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This programme looks at The National gallery in Trafalgar Square which opened in 1838. Public money was used to set up a National Collection therefore the nature of what Art was displayed became a... public debate. Victorian attitude to art of the past and what value it had to contemporary society tells us much about Victorian culture.The programme also looks at the controversies surrounding the acquisition of early Italian paintings.
This programme looks at The National gallery in Trafalgar Square which opened in 1838. Public money was used to set up a National Collection therefore the nature of what Art was displayed became a... public debate. Victorian attitude to art of the past and what value it had to contemporary society tells us much about Victorian culture.The programme also looks at the controversies surrounding the acquisition of early Italian paintings.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 21 |
| First transmission date: | 08-06-1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:45 |
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| Producer: | Nick Levinson |
| Contributor: | Briony Fer |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Art history; Italian primitives; National Gallery (London); Pre Raphaelites; William Wilkins |
| Subject terms: | Aesthetics, British--19th century; Art museums--England--London; Art, Italian; Culture--Great Britain; National Gallery (London); |
| Master spool number: | HOU5214 |
| Production number: | FOUA221L |
| Videofinder number: | 442 |
| Available to public: | no |
