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The Shock of the new [videorecording]. Episode 6, The view from the edge / written and presented by Robert Hughes.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: London : A BBC TV production in association with Time Life Films and RM Productions, 1979.Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col with b&w sequence ; 1/2 inISBN:
  • ISBN001057
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.04 20
Production credits:
  • Script, Robert Hughes ; producer, David Cheshire ; series producer, Lorna Pegram.
Cast: Presenter: Robert Hughes.Summary: Part 6 of an 8-part series which presents a social history of the impact and development of the visual arts in the 20th century by art critic and writer Robert Hughes. In each episode, Hughes examines the forces which monitored the directions painting, architecture and photography took from the late 1800s to the present. In this episode the strand of 20th century art, expressionism and abstract expressionism, which deals with the dark extremities of human emotion is explored. The work of such painters as Van Gogh, Munch and Rothko are explored.
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Script, Robert Hughes ; producer, David Cheshire ; series producer, Lorna Pegram.

Presenter: Robert Hughes.

Part 6 of an 8-part series which presents a social history of the impact and development of the visual arts in the 20th century by art critic and writer Robert Hughes. In each episode, Hughes examines the forces which monitored the directions painting, architecture and photography took from the late 1800s to the present. In this episode the strand of 20th century art, expressionism and abstract expressionism, which deals with the dark extremities of human emotion is explored. The work of such painters as Van Gogh, Munch and Rothko are explored.

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