Civilisations. [Episode 9], The vital spark / written by Simon Schama ; produced & directed by Tim Niel ; a BBC Open University partnership.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Schama, Simon, on-screen presenter.

Niel, Tim, director, producer.

Schreiber, Liev, narrator.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Open University, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--20th century--History.

Art, Modern.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 minutes)

Other Title:

Vital spark

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Simon's last programme explores the fate of art in the machine and profit-driven world. It looks at the rise of art as a tradeable commodity and turns on one central question: should art create a realm separate from the modern world, a place where we can escape and pull the ladder up after us? Or should it plunge headlong into the chaos and cacophony while transforming the way we see it and live in it? Using the works of both dead and contemporary artists of the 20th and 21st Simon seeks answers to these profound questions.

Participant:

Narrated by Liev Schreiber.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 20, 2019).

OCLC:

1130719630