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Art history: C17th to C19th - for iPod/iPhone

This collection transports you to Europe of 1600 to 1850. Many of the foundations of European culture were being laid: commerce, arts institutions, art displays, terraced houses … even tattooing. Things we now take for granted in the fabric of our lives. Yet here we glimpse them through the eyes of a society for whom they weren’t yet set in stone. The shape of the urban environment was being defined. Yet there was a burgeoning nostalgia for all things rural, and a hunger for the trappings of other cultures. The decisions of this era still have an impact on our culture today.

  • 11 minutes 54.84 seconds
    Christ Church, Spitalfields
    This film looks at the urban development of Spitalfields, London, revealing the artistic and political messages encoded in Hawksmoor’s monumental church.
    23 March 2012, 4:39 am
  • Transcript -- Christ Church, Spitalfields
    Transcript -- This film looks at the urban development of Spitalfields, London, revealing the artistic and political messages encoded in Hawksmoor’s monumental church.
    23 March 2012, 4:39 am
  • 5 minutes 13.64 seconds
    Kedleston Hall
    What lies behind a façade? Studying the influences on the once-radical design of Kedleston Hall reveals social and intellectual preoccupations that play out to this day.
    23 March 2012, 4:36 am
  • Transcript -- Kedleston Hall
    Transcript -- What lies behind a façade? Studying the influences on the once-radical design of Kedleston Hall reveals social and intellectual preoccupations that play out to this day.
    23 March 2012, 4:36 am
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