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Art of France

The Art of France – documentary

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In Art of France, Andrew Graham Dixon takes viewers on a stunning visual journey through French art history in this 3 part documentary. Part 1 – Plus Ca Change     Art historian and critic Andrew Graham-Dixon opens this series with the dramatic story of French art, a story of the most powerful kings ever to rule in Europe with their glittering palaces and astounding art to go in them. He also reveals how art emerged from a struggle between tradition and revolution, between rulers and a people who didn’t always want to be ruled. Starting with the first great revolution in […]

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Great Artists episode 8 – Delacroix

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Delacroix Delacroix is France’s greatest romantic painter – an artist who challenged to rigid classicism of the previous generation, injecting a degree of fluidity and unpredictability to his art. He established a taste for the exotic in European art, influenced by his travels in North Africa, as in his famous Women of Algiers in their Apartment.     He is often considered to be the last great history painter of European art, producing the iconic Liberty Leading the People, a work which encapsulates the revolutionary turmoil of his day. Great Artists This major 26-part series takes a fresh look at

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