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1 General Information2 Cover3 Information

31 Looking for Paradise32 Modern Dreams33 What Lies Beneath

4 Screenshots5 Technical Specs6 Links

61 Further Information62 Release Post63 Related Documentaries64 ed2k Links

General Information

Arts Documentary hosted by Andrew GrahamshyDixon published by BBC in 2011 shy English narration

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Information

Series exploring the history of American art sees Andrew GrahamshyDixon feeling the pulse of contemporary America

Looking for Paradise

In the first episode of a series exploring the history of American art Andrew GrahamshyDixon embarks on an epic journey from east to westfollowing in the footsteps of the pioneers who built the foundations of modern America He travels to Massachusetts to see the earliest portraits inAmerica depicting the Puritan settlers and visits Pennsylvania to uncover the dark truth behind Benjamin Wests most famous painting the Treatyof Penn with the Indians In Philadelphia he turns the pages of one of the worlds most expensive books shy John James Audubons Birds ofAmerica and explores the wilderness that inspired the great landscape painter Thomas Cole Andrew also uncovers the paradox at the heart of

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America that progress and innovation have come at a tragic price shy the destruction of the unique culturalheritage of Native Americans by European settlers His journey takes us to the end of the 19th century and theannouncement that the era of westward expansion was officially over

Modern Dreams

Andrew GrahamshyDixon gets under the skin of the modern American metropolis Beginning at the Statue ofLiberty he discovers how the ambitions of visionary artists and architects helped America remove itself fromthe shadow of Europe In Manhattan he explores the grimy world of early 20th century painters John Sloan andGeorge Bellows and visits Stockbridge in Massachusetts to find out how Norman Rockwells oeuvre is not assentimental as it may seem In Chicago he explores the visionary mind of architect Louis Sullivan and travelsto the decaying outskirts of the city to see the underside of the American dream He uncovers the impact theGreat Depression had on artists such as Edward Hopper and Arshile Gorky and finds out how it inspiredAmericas first major art movement shy Abstract Expressionism At Jackson Pollocks studio in Long Island hediscovers the secrets of his unique drip technique and visits Mark Rothkos chapel in Houston

What Lies Beneath

In Levittown he uncovers the dark side of postshywar consumerism and the role artists have played inchallenging the status quo He visits New Yorks Metropolitan Museum to see the most subversive artwork of1950s America Jasper Johnss White Flag examines Andy Warhols soup can paintings and interviews one ofthe last surviving pop artists James Rosenquist In Los Angeles he looks at the graphic style of Ed Ruscha andthe citys unique contribution to 20th century design shy Googie architecture Back east Andrew visits the homeof the late Philip Guston to get a private view of his work and Jeff Koonss studio to learn how the enfantterrible of contemporary art continues to challenge the boundaries of taste Finally he explores the impact 911has had on America and how a new generation of artists such as Matthew Day Jackson have made sense ofthis tragic event

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Technical Specs

Video Codec x264 CABACVideo Bitrate CRF 18 (4930Kbps average)Video Aspect Ratio 17781Video Resolution 1440x810Audio Codec AACshyLCAudio Bitrate 160 Kbps ABR 48KHzAudio Channels 2RunshyTime 59 mins

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Framerate 25FPSNumber of Parts 3Part Size 209 GBSource HDTVEncoded by JungleBoy

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Further Information

BBC Site (extlinkphphttpwwwbbccoukprogrammesb017755r)

Release Post

MVGrouporg (ed2k) (httpforumsmvgrouporgindexphpshowtopic=42237)MVGrouporg (torrent) (httpforumsmvgrouporgindexphpshowtopic=42236)

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