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  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection [VOL.1&2]
  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection [VOL.3&4]
  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection [VOL.5&6]
  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection [VOL.7&8]
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The shock of the new

Call Numbers

  • DVD 709.04 S55913 VOL.1&2 (CEN)
  • DVD 709.04 S55913 VOL.3&4 (CEN)
  • DVD 709.04 S55913 VOL.5&6 (CEN)
  • DVD 709.04 S55913 VOL.7&8 (CEN)

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Performers

Narrator, Robert Hughes ; Mechanical paradise: readings by Judi Dench, Martin Jarvis ; The powers that be, The landcape of pleasure: readings by Tony Church, Martin Jarvis ; View from the edge: readings by Tony Church ; Culture as nature: readings by Martin Jarvis ; actress, Lorraine Chase ; actor, Donald McIver ; The future that was: readings by Nick Chilvers, Tony Church ; actor, Brian Deacon ; actresses, Gillian Duxbury, Larraine Humphries, Imogen Bickford-Smith

Publication Information

New York, NY : Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc., [2001]

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (approximately 416 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"Robert Hughes' history of modern art from cubism to pop and the avant-garde. The sequel to the BBC's Civilization series, this picks up at the threshold of the 20th century. It is written and presented by Robert Hughes, art critic and senior writer for Time. Hughes draws on a wealth of documentary materials from the archives of the BBC, including rare footage and interviews with noted artists. The range of major figures includes Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, le Corbusier, Maz Ernst, Francis Bacon and Jackson Pollock."--Container.

Notes

"Robert Hughes' history of modern art from cubism to pop and the avant-garde"--Container.

Originally broadcast by the BBC in 1982, but the earliest volume was made in 1979.

Contents

  • Mechanical paradise ; Powers that be
  • Landscape of pleasure ; Trouble in Utopia
  • Threshold of liberty ; View from the edge
  • Culture as nature ; Future that was.

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