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In 1752 Edinburgh launched a competition to design a ‘New Town’ for the Scottish capital. The city desperately needed an upgrade - it was overcrowded, filthy and crumbling. With Scotland a partner in the...
Video recording of the 2012 Joint Royal Historical Society/Gresham College Annual Lecture in which Professor Justin Champion argues why we would be wise to go back to explore some of the more radical...
"In 1963, Rossellini announced that he had abandoned cinema and would start working in television. He directed nine telefilms on historical subjects and six short documentaries, claiming TV could be used as...
Oxford historian Professor Allan Chapman presents a series on five great scientists. The programmes combine location filming, animation, comedy and drama to challenge many existing notions about these thinkers.
Focuses on the period 1796-1828, but begins by taking a brief look back on Goya’s earlier career before exploring his drawings and their context. Examines technique, style and subject matter.
Provides an introduction to postmodern theory which has has identified fundamental cultural and social changes that have transformed the nature of contemporary societies and, at the same time, raised...
Angelica Kauffmann was a founder member of the Royal Academy of Art in London and one of the first women to achieve an international reputation as a painter, although today she is much less well-known than...
Chardin became known as the master of the still life in 18th-century France. This film discusses the hierarchy of genres in the 18th century, among which the still life was the lowest category. Shows...
Includes archive footage of ‘The Royalist’ and contemporary illustrations of naval life (Rowlandson) and a variety of sea shanties giving voice to the daily lives of the sailors.
The Grand Tour took many people of taste and wealth to Italy in the 18th century. Antique artefacts brought back from some of these travels form the nucleus of many of today’s museum collections. This...
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