The Shock of the New - Ep 1 - The Mechanical Paradise
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Published 2014-03-14
Mechanical Paradise - How the development of technology influenced art between 1880 and end of WWI.
All Comments (21)
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If you are an artist, either amateur or professional, or even if you are just art interested, this series is obligatory watching. Robert Hughes is a greatly missed force of good in the world of art.
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This show first watch 40 years ago transfixed me...It still does.
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Dear wanted robot, I can't thank you enough for uploading this series 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤
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What is so good about this (and lacking these days) is that this is someone who is immensely knowledge but also happy to hold strong opinions: but he's not trying to persuade anyone to his point of view, or achieve a consensus. He doesn't care if you agree or disagree: he simply wants you to care. And yes, when I saw this in 1980 it changed my life for the better. And his despair at Jeff Koons is the most depressingly wonderful thing I've ever seen.
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I remember when this first aired. I was in my mid teens and this was the first TV series I committed myself to watching on my own. I kept mindful of the days it was on and made sure to see every episode. It made me feel very grown up. I learned a lot, too.
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Saw this in the 80s during college. The artists immediately became my heroes. Robert Huges is unmatched to this day.
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If you want to understand the avant garde this is the series for you. Hughes was a stunning critic and his loss is immeasureable: there is no one to replace him at all.
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You have done humankind a great service uploading this mythical series. The magnum opus of a truly important man - one of the very few deep, yet comprehensible, art critics of our time
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I remember this series when it first came out. So glad to see it again.
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So lucky to have found this in this day and age. Thanks!
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These need to be remastered
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The great adventure of modern art. It´s good to know this treasure has been saved for newest generations. Greetings from Mexico.
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14:20 "Cubism was like a small parody of the Imperial model." Robert Hughes, never pulling punches, 40 years ago.
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So glad I found your posting as my VHS of the series is shot! Thank you, we love Robert Hughes over here and his bold commentary!
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Thank you from the bottom of my bottomless heart for uploading this series wantedrobot!
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Many thanks for posting this series. I haven't seen it in it's entirety since I was at art college 20 years ago.
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What an amazing Christmas present! I first saw this series at the National Festival of the Arts in Grahamstown, South Africa, from 1st to 9th July, 1988. Ever since then I have wanted to see the programmes again. Today, by sheer chance, I stumbled upon your YouTube site. Thank you! I am thrilled to at last be able to watch the series again.
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Wonderful stuff. And some eerie 70s synth soundtracking too - it just doesn't get any better! :D
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Thank you so much for posting these!
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Still the best authority on the subject as far as tv is concerned. Even after 30 years.
