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

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

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  • 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.
    17 min
  • Transcript -- 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.
    0 min
  • 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.
    18 min
  • 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.
    12 min
  • 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.
    6 min
  • Transcript -- 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.
    0 min
  • 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”.
    6 min

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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…

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