Ceramics A Fragile History – The Art of the Potter ep.3
Towards the end of the 19th century, a group of craftsmen decided to break the monopoly of the great ceramic factories.
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Towards the end of the 19th century, a group of craftsmen decided to break the monopoly of the great ceramic factories.
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Second film charts the rags to riches-to-rags epic of Stoke-on-Trent, a city built on clay and the heart of Britain’s once world-beating ceramics empire.
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The first film in this three-part series looks at a history of domestic pottery in Britain from Tudor times onwards, tracing the evolution of its different techniques and styles, and examining what our pots can tell us in intimate detail how preceding generations lived and saw themselves.
Ceramics A Fragile History – The Story of Clay ep.1 Read More »
Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even altered the course of history.
A History of Art in Three Colours Read More »
Dr James Fox takes a journey through six different landscapes across Britain, meeting artists whose work explores our relationship to the natural world.
Forest, Field & Sky: Art out of Nature Read More »
Titian’s genius and significance in European art are undisputed. Trained at the Giovanni Bellini workshop and influenced by working together with Giorgione, he came to a masterly use of colour, light and shade.
Writer and poet Owen Sheers explores British art and literature inspired by the high seas – Art of the sea
Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels from southern to northern Spain to tell the story of some of Europe’s most exciting and vital art.
Andrew Graham-Dixon combines an appreciation of Chinese art with a journey of discovery around the country, seeking to understand the works in their historical context.