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A warm-hearted musical romantic comedy by David Greig and Gordon McIntyre.
Edgar Wind, the first Professor of Art History at Oxford University, examines why and how great art is often produced in turbulent circumstances.
5/6 Edgar Wind considers how machines have influenced the production and evaluation of art.
First broadcast: 11 Dec 1960
4/6 Edgar Wind explores how knowledge allows our aesthetic perception of art to be heightened.
First broadcast: 04 Dec 1960
6/6 Edgar Wind contemplates the influence of the human will over the creation of art.
Sun 18 Dec 1960 09:00 BBC Radio 4
Download the Reith Lectures by Edgar Wind via the Reith Lectures Archive 1948 - 1975 podcast. There is also a podcast featuring broadcasts from 1976 - 2010.
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