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Titian at the National Gallery
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 293
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Charles Johnston
- Length: 20 mins
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The Titian Show at the National Gallery here in London has just opened to the public again. It was available for just three days before the big lockdown. Now, it is with us once more, though on rather different terms from what was the case previously....
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Titian at the National Gallery
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 293
- Narrated by: Charles Johnston
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 293
- Length: 20 mins
- Release date: 15-12-20
- Language: English
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The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 149
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Denise Kahn
- Length: 56 mins
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Explores the structure and development of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in the mid-19th century and works that figure among the most enduring in British art....
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Not a book
- By A. P. Muscat on 04-09-19
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The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 149
- Narrated by: Denise Kahn
- Length: 56 mins
- Release date: 15-12-16
- Language: English
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Rothko at the Tate
- Studies in World Art, Book 68
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Joe Van Riper
- Length: 6 mins
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Rothko is now one of those mythical artists, an icon of 20th century creativity, the central figure in a tragic legend. Which means to say that one is pretty much compelled to agree that everything he did was wonderful....
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Rothko at the Tate
- Studies in World Art, Book 68
- Narrated by: Joe Van Riper
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 68
- Length: 6 mins
- Release date: 28-12-17
- Language: English
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Goya: Between Two Worlds
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Teague Dean
- Length: 32 mins
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A study of a later period album of drawings on the theme of old women and nightmares by Francisco Goya exhibited at the Courtauld Gallery London, with reference to his supernatural "Black Paintings"....
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Goya: Between Two Worlds
- Narrated by: Teague Dean
- Length: 32 mins
- Release date: 29-11-17
- Language: English
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Avant-Garde
- Studies in World Art, Book 15
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 17 mins
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The term avant-garde continues to be used, in my opinion with far too much frequency, in discussions of contemporary art. It derives, of course, from military terminology, and implies that the art to which it is applied is somehow ahead of the game....
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Avant-Garde
- Studies in World Art, Book 15
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 15
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 29-01-18
- Language: English
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Renoir Landscapes
- Studies in World Art, Book 67
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Willis Miller
- Length: 7 mins
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Renoir’s reputation has long been in decline with intellectuals. He is seen as sugary and self-indulgent, to the point where his work gives the whole of the Impressionist Movement a bad name....
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Renoir Landscapes
- Studies in World Art, Book 67
- Narrated by: Willis Miller
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 67
- Length: 7 mins
- Release date: 27-12-17
- Language: English
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The Private John Singer Sargent
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: David Micklem
- Length: 25 mins
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An essay by Edward Lucie-Smith explores aspects of the mysterious and private character of the renowned American society artist John Singer Sargent....
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The Private John Singer Sargent
- Narrated by: David Micklem
- Length: 25 mins
- Release date: 15-11-17
- Language: English
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Ai Weiwei: And the Evolution of Political Art
- Studies in World Art, Book 90
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Anthony Howard
- Length: 21 mins
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Ben Luke, resident art critic of the London Evening Standard, calls Ai Weiwei "probably the most famous artist in the world"....
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Ai Weiwei: And the Evolution of Political Art
- Studies in World Art, Book 90
- Narrated by: Anthony Howard
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 90
- Length: 21 mins
- Release date: 16-12-17
- Language: English
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Holbein in England
- Studies in World Art, Book 35
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Joe Van Riper
- Length: 8 mins
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It is a paradox of a sort that the only fully authentic Holbein painting of King Henry VIII of England should now reside in Madrid, in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza....
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not worth the few quid it cost...
- By MR Caspar Sewell on 19-02-19
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Holbein in England
- Studies in World Art, Book 35
- Narrated by: Joe Van Riper
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 35
- Length: 8 mins
- Release date: 19-01-18
- Language: English
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Edward Lucie-Smith: Uncollected Writings - Studies of Western Art
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 152
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Simon Barber
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
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An anthology of essays and reviews by the eminent art historian and writer, Edward Lucie-Smith....
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Edward Lucie-Smith: Uncollected Writings - Studies of Western Art
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 152
- Narrated by: Simon Barber
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 22-02-18
- Language: English
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Giacometti and Frank Auerbach
- Portraiture and the Pursuit of the Absolute (CV/Visual Arts Research)
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Anthony Fanna
- Length: 20 mins
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A study of Giacometti portraits at the National Portrait Gallery London and Frank Auerbach at Tate Britain....
