BBCTreasuresofChinesePorcelain(2011)
InNovember2010,aChinesevaseunearthedinasuburbansemiinPinnersoldatauctionfor£43million-anewrecordforaChineseworkofart.WhyareChinesevasessofamousandsoexpensive?TheanswerliesintheEuropeanobsessionwithChineseporcelainthatbeganinthe16thcentury.
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SamuelCourtauld(7May1876–1December1947)sonofSydneyCourtauld(10March1840–20October1899)andSarahLucySharpe(1844–1906)wasanEnglishindustrialist(great-nephewoftextilemagnateSamuelCourtauld)whoisbestrememberedasanartcollector.HefoundedtheCourtauldInstituteofArtinLondonin1932and,afteraseriesofgiftsduringthe1930s,bequeathedhiscollectiontoituponhisdeath.
Bytheearly20thcentury,t...[
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)TheArtoftheFeast
TheirjourneybeginsinBologna,thecapitalofEmilia-Romagna,oneoftherichestregionsinItaly.TheyfindoutwhythecityisknowaslaDotta(theLearned),laGrassa(theFat)andlaRossa(theRed),whilevisitingitsshops,artinstitutionsandtheoldestuniversityintheworld.AndrewandGiorgioexperiencethesocialandfriendlyatmosphereoftheregionandmeetfishermencastinghugenetsatthemouthoftheriverPo.Fromthere,iti...[
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PaulCezanne(French1839-1906)~FourSeasons
00:00INTRODUCTION
01:32SELF-PORTRAITSANDIMAGESOFCÉZANNE
02:52PORTRAITS
05:53MULTIPLEVIEWPOINTS
08:43ELGRECO
14:12THELAUDER-ANDTHEGUGGENHEIM-MAN
19:33GENRESCENES
21:55THEBATHERS
29:31STILL-LIFES
34:26ONAPPLES
35:57REALISM
41:56PABLOPICASSO
46:17LANDSCAPES
46:49CAMILLEPISSARRO
52:24C&Eacu...[
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