaVinciCode.
ArthistorianHelenRosslyn,whosehusband'sancestorbuiltthechapelover500yearsago,istheguideonajourneyofdiscoveryaroundthisperfectgemofabuilding.Extraordinarycarvingsofgreenmen,invertedangelsandmysteriousmasonicmarksbegthequestionsofwhereth...[
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Fortheveryfirstcivilisationsandalsoourown,theyellowlustreofgoldisthemostalluringandintoxicatingcolourofall.Fromthemidstofpre-historytoabunkerdeepbeneaththeBankofEngland,DrJamesFoxrevealshowgoldentreasuresmadeacrosstheagesreflecteverythingwehaveheldassacred.
Firstbroadcast:01Aug2012.
2/3DrJamesFoxexploreshow,inthehandsofartists,thecoloursgold,blueandwhitehavestirredouremotions,changedt...[
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ThelateMichaelMatthews(actor)intheplay'Klaagliederen'(Lamentations)ofGerardjanRijnders(stagedirector)1994;Myron,Praxitiles,Socrates,Plato,LeonardodaVinci,Apollo,Dionysos,Lysippos,Polykleitos,Vitruvius,FriedrichNietzsche
Sculptures:
00:35David-Michelangelo,01:50VenusdeMilo-AlexandrosofAntioch,02:27LadyofAuxerre-unknown,02:48kouroi(KleobisandBiton)-PolymedesofArgos,03:20Charioteer-Polyzaloso...[
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