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Prententious rubbish
- By Ian Dolwin on 28-09-22
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Giacometti and Frank Auerbach
- Portraiture and the Pursuit of the Absolute (CV/Visual Arts Research)
- Narrated by: Anthony Fanna
- Length: 20 mins
- Release date: 05-12-17
- Language: English
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Edvard Munch
- Studies in World Art, Book 26
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Joe Van Riper
- Length: 8 mins
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As a working critic, I find the most difficult exhibitions to write about are those that combine an evidently important subject with a faintly dispiriting result. The new Edvard Munch show at Tate Modern is a case in point....
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Edvard Munch
- Studies in World Art, Book 26
- Narrated by: Joe Van Riper
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 26
- Length: 8 mins
- Release date: 28-12-17
- Language: English
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Lucio Fontana: An Artist Between Worlds
- Studies in World Art, Book 101
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Stephen Floyd
- Length: 12 mins
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Lucio Fontana is rightly regarded as one of the most important Italian artists active in the 20 years after World War II, important not only in Italy, but in a pan-European sense....
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Lucio Fontana: An Artist Between Worlds
- Studies in World Art, Book 101
- Narrated by: Stephen Floyd
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 101
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 14-02-19
- Language: English
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Body Art and Abjection
- Studies in World Art, Book 1
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Rick Paradis
- Length: 22 mins
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The first body art performer, as well as the first professional bodybuilder, was the showman Eugene Sandow (1867-1925). Though Sandow’s heyday occurred before the birth of the Modern Movement, there are compelling reasons for giving the primacy to him....
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Body Art and Abjection
- Studies in World Art, Book 1
- Narrated by: Rick Paradis
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 1
- Length: 22 mins
- Release date: 27-02-18
- Language: English
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Matisse: The Cut-Outs
- Studies in World Art, Book 47
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: David Bernard
- Length: 8 mins
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The big exhibition of Matisse's Cut-Outs at Tate Modern in London was, certainly on the face of it, everything that a major museum of modern and contemporary art should be doing....
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Matisse: The Cut-Outs
- Studies in World Art, Book 47
- Narrated by: David Bernard
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 47
- Length: 8 mins
- Release date: 11-03-19
- Language: English
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The Emperors
- Studies in World Art, Book 85
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Richard M. Pshock
- Length: 7 mins
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Here can be no doubt that the Chinese exhibition at the Royal Academy in London is more than a merely artistic event. It represents a new stage in the burgeoning relationship between contemporary China and the West....
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The Emperors
- Studies in World Art, Book 85
- Narrated by: Richard M. Pshock
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 85
- Length: 7 mins
- Release date: 02-07-19
- Language: English
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Self Representation
- Studies in World Art, Book 71
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Jim Spring
- Length: 33 mins
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The Gale Dictionary of Psychoanalysis defines ‘self-representation’ as “the image the subject has of him or herself based on his or her own interpretation.” The hugely influential 20th century psychoanalytic researcher and philosopher Jacques Lacan enlarges on this. Listen for more....
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Self Representation
- Studies in World Art, Book 71
- Narrated by: Jim Spring
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 71
- Length: 33 mins
- Release date: 12-04-18
- Language: English
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The Way We Are
- Studies in World Art Book 78
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: James Tavegia
- Length: 18 mins
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This article is essentially a follow-up to a piece by The Jackdaw’s revered editor, David Lee, published in The Times on July 25, 2013....
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The Way We Are
- Studies in World Art Book 78
- Narrated by: James Tavegia
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 78
- Length: 18 mins
- Release date: 12-02-18
- Language: English
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Before Damien Hirst: There Was Salvador Dali
- Studies in World Art, Book 112
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 11 mins
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When I visited the huge Damien Hirst exhibition staged by the Gagosian Gallery in New York in 1996, one of the most striking pieces was a large glass tank full of live fish. Dumped among the fish were an obstetrical couch....
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Before Damien Hirst: There Was Salvador Dali
- Studies in World Art, Book 112
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 112
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 15-01-18
- Language: English
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Magical Thinking: Why the Avant-Garde Is Now History
- Studies in World Art, Book 140
- By: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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The word avant-garde, so much used in connection with the various manifestations of contemporary art, is starting to have a strange, ironic ring to it....
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Magical Thinking: Why the Avant-Garde Is Now History
- Studies in World Art, Book 140
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 140
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Release date: 26-02-18
- Language: English
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