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BBC Arts: Andrew Graham-Dixon's The Secret of Drawing (Complete Series/Playlist)
About: This four part series, presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, explores how drawing has shaped our lives. Join him to discover the history of drawing and its relevance to the modern world.
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(1/4) The Line of Enquiry : Andrew Graham-Dixon Andrew looks at artists who have chosen the natural world as their subject matter and explores how drawing has helped man to understand his place in the universe. The programme covers the Rennaissance, the Eastern way, Turner, Constable and contemporary artists Anthony Gormley and Richard Long.
(2/4) Storylines : Caricature of Andrew Graham-Dixon Drawing has always been an essential tool for the telling of stories. Andrew looks at the satire of Gillray, Goya and Hogarth and its influence on photojournalism, American comics, Japanese Manga and Hollywood storyboards today.
(3/4) All in the Mind : David Hockney Andrew investigates drawing as a primal human instinct and a learned discipline, looking at the earliest cave drawings and the work of David Hockney and Picasso. The programme uses the latest developments in cognitive science to examine why we draw the way we do.
(4/4) Drawing by Design : Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci Andrew explores the role drawing has played in technical design and architecture, studying complex structures such as the Guggenheim and Boeing 777. From Leonardo to Libeskind, he shows how drawing has been a crucial tool in the history of scientific and technological discovery.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/secretofdrawing/
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BBC Four - The Arts: The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings
About: The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings was an uplifting watch. The artist and critic began his 90-minute programme by tracing the history of abstract art back to its origins in the fascinating 19th-century Theosophy movement of Helena Blavatsky. From here he moved on to the colours and shapes of Kandinsky, Pollock, Rothko and more. Throughout, there were studio visits and interviews with working artists as they created new abstract pieces.

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