Four talks by MICHAEL PODRO 4: From Theory to Practice
Theories of art since the 18th century have questioned the importance of subject-matter in painting, and made various claims for art as revealing a distinctive use of our mind and perception.
Michael Podro , Reader in Art at the University of Essex, examines the way that theories of art responded to the problems of practical criticism in the 19th century and helped to generate the artistic practice of the 20th.
10.55 Interlude