This Is The Modern World
In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint.
In the final episode, Andrew begins with the impressionists. He plunges into one of the most wildly creative periods in the history of art, when France was changing at a rapid pace and angry young artists would reinvent how to paint, finding their muses in the bars, brothels and cabarets of belle epoque Paris and turning the world of art on its head. Monet, Degas and friends launched a febrile conversation about the role of painting in the modern world that would pave the way for just about every modern art movement of note, from the cubists to the Fauves, from the surrealists to the existentialists and from conceptual artists to the abstract expressionists.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Andrew Graham-Dixon |
Director | Tim Dunn |
Executive Producer | Basil Comely |
Series Producer | Silvia Sacco |
Production Manager | Imogen Stringer |