The Shock of the New
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In [[1980]] the [[BBC]] broadcast Hughes's [[Television program|television series]] on the development of [[modern art]] since the [[Impressionism|Impressionists]]. It was accompanied by a book of the same name. Its combination of insight, wit and accessibility are still widely praised. | In [[1980]] the [[BBC]] broadcast Hughes's [[Television program|television series]] on the development of [[modern art]] since the [[Impressionism|Impressionists]]. It was accompanied by a book of the same name. Its combination of insight, wit and accessibility are still widely praised. | ||
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+ | In July 2004, the BBC re-aired this series as follows: | ||
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+ | The Mechanical Paradise - Episode 1 | ||
+ | Traces how developments in technology inspired art between 1880 and the end of WWI, leading to movements like cubism and futurism. | ||
+ | See also: Machine Age - Exposition Universelle (1889) | ||
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+ | The Powers that Be - Episode 2 | ||
+ | Hughes explores the interplay between art and politics, seeing how artists were affected by the development of mechanised warfare and ideologies like fascism and communism. | ||
+ | See also: art and politics | ||
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+ | The Landscape of Pleasure - Episode 3 | ||
+ | The French artists who attempted to reconcile man with nature, from the determination of the impressionists to paint outside to Matisse's vibrant use of colour. | ||
+ | See also: impressionism - landscape | ||
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+ | Trouble in Utopia - Episode 4 | ||
+ | How modern architects in the wake of the Bauhaus aspired to change societies with their designs, a move represented both by Le Corbusier and the plans for the city Brasilia. | ||
+ | See also: utopia - architecture | ||
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+ | The Threshold of Liberty - Episode 5 | ||
+ | The art movement that gripped its exponents with the fervour of a religion: surrealism. Artists like Di Chirico, Ernst, Miró and Dalí; brought the subconscious to the fore and attempted to tap into innocent and irrationality. | ||
+ | See also: Surrealism | ||
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+ | The View From the Edge - Episode 6 | ||
+ | Expressionism sprung out of the harsh, secular atmosphere of the 20th Century and evolved, through the strong colours and often sombre moods of artists like Munch, to the non-figurative work of Pollock and De Kooning. | ||
+ | See also: Abstract Expressionism | ||
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+ | Culture as Nature - Episode 7 | ||
+ | Artists began to take man-made images as their inspiration, leading to the pop art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein as well as Stuart Davis' collages inspired by jazz. | ||
+ | See also: Pop Art | ||
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+ | The Future That Was - Episode 8 | ||
+ | The final episode in the series explores the decline of modernism and how various artists have reacted to the consequent commercialisation of their art. | ||
+ | See also: postmodern art | ||
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+ | Notes: Robert Hughes fails to mention the influence of photography and illustrated newspapers on Impressionism. [Mar 2006] | ||
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The Shock of the New is a book and a television series by Robert Hughes.
In 1980 the BBC broadcast Hughes's television series on the development of modern art since the Impressionists. It was accompanied by a book of the same name. Its combination of insight, wit and accessibility are still widely praised.
In July 2004, the BBC re-aired this series as follows:
The Mechanical Paradise - Episode 1 Traces how developments in technology inspired art between 1880 and the end of WWI, leading to movements like cubism and futurism. See also: Machine Age - Exposition Universelle (1889)
The Powers that Be - Episode 2 Hughes explores the interplay between art and politics, seeing how artists were affected by the development of mechanised warfare and ideologies like fascism and communism. See also: art and politics
The Landscape of Pleasure - Episode 3 The French artists who attempted to reconcile man with nature, from the determination of the impressionists to paint outside to Matisse's vibrant use of colour. See also: impressionism - landscape
Trouble in Utopia - Episode 4 How modern architects in the wake of the Bauhaus aspired to change societies with their designs, a move represented both by Le Corbusier and the plans for the city Brasilia. See also: utopia - architecture
The Threshold of Liberty - Episode 5 The art movement that gripped its exponents with the fervour of a religion: surrealism. Artists like Di Chirico, Ernst, Miró and Dalí; brought the subconscious to the fore and attempted to tap into innocent and irrationality. See also: Surrealism
The View From the Edge - Episode 6 Expressionism sprung out of the harsh, secular atmosphere of the 20th Century and evolved, through the strong colours and often sombre moods of artists like Munch, to the non-figurative work of Pollock and De Kooning. See also: Abstract Expressionism
Culture as Nature - Episode 7 Artists began to take man-made images as their inspiration, leading to the pop art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein as well as Stuart Davis' collages inspired by jazz. See also: Pop Art
The Future That Was - Episode 8 The final episode in the series explores the decline of modernism and how various artists have reacted to the consequent commercialisation of their art. See also: postmodern art
Notes: Robert Hughes fails to mention the influence of photography and illustrated newspapers on Impressionism. [Mar 2006]