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this second programme about The great Exhibition of 1851 investigates how the organisers expected the artistic exhibits to educate the 'taste' of the visitors. The programme reveals contemporary op...inions about the point and worth of the exhibition changed while it was actually on, how important a role was played by the Royals, and how the question of what 'taste' was and how it should work, actually became a social and moral issue.
this second programme about The great Exhibition of 1851 investigates how the organisers expected the artistic exhibits to educate the 'taste' of the visitors. The programme reveals contemporary op...inions about the point and worth of the exhibition changed while it was actually on, how important a role was played by the Royals, and how the question of what 'taste' was and how it should work, actually became a social and moral issue.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 17 |
| First transmission date: | 29-06-1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:03 |
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| Producer: | Tony Coe |
| Contributor: | Colin Cunningham |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Design; Dickenson; Exhibitions; Great Exhibition |
| Subject terms: | Aesthetics--Great Britain--19th century; Great Exhibition--1851; Great Britain --History --Victoria, 1837-1901 |
| Master spool number: | HOU5042 |
| Production number: | FOUA217K |
| Videofinder number: | 1458 |
| Available to public: | no |
