Name: Daydreams and Nightmares
Released: 2013-04-18

The High Art of the Low Countries

S1 · E3 — Daydreams and Nightmares

S1:E3 · Daydreams and Nightmares

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The High Art of the Low Countries

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Season 1 · Episode 3 · Apr 18, 2013

Following a brief period of decline, the entrepreneurial and industrious region of the Low Countries rose again to become a cultural leader in the modern age. Despite its small and almost insignificant size it produced important forward-thinking artists like Van Gogh, Mondrian, Magritte and Delvaux, who changed the face of art forever. Andrew's journey takes him to a remote beach in north west Holland that inspired Mondrian's transition to his now-renowned abstract grid paintings. Andrew digs deep into the psychology and social history of the region, exploring how the landscape of the past has informed the culture and identity of the Low Countries today and the impossibility of the Dutch drive to turn the philosophy of Mondrian's geometric order into a way of living.

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The High Art of the Low Countries

TV Series

201352m

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Daydreams and Nightmares

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Apr 18, 2013

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