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How has television influenced our understanding of the world's greatest artists?

Art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives. How has television influenced our understanding of the world's greatest artists?

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Art on the BBC: Series 1: Constable: The Rural Rebel

Constable: The Rural Rebel

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Art historian Rose Balston creates a television history of John Constable.

Was Constable a chocolate box painter or a revolutionary? Art historian Rose Balston explores six decades of BBC archive to discover how TV has influenced our understanding of him.


Often dismissed as a chocolate box painter in his day, Constable is now acknowledged to have been a revolutionary. Art historian Rose Balston explores six decades of BBC archive to discover how TV has influenced our understanding of him. 

Constable pushed the boundaries of landscape painting to such an extent that he was rejected by the establishment. Perhaps just as surprisingly, he poured his love for one woman onto the canvas as no painter of landscapes had done before. This programme goes beyond cliché to discover what the BBC archive has to say about a much misunderstood English master.


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How television has influenced our understanding of the world's great artists.

Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our understanding of the world's greatest artists.

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