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Watch The Shock of the New (1980) Online

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Synopsis

“Art and the century of change.”

The renowned definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by Australian art critic Robert Hughes.

Episodes

Season 1

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1. The Mechanical ParadiseNow viewing1980-09-211hThe irruption of the machine as a catalyst for the change in the forms and visions of artists in the early twentieth century. Cubism and Futurism as the movement of modern world and embodied in a canvas.
2. The Powers That Be1980-09-281hAfter the WW1 art is not indifferent to the change that the catastrophe had been. A provocative and ironic art, Dadaism was continued by militant leftist artists in Germany. In Russia, the communist revolution attracted modern artists to the fight, believing that they would change society to a fairer world, but they soon saw their utopia failed.
3. The Landscape of Pleasure1980-10-05Throughout the work of the Impressionists, Matisse or Picasso, the principle of pleasure and harmony are present in the art of the twentieth century.
4. Trouble in Utopia1980-10-12The architectural utopia of modernity and its aspirations for change and social improvement and its failure.
5. The Threshold of Liberty1980-10-19Surrealist painters sought extreme freedom through art, exploring the irrational world as well as the world of dreams.
6. The View from the Edge1980-10-26The interior of the mind, the obsessions and the forces that dominate life, form the work of modern artists from van Gogh and Munch, to the American abstract expressionists.
7. Culture as Nature1980-11-02In the mid-twentieth century the symbols of modern culture reflect the power of the media. Advertising, radio and television became the subject of artists. Pop art broke into the scene.
8. The Future That Was1980-11-09The end of modernity makes Robert Hughes raise the trajectory of art and its surroundings during the twentieth century and doubts about its future and achievements.

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Robert Hughes
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How many seasons does The Shock of the New have?

The Shock of the New has 1 season and 8 episodes.

When did The Shock of the New first air?

The Shock of the New first aired in 1980.

Is The Shock of the New still running?

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What genre is The Shock of the New?

The Shock of the New is classified as Documentary.