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Pollock/Picasso: The European Vanguard Versus American Modernism
- Studies in World Art, Book 112
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Paul Jenkins
- Length: 40 mins
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This audiobook considers the magnetic poles of post-war modernism and the towering figures of Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. The essay considers the history of French avant-garde art led by Picasso to the post-war years and the increasing dominance of American artists foregrounded by the advent of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s.
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Pollock/Picasso: The European Vanguard Versus American Modernism
- Studies in World Art, Book 112
- Narrated by: Paul Jenkins
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 112
- Length: 40 mins
- Release date: 2017-12-28
- Language: English
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Andy Warhol at Tate Modern
- CV/Visual Arts Research, Book 294
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Mark Rice-Oxley
- Length: 30 mins
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An essay by Edward Lucie-Smith considers the Andy Warhol exhibition re-opening at Tate Modern on July 27. He puts forward a provocative view of the relevance of the art in an time of turbulent disruption. When the Warhol show returns to Tate Modern on July 27, almost the first thing you’ll meet if you go to see it will be a large painting, on two paired canvases, entitled Marilyn Diptych. It features repeated images the film star Marilyn Monroe.
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Andy Warhol at Tate Modern
- CV/Visual Arts Research, Book 294
- Narrated by: Mark Rice-Oxley
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 294
- Length: 30 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-02
- Language: English
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Chinese Art Now
- Studies in World Art, Book 20
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 11 mins
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The immense and very sudden success of contemporary Chinese art in Western markets is a phenomenon that Western critics are still struggling to assess. Many link it, not unreasonably, to the economic resurgence of China during the past decade and a half. This resurgence should not have been unexpected. Up to and perhaps including the period of the Ming emperors, China represented as much as 25% of the whole world economy.
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Chinese Art Now
- Studies in World Art, Book 20
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 20
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 2018-01-29
- Language: English
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Collecting Contemporary Art
- Studies in World Art, Book 22
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 11 mins
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A good art collection is always much more than the sum of its parts. This applies with especial force to collections of contemporary work. A collection of this kind, whether the collector intends it to be so or not, is always a portrait - a reflection in the mirror of a particular epoch, and, willy-nilly, a self-portrait of the person who takes the trouble to bring it together.
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Collecting Contemporary Art
- Studies in World Art, Book 22
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 22
- Length: 11 mins
- Release date: 2018-01-09
- Language: English
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Rothko at the Tate
- Studies in World Art, Book 68
- Written 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, a manifestation of genius. I have to say that I find myself increasingly resistant to this approach. Some works by Rothko I do in fact respond to, with their glowing blocks of color.
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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: 2017-12-28
- Language: English
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Matisse: The Cut-Outs
- Studies in World Art, Book 47
- Written 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. It was beautifully presented, very professionally curated, had an extremely thorough, excellently illustrated catalogue, and was greeted with ecstatic reviews.
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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: 2019-03-11
- Language: English
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Ai Weiwei: And the Evolution of Political Art
- Studies in World Art, Book 90
- Written 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. He has transcended the world of museums and galleries, and exerts a newsworthiness that no other artist competes with." This statement, if one bothers to look through the kind of publicity that Ai now attracts - thanks to the digital revolution most of this is easily available with a few clicks on one’s computer - is self-evidently true.
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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: 2017-12-16
- Language: English
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The Decline and Fall of the Avant-Garde
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 170
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Frank Knutson
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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One of the commonest and most loosely used terms in any discussion of contemporary art is the word avant-garde. Indeed it often seems to be taken for granted that valid contemporary art and avant-garde art are synonymous.
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The Decline and Fall of the Avant-Garde
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 170
- Narrated by: Frank Knutson
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 170
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2019-03-11
- Language: English
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Rembrandt and Turner: Mythical Masters
- CV/Visual Arts Research
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Jim Spring
- Length: 44 mins
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The monograph publishes a study of Rembrandt van Rijn and JMW Turner at the National Gallery and Tate Britain in exhibitions of their later works.
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Rembrandt and Turner: Mythical Masters
- CV/Visual Arts Research
- Narrated by: Jim Spring
- Length: 44 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-20
- Language: English
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Public Art in a Modern Society
- Studies in World Art, Book 63
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 8 mins
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How do we expect public art to function in a contemporary society? By public art, we mean art that to some extent at least ambushes us. We encounter it as we go about our everyday lives, not in some special art-dedicated space. In other words, certainly not in a museum. However, Aida Mahmudova notes, in her introduction to this public art project for Baku organized by Yarat! Contemporary Art Space, conditions for public art are now very different from the way in which art of this kind operated previously.
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Public Art in a Modern Society
- Studies in World Art, Book 63
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 63
- Length: 8 mins
- Release date: 2018-01-25
- Language: English
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Elegy for the Landscape
- Late John Constable at the Royal Academy
- Written by: N.P. James, Edward Lucie-Smith, Janet Barber
- Narrated by: Christopher Selbie
- Length: 59 mins
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A review of the exhibition Late Constable at the Royal Academy London. Includes the family background of the artist, his career development, and working methods and technique. Noted works include "The Leaping Horse", "Cottage in East Bergholt", "Rainstorm at Sea", "Chain Pier Brighton", "Stonehenge", and "The Cornfield". Includes essays by Edward Lucie-Smith ("John Constable", 2006) and Janet Barber ("John Constable: Earth and Sky", 2012).
