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The Story of Scottish Art

  • 2015
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season

In a four-part series, artist Lachlan Goudie traces the development of Scottish art from the Neolithic Era to the present day, and looks at its impact on the international art world

Latest: Season 1 · 2015

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  1. E1. Living Dangerously

    Oct 7, 2015 · 60m

    In the first programme, Lachlan explores Scotland's earliest art.

  2. E2. Finding the Light

    Oct 14, 2015 · 60m

    The 18th century heralded the greatest blossoming of Scottish artistry in its history.

  3. E3. Rebel Hearts

    Oct 21, 2015 · 60m

    Artist Lachlan Goudie explores how, at the turn of the 19th century, Scotland's artists challenged the traditions they had inherited and, embracing new ways of seeing and painting from the Continent, revolutionised Scottish art.

  4. E4. Long Horizons

    Oct 28, 2015 · 60m

    The climactic episode of the series explores how, over the last 100 years, Scottish art has wrestled as never before with questions of identity and exploded like a visual firecracker of different ideas and styles.