The art of monarchy [sound recording].
by Gompertz, Will.
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SoundPublisher: Bath : BBC Audiobooks, 2012Description: 4 sound discs (4 hr.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 9781445896144 (sound discs) :.Classification number: 708.2 ARTSubject(s): Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Art collections | Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History | Radio programs -- Great Britain | Audiobooks | Art and Design | History of art | European history | Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc | United Kingdom, Great Britain | Ireland | ModernismPresented by Will Gompertz.Summary: An 8-part exploration of almost 1000 years of the British monarchy as told through the objects of art they collected. The Royal Collection is one of the most wide-ranging collections of art and artefacts in the world and provides an intriguing insight into the minds of the monarchs who have assembled it. In this series, BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz examines dozens of these unique objects, in a quest to 'use the Collection as a prism through which to better understand the art of being a monarch'. From intimate portraits to epic tapestries, from the Coronation pen to the Investiture sword, from a treatise against Martin Luther to the first televised Christmas message, each has an absorbing history. Famous objects such as the Gold State Coach and the Imperial State Crown rub shoulders with lesser-known but still fascinating artefacts such as the Exeter Salt and the Wriothesley Garter Book. With the help of historians, academics and Royal Collection curators, Gompertz selects choice items to find out what secrets they reveal about the art of monarchy.
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Compact discs.
Presented by Will Gompertz.
An 8-part exploration of almost 1000 years of the British monarchy as told through the objects of art they collected. The Royal Collection is one of the most wide-ranging collections of art and artefacts in the world and provides an intriguing insight into the minds of the monarchs who have assembled it. In this series, BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz examines dozens of these unique objects, in a quest to 'use the Collection as a prism through which to better understand the art of being a monarch'. From intimate portraits to epic tapestries, from the Coronation pen to the Investiture sword, from a treatise against Martin Luther to the first televised Christmas message, each has an absorbing history. Famous objects such as the Gold State Coach and the Imperial State Crown rub shoulders with lesser-known but still fascinating artefacts such as the Exeter Salt and the Wriothesley Garter Book. With the help of historians, academics and Royal Collection curators, Gompertz selects choice items to find out what secrets they reveal about the art of monarchy.
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