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Elegy for the Landscape
- Late John Constable at the Royal Academy
- Narrated by: Christopher Selbie
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 2022-01-13
- Language: English
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Titian at the National Gallery
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 293
- Written 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. You have to book a time. You have to be wearing a mask. You have to maintain distance between yourself and other visitors booked in for the same slot. Is it worth the hassle? Yes, of course it is. Titian is one of the greatest figures in the history of Western art.
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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: 2020-12-15
- Language: English
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Aubrey Beardsley: A Bridge Between Artistic Worlds
- CV/Visual Arts Research, Book 285
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Christopher Selbie
- Length: 19 mins
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A study of Aubrey Beardsley's work exhibited at Tate Britain until May 25, 2020. The author considers the darkly vigorous imagery of the short lived genius, his graphic work for the notorious Yellow Book, and sublimely erotic illustrations for Lysistrata by Aristophane and Salome by Oscar Wilde, which frank imagery even shocked the author.
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Aubrey Beardsley: A Bridge Between Artistic Worlds
- CV/Visual Arts Research, Book 285
- Narrated by: Christopher Selbie
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 285
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 2020-08-01
- Language: English
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The Emperors
- Studies in World Art, Book 85
- Written 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. The opening, originally scheduled for January, was brought forward to coincide with a State Visit to Britain by the Chinese president, Hu Jintao. The "Three Emperors" of the title were the second, third, and fourth rulers of the Qing Dynasty, and their period in power spanned nearly a century-and-a-half, from the mid-17th century until the end of the 18th.
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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: 2019-07-02
- Language: English
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Forgotten Empire
- Studies in World Art, Book 28
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Dean Barker
- Length: 6 mins
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Forgotten Empire, the new exhibition in London devoted to the great realm that Alexander the Great destroyed, is an openly political occasion, designed to stress links in the present as well as to revive interest in a part of the past that has more or less sunk into oblivion. It stresses the fact that, despite the tensions that now exist between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Western Europe, a degree of cultural cooperation is still possible.
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Forgotten Empire
- Studies in World Art, Book 28
- Narrated by: Dean Barker
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 28
- Length: 6 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-26
- Language: English
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Artificial Nature
- Studies in World Art, Book 14
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Gerard Marquez
- Length: 7 mins
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It is a historical peculiarity of landscape painting that it begins with the artificial, and only after that proceeds towards the natural. For example, landscape paintings, and especially fanciful Nilotic panoramas, were one of the genres produced by artists in Pompeii. When, with the Renaissance, landscape painting once again started to establish itself after a long interval, the representations of the surrounding world that artists began to produce as a separate and independent genre, rather than simply as a background for human figures, were usually more fanciful than real.
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Artificial Nature
- Studies in World Art, Book 14
- Narrated by: Gerard Marquez
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 14
- Length: 7 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-23
- Language: English
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Arnaldo Pomodoro
- Studies in World Art, Book 7
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Dean Barker
- Length: 12 mins
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His sculptures have never been afraid of being seen. What I mean by this apparently paradoxical statement is that Pomodoro has never needed the shelter of the museum - defined by me here as "a space set apart for art" - in order to make his point as an artist. His sculptures have never been afraid of being seen. What I mean by this apparently paradoxical statement is that Pomodoro has never needed the shelter of the museum - defined by me here as "a space set apart for art" - in order to make his point as an artist.
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Arnaldo Pomodoro
- Studies in World Art, Book 7
- Narrated by: Dean Barker
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 7
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-26
- Language: English
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Radical Light
- Studies in World Art, Book 13
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Gerard Marquez
- Length: 9 mins
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It is a historical peculiarity of landscape painting that it begins with the artificial, and only after that proceeds towards the natural. For example, landscape paintings, and especially fanciful Nilotic panoramas, were one of the genres produced by artists in Pompeii. When, with the Renaissance, landscape painting once again started to establish itself after a long interval, the representations of the surrounding world that artists began to produce as a separate and independent genre, rather than simply as a background for human figures, were usually more fanciful than real.
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Radical Light
- Studies in World Art, Book 13
- Narrated by: Gerard Marquez
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 13
- Length: 9 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-19
- Language: English
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Radical Nature
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 172
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Neil Gallagher
- Length: 7 mins
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Eco-art exhibitions are part of the trend of our times. Radical Nature, the show at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, demonstrated some of the possibilities and paradoxes of enterprises of this sort. Basically what the organizers had to do is to move the outside indoors. This set them both practical and, in their own terms at least, moral problems.
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Radical Nature
- Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 172
- Narrated by: Neil Gallagher
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 172
- Length: 7 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-11
- Language: English
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Pablo Gargallo
- Studies in World Art, Book 129
- Written by: Edward Lucie-Smith
- Narrated by: Richard M. Pshock
- Length: 19 mins
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Pablo Gargallo is often described as "Cubist" sculptor, partly thanks to his signature technique of hollowing out or reversing volumes, and partly due to his links with Picasso, one of the two undoubted inventors of cubism. In the strict sense, the idea of cubist sculpture is an oxymoron. Despite its undoubted early links to the African tribal sculptures that partly inspired Picasso’s transition to a new and radical style, cubism was essentially an attempt to find a better and more complete way of representing forms on a flat surface.
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Pablo Gargallo
- Studies in World Art, Book 129
- Narrated by: Richard M. Pshock
- Series: Studies in World Art, Book 129
- Length: 19 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-11
- Language: English
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