Art That Made UsStagione 1
An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. 1,500 years later, eight dramatic turning points, artists and thinkers encounter key historic art works across the UK, that have shaped history and inspired their own work.
Dove guardare Art That Made Us • Stagione 1
8 Episodi
- Revolution of the Dead
E2Revolution of the DeadAn alternative history of the Black Death of the Middle Ages and its bitter - but profoundly creative - aftermath. Contemporary artists and performers, alongside historians and curators, reveal how a century of creative renewal emerged from the chaos of plague as survivors found their voice, questioning authority and challenging status and class. - Queens, Feuds and Faith
E3Queens, Feuds and FaithIn the 16th century, the British Isles experienced a religious revolution, as the kingdoms of England and then Scotland turned Protestant. Artists and experts today reveal how, during the reign of Elizabeth I, Protestants and Catholics used art, language and new technology to wage a battle for power in the Isles, creating surprising and often radical works. - To Kill A King
E4To Kill A KingArchitect Amanda Levete climbs the Tulip Stairs in the Queen's House, Greenwich, and reassesses Inigo Jones' elegant and innovative design, while portrait artist Tai Shan Schierenberg encounters Van Dyck's monumental portrait of the Earl of Pembroke's family and finds signs of the dysfunction and tensions which point to the civil war to come. - Consumers and Conscience
E5Consumers and ConscienceTracing the story of Britain during the 18th century, a period that saw an explosion of creativity and a country with enough money, from trade and conquest, to pay for it. But the money had a dark side: The slave trade. But the age of exploitation was stirring up a growing social conscience. - Wars and Peace
E7Wars and PeaceArt goes to war during the first half of the 20th century: war with the old imperial order, war with convention and war with the very idea of what it means to be human. This is a story of artists grappling with the destruction, fighting back and transforming the culture of the Isles. - Brilliant Isles
E8Brilliant IslesIn the 1950s and 1960s, the generation of artists who recorded the shocks of global war gave way to an explosion of new voices from across the British Isles, reinventing the arts and creating a richer, more diverse culture. Young artists rebelled against the old establishment, kicking against the confines of class, sex, nation and race.
