In Our Time: 25 Perspectives on the Visual Arts

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 explorations of the visual arts, including artistic and architectural styles, historic movements, notable artworks and visual artists Radio 4's In Our Time has established itself at the pinnacle of essential conversation on a wide range of subjects from science, history, philosophy and the arts. The programme, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2023, is presented by Melvyn Bragg with contributors from the diverse worlds of academia. Opening with four contextual episodes - The Artist, Imagination, The Muses, and Architecture and Power - this thematic anthology contains 25 programmes on the history of visual art. Included are artistic styles and movements, from Avant Garde to Bohemianism, and great cultural figures such as Hans Holbein the Younger, Katsushika Hokusai, Frida Kahlo, Michelangelo and William Morris. Also featured are episodes on Baroque, Bauhaus and Surrealism, as well as such iconic artworks as Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Turner's The Fighting Temeraire, Munch's The Scream and Picasso's Guernica. How did the artist become a special kind of human being? Why is architecture such a powerful form of expression? These, and many other topics, are discussed in this release. Whether you're an arts student or simply want to broaden your horizons, this enlightening and entertaining compilation will provoke thoughts and debate long after you have finished listening to it. Production credits Presented by Melvyn Bragg Produced by Natalia Fernandez, John Goudie, Thomas Morris, Luke Mulhall and Simon Tillotson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: Part I: Context The Artist 28 March 2002 Imagination 28 November 2002 The Muses 19 May 2016 Architecture and Power 31 October 2002 Part II: Styles and Movements Cave Art 24 September 2020 Vitruvius and De Architectura 15 March 2012 The Baroque Movement 20 November 2008 Bohemianism 9 October 2003 The Decadent Movement 18 November 2021 Bauhaus 10 November 2022 Surrealism 15 November 2001 The Avant Garde's Decline and Fall in the 20th Century 25 February 1999 Part III: Visual Artists Albrecht Dürer 12 November 2020 Holbein at the Tudor Court 15 October 2015 Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists 27 May 2010 Hokusai 30 March 2017 Berthe Morisot 13 October 2022 Frida Kahlo 9 July 2015 William Morris 5 July 2018 Part IV: Art and Architecture The Lindisfarne Gospels 20 February 2003 Judith beheading Holofernes 14 February 2019 Angkor Wat 23 June 2022 The Sistene Chapel 31 March 2022 The School of Athens 26 March 2009 Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent 15 January 2015 Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People 20 October 2011 The Fighting Temeraire 10 November 2016 Munch and The Scream 18 March 2010 Picasso's Guernica 2 November 2017 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.