Howard Jacobson reflects on the impact Australians Robert Hughes, Clive James, Barry Humphries and Germaine Greer made in the cultural milieu of London and New York. Show more
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Howard Jacobson charts the ascent of Australian rebels Robert Hughes, Clive James, Barry Humphries and Germaine Greer to national and international cultural icons. Show more
Robert Hughes examines the legacy of Antoni Gaudi, whose buildings have left an indelible mark on the city of Barcelona. Show more
Robert Hughes visits Germany to examine the legacy of Hitler's architect Albert Speer, whom he met and interviewed in 1979. Show more
Visions of Space
Episode 3: Mies van der Rohe: Less Is More
1 hour
Art critic Robert Hughes analyses the work of Mies van der Rohe, the master of light and space who had an enormous influence on modern architecture. Show more
The Shock of the New
Episode 3: The Landscape of Pleasure
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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Robert Hughes examines art's relationship with the pleasures of nature, with reference to works by Seurat, Monet, Cezanne and Gauguin. Show more
The Shock of the New
Episode 1: Mechanical Paradise
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
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Series on the development of modern art from 1880 to the present, presented by Robert Hughes. How technology influenced art between 1880 and the end of WWI. Show more
The Shock of the New
Episode 2: The Powers That Be
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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Robert Hughes examines the relationship between art and authority by looking at dadaism and the art of political movements such as fascism and Soviet communism. Show more
The Shock of the New
Episode 4: Trouble in Utopia
57 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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Robert Hughes's classic series about art in the twentieth century. This edition deals with the aspirations and reality of the art in which we live, architecture. Show more
The Shock of the New
Episode 5: The Threshold of Liberty
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four
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Robert Hughes's classic series about art in the twentieth century. Hughes examines the surrealists and their attempts to make art without restrictions. Show more
The Shock of the New
Episode 6: The View from the Edge
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four
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A look at the artists who made visual art from the crags and vistas of their internal world - the Expressionists, including Van Gogh, De Kooning and Pollock. Show more
The Shock of the New
Episode 7: Culture as Nature
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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Robert Hughes goes Pop when he examines the art that referred to the man-made world that fed off culture itself via works by Rauchenberg, Warhol and Lichtenstein.
The Shock of the New
Episode 8: The Future That Was
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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Robert Hughes slips down the decline of modernism and examines how artists have dealt with commercialisation. Artists include Bridget Reilly and David Hockney. Show more