The Shock of the New. Volume 2, The Powers That be

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Documentary.
Videodisc release of television series.
Narrator, Robert Hughes.
This provocative series on modern art picks up at the threshold of the 20th century. "The mechanical paradise: The period 1870-1914 was a hinge point in Western culture. Its emblem, the Eiffel Tower, symbolized the reign of the engineer, the inventor. The Powers that be: Dada and Expressionism were set against the collapse of Germany after World War I. The avant-garde's energies were about to be used in service of real political revolutions ..."--Container.
DVD ; Full screen.

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Incredibly Well-Informed Documentary submitted by apicknell on July 10, 2015, 2:29pm Written and narrated by Time magazine's art critic, Robert Hughes, this documentary's production values are a bit dated but the content is still poignant and interesting. Hughes recounts the origins of Modern art and details social issues of the times, explaining how the two influenced each other and the direction of art in the new century. Sometimes Hughes can become a bit too vague or poetic, but these factual lapses nonetheless add to the documentary's character.