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Metalworks episode 1 - The Golden Age of Silver

Metalworks episode 1 – The Golden Age of Silver

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Metalworks episode 1 – The Golden Age of Silver: Dan Cruickshank visits Britain’s finest country houses, museums and factories as he uncovers the 18th- and 19th-century fascination with silver. Delving into an unsurpassed era of shimmering opulence, heady indulgence and conspicuous consumption, Dan discovers the Georgian and Victorian obsession with this tantalising precious metal which represented status, wealth and excellent […]

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Mary Beard's Forbidden Art episode 2

Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art episode 2

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Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art episode 2: Mary unpacks the complex subject of art and ideology, considering a range of very different works that have challenged the political and social status quo, expressing opinions and attitudes that many have wanted to silence – and even erase.     She examines artwork ranging from the etchings of Otto Dix, banned by the

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Civilisation episode 6 - Protest and Communication

Civilisation episode 6 – Protest and Communication

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Civilisation episode 6 – Protest and Communication: Kenneth Clark investigates the Protestant Reformation in northern Europe. He looks at Holbein, Thomas Moore, Erasmus, the printing press and Durer.     Kenneth Clark’s classic 1969 series tracing the history of Western art and philosophy.   Civilisation episode 6 – Protest and Communication   Albrecht Dürer sometimes spelt in English as Durer

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Mary Beard's Forbidden Art episode 1

Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art episode 1

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Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art episode 1: Classicist and broadcaster Professor Mary Beard explores a broad range of thought-provoking and sometimes controversial works of art that tackle unsettling subjects – works that have been fought over, removed from view or simply ‘forbidden’. She delves into the questions of what, why and how art gets forbidden, who gets to decide and how

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Andy Warhol's America episode 3

Andy Warhol’s America episode 3

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Andy Warhol’s America episode 3: The final episode sees a much more cautious Warhol: a man obsessed with money and security as he reflects on the upper echelons of American society, drag queens and racism.     Documentary looking at the history of 20th-century America through the life and career of Andy Warhol. This three-part series, richly supplemented with archive

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Andy Warhol's America episode 2: Charting Andy Warhol’s response to major events in the Sixties and how he faced his own nightmare when he was shot by an associate.

Andy Warhol’s America episode 2

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Andy Warhol’s America episode 2: Charting Andy Warhol’s response to major events in the Sixties and how he faced his own nightmare when he was shot by an associate.     Documentary looking at the history of 20th-century America through the life and career of Andy Warhol. This three-part series, richly supplemented with archive footage and talking heads, starts by

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Andy Warhol's America episode 1

Andy Warhol’s America episode 1

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Andy Warhol’s America episode 1: Documentary looking at the history of 20th-century America through the life and career of Andy Warhol. Episode one examines the artist’s childhood in Pittsburgh and his rise from poverty to wealth and fame in New York City in the 1950s. Warhol establishes his name by making everyday foodstuff the subject of his work, and in

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Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life

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Quentin Blake – The Drawing of My Life: The illustrator and author paints scenes from a 70-year-long career, including his work with Roald Dahl. With David Walliams, Joanna Lumley, Peter Capaldi, Ore Oduba and Michael Rosen.     In this celebration of one of Britain’s best-loved artists, the illustrator and author Sir Quentin Blake tells the story of his 70-year-long

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Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance

Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance

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Steps of Freedom – The Story of Irish Dance: Across the world, Irish dance has captivated people’s imaginations, with millions of people in more than 60 countries learning the style, and hundreds of millions more having watched it on TV and on stage. This documentary tells the story of how it evolved from a traditional peasant dance to become a

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The Art Mysteries episode 4

The Art Mysteries episode 4

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The Art Mysteries episode 4: The Card Players is one of Cezanne’s best-known pictures, but it is also one of his most mysterious. Why did the so-called father of modern art paint two old men hunched over a game of cards? What is the picture trying to tell us?     By exploring Cezanne’s puzzling religious beliefs and his passion

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The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak episode 3

The Art Mysteries episode 3

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The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak episode 3: The Vision After the Sermon is a painting full of symbolism and mystery. But what does Gauguin’s famous work have to do with a 17-year-old girl called Madeleine, with Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, and with sumo wrestlers?     Waldemar Januszczak reveals all as he investigates Gauguin’s epic religious painting about good

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The Art Mysteries episode 2

The Art Mysteries episode 2

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The Art Mysteries episode 2: Hanging in the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Seurat’s Les Poseuses is probably his least-known painting. It is also a picture brimming with codes and hidden meanings. It shows three nudes in the artist’s studio, but included in the background is Seurat’s famous masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.    

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