Post-lmpressionists Seurat, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and C zanne broke new ground with daring and imaginative use of color and approaches to form. Paris saw the emergence of the Fauves, and of Picasso and Cubism. Kandinsky and others experimented with color abstraction. Le Corbusier and Wright applied the abstract principles to buildings. Works by Pollock, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and the sculptor Oldenburg are examined.
Art is now accessible to everyone to create and appreciate.
Host Michael Wood looks over the past and forward to implications for the future.