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Art and Visual Culture: Medieval to Modern - for iPod/iPhone

The Open University

Have you ever wondered about the visual remains of past centuries that still survive in our cities and countryside today? Are you baffled by modern art? This collection provides you with insights into different aspects of art and visual culture between the Middle Ages and the present day. You will discover the wonders of medieval stained glass and learn how East meets West in a Byzantine icon. You will be introduced to the splendours of Baroque architecture and be taken on a tour of a spectacular display of Neo-classical sculpture in an English country house. And you will find out about a key movement in modern art, Abstract Expressionism, and take a look at some iconic works in Tate Modern. This material forms part of The Open University course A226 Exploring art and visual culture.

  • 16 minutes 1.84 seconds
    Stained glass
    People once thought stained glass windows were “the bible of the poor”, but looking more closely at their function reveals something far more endearingly human.
    16 March 2016, 2:49 pm
  • Transcript -- Stained glass
    Transcript -- People once thought stained glass windows were “the bible of the poor”, but looking more closely at their function reveals something far more endearingly human.
    16 March 2016, 2:49 pm
  • 17 minutes 20.599999999999884 seconds
    Unraveling an icon
    Experts reveal the hidden history and cross-cultural complexity of the icon “St George and the Boy from Mytilini” in London’s British Museum.
    16 March 2016, 2:28 pm
  • Transcript -- Unraveling an icon
    Transcript -- Experts reveal the hidden history and cross-cultural complexity of the icon “St George and the Boy from Mytilini” in London’s British Museum.
    16 March 2016, 2:28 pm
  • 11 minutes 54.88 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.
    16 March 2016, 2:25 pm
  • 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.
    16 March 2016, 2:25 pm
  • 5 minutes 13.6 seconds
    Kendleston 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.
    16 March 2016, 2:22 pm
  • Transcript -- Kendleston 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.
    16 March 2016, 2:22 pm
  • 5 minutes 40.32 seconds
    Salcedo installation
    Can a crack in the floor be considered as art? This slideshow peers into Doris Salcedo’s C21st installation in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall, “Shibboleth”.
    16 March 2016, 2:19 pm
  • Transcript -- Salcedo installation
    Transcript -- Can a crack in the floor be considered as art? This slideshow peers into Doris Salcedo’s C21st installation in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall, “Shibboleth”.
    16 March 2016, 2:19 pm
  • 14 minutes 12.32 seconds
    The Duke’s Designs Uncovered
    This discusses the installation of a sculpture gallery at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, containing the collection of the sixth Duke of Devonshire
    16 March 2016, 2:18 pm
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