Art That Made Us

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   E1. Lights in the Darkness

   Apr 7, 2022 · 58m

   Episode one immerses us in the turbulent era that followed the Roman occupation of Britain. After the Romans leave, waves of invasion reshape the Isles and their cultures: from glittering jewellery to carved stones to intricate manuscripts. Battles over identity and faith play out in art and culminate in the rise of a new vernacular language.

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   E2. Revolution of the Dead

   Apr 14, 2022 · 59m

   Episode two traces an alternative history of the Black Death of the Middle Ages. From the chaos of the Black Death comes creative renewal; survivors finding their voice through satire and a revived literature in English, including breakthrough works by women, and through new craft in cathedral building and stained glass.

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   E3. Queens, Feuds and Faith

   Apr 21, 2022 · 59m

   Episode three looks at the story of the 16th century religious revolution, as England and other parts of the British Isles turned to Protestantism.

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   E4. To Kill a King

   Apr 28, 2022 · 58m

   A splintering of politics and religion in the British Isles under the Stuart kings leads to more questioning art, new science and architecture.

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   E5. Consumers and Conscience

   May 5, 2022 · 58m

   In the 18th century, trade and conquest funds an explosion of creativity, and art stirs a growing social conscience.

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   E6. Rise of the Cities

   May 12, 2022 · 58m

   With the industrial revolution transforming the British Isles, cities and country are divided and artists respond to the upheaval to lives and the landscape.

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