Captioning made possible by the Annenberg Cpb project the first 15 years of the 20th century saw changes in the theory and practice of art among modern artists in western europe which were so remarkable theyve been compared with the great advances made in science and technology at the same time. Theres no simple explanation for why this period was so dynamic, nor was the dynamism confined to one center. Although paris had long been the focus of modernism, it had its rivals in brussels, barcelona, and munich. But it was a time of growing tension in western culture, of continued rapid industrialization, of imperialism abroad and rivalry within the states of europe, and, at the same time, scientific breakthroughs, which not only questioned our way of seeing the world, but the very nature of reality itself plancks quantum theory, einsteins theory of relativity, freuds work on psychoanalysis. It was in 1900 that freud wrote his interpretation of dreams, a prophetic work in view of the trage
Captioning made possible by the Annenberg Cpb project the first 15 years of the 20th century saw changes in the theory and practice of art among modern artists in western europe which were so remarkable theyve been compared with the great advances made in science and technology at the same time. Theres no simple explanation for why this period was so dynamic, nor was the dynamism confined to one center. Although paris had long been the focus of modernism, it had its rivals in brussels, barcelona, and munich. But it was a time of growing tension in western culture, of continued rapid industrialization, of imperialism abroad and rivalry within the states of europe, and, at the same time, scientific breakthroughs, which not only questioned our way of seeing the world, but the very nature of reality itself plancks quantum theory, einsteins theory of relativity, freuds work on psychoanalysis. It was in 1900 that freud wrote his interpretation of dreams, a prophetic work in view of the trage
The chinese or worcester patterns. I like to do my own slight variations, but on porcelain shapes made at worcester, fired in the factory kilns to a very high temperature. So my part is doing the painting in blue, and it was sealed there for all time. And this lovely these are nasturtiums, are they . What are those . Uh, lotus. Lotus, ah. They were growing in the park in hong kong. I always liked whenever im traveling, i take a sketchbook, and i do little sketches, and then i work them out into porcelain designs afterwards. Oh, thats beautifully drawn. And so what do you do with them . Do you just keep them yourself . Do you are you gonna sell them . What do you do . Yes, this is really a hobby at the moment. I mean, one day, i think id like to have my own kiln and make porcelain. But at the moment, i just enjoy doing it and again continuing to learn from it, how difficult it is to make porcelain. Yes. Well, john, its always fascinating to find out what our experts do in their spare ti