Between genius and the abyss

United Kingdom, 1989

TV show
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Episode number 15 of Series “Art of the western world”.
The few years between the opening of the 20th Century and the outbreak of the First World War saw a radical transformation in artistic styles and design. Never before, had there been such an extension of visual language or multiplicity of styles and never had so much innovation taken place in such a short space of time. This episode higlights movements such as the Secession Movement, Expressionism, Fauvism, Cubism and Futurism and the artists from each period.

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Credits

production company

Channel Four

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1989

Appears in

Art of the western world

Group of items

Art of the western world

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306033

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 20th century

Crafts & Visual Arts → Cubism

Crafts & Visual Arts → Expressionism (Art)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Fauvism (Art)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Modernism (Art)

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

History → History

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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