Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergere | 20150806 | Dr Janina Ramirez introduces the first in a new series on BBC Radio 4 in which three great masterworks are examined in minute detail. Recorded in the galleries in which the pictures hold pride of place, Janina is joined by experts who can provide context, biographical background and artistic insight, all combining to decode these masterworks for today's audience.
The series begins at the Courtauld gallery in London with Edouard Manet's 'A bar at the Folies-Berg耀re'. Joining Janina are Professor Griselda Pollock of the University of Leeds and Dr Karen Serres of the Courtauld Institute who explain why the girl at the centre of the picture was more than just a reflection of a moment in Parisian cultural history, and why British Beer plays an important part in the painting. There are also insights into the figures making up the background to the waitress standing at the bar on the upper-floor of the Folies.
Listeners are invited to look the painting up, if they can, on their computer or tablet, with the best webpage being:
Producer: Tom Alban.
Dr Janina Ramirez decodes Edouard Manet's masterpiece A Bar at the Folies-Bergere. Dr Janina Ramirez presents a series that examines three masterworks in minute detail |
02 | Dali's Metamorphosis of Narcissus | 20150813 | Dr Janina Ramirez introduces the second programme in a new series on BBC Radio 4 in which three great masterworks are examined in minute detail. Recorded in the galleries in which the pictures hold pride of place, Janina is joined by experts who can provide context, biographical background and artistic insight, all combining to decode these masterworks for today's audience.
No-one is prepared to claim an absolute decoding but there are fascinating insights into Dali's workings before the days when his staring eyes and flamboyant moustache rather obscured the fact of his brilliance as a painter.
Producer: Tom Alban.
Dr Janina Ramirez and guests decode Salvador Dali's 1937 work, Metamorphosis of Narcissus. Dr Janina Ramirez presents a series that examines three masterworks in minute detail |
03 | Paolo Uccello - The Hunt in the Forest | 20150820 | Dr Janina Ramirez is joined by Professor Martin Kemp and Professor Catherine Whistler of the Ashmolean museum to examine and decode the perspective brilliance of Paolo Uccello's painting The Hunt in the Forest.
http://www.ashmolean.org/education/resources/resources2011/TOPHuntInTheForestNotes
Producer: Tom Alban.
Dr Janina Ramirez visits the Ashmolean to decode Paolo Uccello's 15th-century masterpiece. Dr Janina Ramirez presents a series that examines three masterworks in minute detail |