One of them carved these images of the funeral procession which transported his body back to burgundy. Clothed in the habit of a carthusian monk, philips embalmed body was sealed in a lead coffin and carried in a funeral cortege whh took nearly seven weeks to wind the 250 miles from brussels to dijon. Accompanied by his sons, his chaplains, and members of his royal court, the hearse was drawn by six horses in black with the blue banners of burgundy fluttering at its corners. At dijon, it was received not only by the weeping clergy, but by 100 chosen townspeople and 100 poor, also clad in black at the dukes expense. As with the other great royal and ducal rituals of the later middle ages, death itself could be turned into public theater. Philips tomb itself lay just outside dijon at the carthusian monastery of champmol. It took nearly 30 years to complete and was finished in 1414. Three sculptors worked on it. Among them was a forgotten genius of european art, the man who conceived this
Captioning made possible by the Annenberg Cpb project this is siena, a wonderfully preserved Medieval City in central italy. At its heyday around 1300, it was one of the most civilized and prosperous places in europe. Siena and other italian citystates can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art. Hitherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. In places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity the merchants. These cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. They were republics. Here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met down there in the palazzo publica. And in the palazzo, there is a fresco painted in the 1340s which encapsulates their faith in the secular arts of government, in the moderating power of reason in human society. Its called the effec
Philips embalmed body was sealed in a lead coffin and carried in a funeral cortege whh took nearly seven weeks to wind the 250 miles from brussels to dijon. Accompanied by his sons, his chaplains, and members of his royal court, the hearse was drawn by six horses in black with the blue banners of burgundy fluttering at its corners. At dijon, it was received not only by the weeping clergy, but by 100 chosen townspeople and 100 poor, also clad in black at the dukes expense. As with the other great royal and ducal rituals of the later middle ages, death itself could be turned into public theater. Philips tomb itself lay just outside dijon at the carthusian monastery of champmol. It took nearly 30 years to complete and was finished in 1414. Three sculptors worked on it. Among them was a forgotten genius of european art, the man who conceived this remarkable evocation of that funeral procession, claus sluter. He came from haarlem in the netherlands and worked for the duke of burgundy for 20
This is siena, a wonderfully preserved Medieval City in central italy. At its heyday around 1300, it was one of the most civilized and prosperous places in europe. Siena and other italian citystates can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art. Hitherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. In places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity the merchants. These cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. They were republics. Here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met down there in the palazzo publica. And in the palazzo, there is a fresco painted in the 1340s which encapsulates their faith in the secular arts of government, in the moderating power of reason in human society. Its called the effects of good government. This marvous fresco, painted by
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. Joining me is the economics commentator grace bla kely, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. Thank you both for being with us. Tomorrows front pages. Starting with. The guardian says scientific advisers have warned the government that any relaxation of lockdown measures could trigger an exponential rise in coronavirus cases, amid a cabinet split about how quickly to ease restrictions. The daily mirror reports although the government promised 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month, less than a fifth of that target is actually being hit and testing sites still lie empty. According to the metro, at least 100 health and social care workers have now died of coronavirus including a nurse whose family say she would have lived if she had been given the correct protective clothing. The i claims the Royal Air Force are being forced to pick up delayed protective kit from turkey as a shortage threatens tre