12% Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections
Network:BBC Four
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S01E03 - "The Age of the Individual"
Aired on Jul 31, 2013, 7:00 PM
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Art historian Helen Rosslyn traces the stories of the people whose enthusiasm for art, sense of adventure and wealth built Britain's national collection and shaped the history of art of the nation.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
The Pioneers
Helen Rosslyn reveals the influence of the 17th-century British pioneer collectors such as Thomas Howard and how the Whitehall Group brought a taste for the Baroque.
Jul 17, 2013
60 min
E2
The Golden Age
Helen Rosslyn focuses on the 18th century, the Grand Tour era when aristocrats filled their Palladian villas with masterpieces by 17th-century classical painters.
Jul 24, 2013
60 min
E3
The Age of the Individual
How collecting reached its maturity in the 19th century when the booming economy encouraged philanthropic industrialists to spend their fortunes on art.
Jul 31, 2013
60 min
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