Art and architecture - for iPod/iPhone

The Open University

The Louvre was designed to house a great art collection for the people of France. Was there a plan from the outset to build a canon of work where the relationships between artists, their origins, their schools and faiths could be traced across centuries? And how did architect I.M.Pei persuade President Mitterrand to allow a pyramid to be built at the Louvre? The album goes on to explore how architecture can reflect relationships between different traditions. Two great buildings, Palladio’s church of the Redentore in Venice and Sinan’s Sokullu Mehmet Pasha mosque in Istanbul illustrate shared approaches to the purpose for which the spaces were designed. This material is taken from The Open University course A216 Art and its histories.

1 minute 5 seconds
Art and architecture
A short introduction to this album.
9 February 2010, 3:37 am
Transcript -- Art and architecture
Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.
9 February 2010, 3:37 am
2 minutes 55 seconds
The pyramid at the Louvre
Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre.
16 May 2008, 12:53 am
Transcript -- The pyramid at the Louvre
Transcript -- Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre.
16 May 2008, 12:53 am
56 seconds
English Philistines, French Sophisticates
How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection.
16 May 2008, 12:52 am
Transcript -- English Philistines, French Sophisticates
Transcript -- How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection.
16 May 2008, 12:52 am
49 seconds
Subversive classicism
How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV.
16 May 2008, 12:51 am
Transcript -- Subversive classicism
Transcript -- How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV.
16 May 2008, 12:51 am
59 seconds
Open museum
Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, on the original idea that the museum must reflect art history and be open to everyone.
16 May 2008, 12:50 am
Transcript -- Open museum
Transcript -- Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, on the original idea that the museum must reflect art history and be open to everyone.
16 May 2008, 12:50 am
41 seconds
Ruined Louvre
French artist, Hubert Robert's painting depicting a ruined Louvre.
16 May 2008, 12:49 am
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