Art and architecture - for iPod/iPhone
By The Open University
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Description
The Louvre was designed to house a great art collection for the people of France. Was there a plan from the outset to build a canon of work where the relationships between artists, their origins, their schools and faiths could be traced across centuries? And how did architect I.M.Pei persuade President Mitterrand to allow a pyramid to be built at the Louvre? The album goes on to explore how architecture can reflect relationships between different traditions. Two great buildings, Palladio’s church of the Redentore in Venice and Sinan’s Sokullu Mehmet Pasha mosque in Istanbul illustrate shared approaches to the purpose for which the spaces were designed. This material is taken from The Open University course A216 Art and its histories.
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Art and architecture | A short introduction to this album. | 2/8/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Art and architecture | Transcript -- A short introduction to this album. | 2/8/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoThe pyramid at the Louvre | Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The pyramid at the Louvre | Transcript -- Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoEnglish Philistines, French Sophisticates | How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- English Philistines, French Sophisticates | Transcript -- How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoSubversive classicism | How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Subversive classicism | Transcript -- How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoOpen museum | Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, on the original idea that the museum must reflect art history and be open to everyone. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Open museum | Transcript -- Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, on the original idea that the museum must reflect art history and be open to everyone. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoRuined Louvre | French artist, Hubert Robert's painting depicting a ruined Louvre. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Ruined Louvre | Transcript -- French artist, Hubert Robert's painting depicting a ruined Louvre. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 13 | VideoUnfinished business | Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, discussing why the Louvre will never be finished. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Unfinished business | Transcript -- Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, discussing why the Louvre will never be finished. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 15 | VideoA tale of two temples | Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice and Sinan's Sokullu Mehmet Pasha mosque in Istanbul are compared. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- A tale of two temples | Transcript -- Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice and Sinan's Sokullu Mehmet Pasha mosque in Istanbul are compared. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 17 | VideoPublic or private | Sinan's Sokullu Mehment Pasha mosque where all men would be equal before Allah. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Public or private | Transcript -- Sinan's Sokullu Mehment Pasha mosque where all men would be equal before Allah. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 19 | VideoVery different innovators | The front and back of Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice could be entirely different buildings. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Very different innovators | Transcript -- The front and back of Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice could be entirely different buildings. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 21 | VideoBringing light into the mosque | The interior of Sinan's Sokollu Mehment Pasha mosque is filled with light thanks to its simple structure. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Bringing light into the mosque | Transcript -- The interior of Sinan's Sokollu Mehment Pasha mosque is filled with light thanks to its simple structure. | 5/15/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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