A History of Art in Three Colours

Season 12012

Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even altered the course of history.

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3 Episodes

E01 Gold

For the very first civilisations and also our own, the yellow lustre of gold is the most alluring and intoxicating colour of all. From the midst of pre-history to a bunker deep beneath the Bank of England, Dr James Fox reveals how golden treasures made across the ages reflect everything we have held as sacred.

July 25, 2012

E02 Blue

Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even altered the course of history. When, in the Middle Ages, the precious blue stone lapis lazuli arrived in Europe from the East, blue became the most exotic and mysterious of colours.

August 1, 2012

E03 White

In the Age of Reason, it was the rediscovery of the white columns and marbles of antiquity that made white the most virtuous of colours. For the flamboyant JJ Wickelmann and the British genius Josiah Wedgewood, white embodied all the Enlightenment values of justice, equality and reason.

August 8, 2012

A History of Art in Three Colours

E01 Gold

E02 Blue

E03 White

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The Vampire Diaries

Stranger Things

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Anne with an E

Boys Over Flowers

DARLING in the FRANXX

Euphoria

Locked Up

Henry Danger

You

The Simpsons

Marvel's Luke Cage

The Flash

Mr. Pickles

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Love Live! School Idol Project

Breaking Bad

E01 Gold

E02 Blue

E03 White