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Mary Beard's Forbidden Art episode 2

Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art episode 2

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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Mary Beard's Forbidden Art episode 1

Mary Beard’s Forbidden Art episode 1

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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Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude episode 2

Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude episode 2

Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude episode 2: Mary Beard takes on one of the foundation stones of western art – the nude.     Mary gives a deeply personal take on how artists have depicted the naked body, from the ancient Greeks to the taboo-busting painters and sculptors of today. Just why are artists so interested in nudity? And

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Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude episode 1

Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude episode 1

Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude episode 1: With distinctive wit and flair, Mary Beard takes a personal view of the nude in western art and its troubling power to provoke ideas about gender, sex and moral transgression.     In the first programme her provocative two-part essay, classicist and broadcaster Mary Beard takes on the nude. As she says

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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 3 - Behind Closed Doors

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 3 – Behind Closed Doors

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 3 – Behind Closed Doors: We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome – a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from Scotland to Afghanistan, dominating the West for over 700 years. Professor Mary Beard puts aside the stories of emperors and armies, guts and gore, to meet

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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 2 - Streetlife

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 2 – Streetlife

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 2 – Streetlife: Professor Mary Beard discovers the crime and slum conditions in the world’s first high-rise city.     In this programme, Mary descends into the city streets to discover the dirt, crime, sex and slum conditions in the world’s first high-rise city. This Rome is not the marble Rome we know,

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Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 1 - All Roads Lead to Rome

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 1 – All Roads Lead to Rome

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard episode 1 – All Roads Lead to Rome: Historical series looking at the Roman empire from the bottom up. Professor Mary Beard traces the story of several ordinary yet remarkable Roman citizens.     We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome – a city at the heart of a vast empire that

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Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 3

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 4

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 4: In the fourth and final episode, Mary tackles the biggest puzzle of all: why, and how, did the Roman Empire fall? Surveying the massive walls and fortifications of Britain and Germany, she discovers an empire under pressure, struggling to control its borders.     Mary seeks to redefine our understanding of

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Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 3

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 3

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 3: In the third episode Mary takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. What did it mean to be, or to become, Roman, and how did the very different parts of the empire react to Roman rule?     In the beautifully preserved cities

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Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 2

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 2

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 2: In the second episode, Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire, and finds surprising parallels with our own world.     Setting out in the footsteps of the emperor Hadrian, she discovers a vast empire bound together by a common material culture, and a globalised economy of such

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Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 1

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 1

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 1: How could a mediocre city in central Italy come to dominate such a huge area? What held the empire together and tore it apart? Mary Beard takes in the history and archaeology of the ancient world.     In this first episode, Mary Beard reaches back to the myths and legends

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Pompeii - New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard

Pompeii – New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard

Pompeii – New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard: With unparalleled access to Pompeii and featuring cutting-edge modern technology, Mary Beard guides us through this amazing slice of the ancient world.     For the first time ever, CT scanning and x-ray equipment bring new light to the secrets of the victims of the 79 AD eruption. Mary unpacks the human

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