2: Power Games | Age of the Image

Menu

Synopsis

James Fox explores how mass communication and new technology helped 20th-century image-makers transform society, from Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda films to the moon landings.

Further Information

More episodes from this series

1: A New Reality | Age of the Image

1: A New Reality | Age of the Image

BBC Four | 2020 | 59'29''

James Fox explores how technological advances in the early 20th century created new ways of seeing the world, making links between artist...

2: Power Games | Age of the Image

2: Power Games | Age of the Image

BBC Four | 2020 | 58'53''

James Fox explores how mass communication and new technology helped 20th-century image-makers transform society, from Leni Riefenstahl's pr...

3: Seductive Dreams | Age of the Image

3: Seductive Dreams | Age of the Image

BBC Four | 2020 | 59'24''

James Fox examines how artists, film-makers and advertisers have used images to sell us fantasies of a better life.

4: Fake Views | Age of the Image

4: Fake Views | Age of the Image

BBC Four | 2020 | 59'18''

James Fox examines how images have become more powerful - and less trusted - than ever before, from hyper-real paintings to movie special ef...

1: A New Reality | Age of the Image

1: A New Reality | Age of the Image

BBC Four | 2020 | 59'29''

James Fox explores how technological advances in the early 20th century created new ways of seeing the world, making links between artist...

2: Power Games | Age of the Image

2: Power Games | Age of the Image

BBC Four | 2020 | 58'53''

James Fox explores how mass communication and new technology helped 20th-century image-makers transform society, from Leni Riefenstahl's pr...

3: Seductive Dreams | Age of the Image

3: Seductive Dreams | Age of the Image

BBC Four | 2020 | 59'24''

James Fox examines how artists, film-makers and advertisers have used images to sell us fantasies of a better life.

4: Fake Views | Age of the Image

4: Fake Views | Age of the Image

BBC Four | 2020 | 59'18''

James Fox examines how images have become more powerful - and less trusted - than ever before, from hyper-real paintings to movie special ef...

Similar broadcast resources

Art and Design | BBC

RHS Hampton Court Garden Show | BBC London

Report from the RHS Hampton Court Garden Show about how the trend for the year was sustainability in growth and how important the green agenda is.

Art and Design | BBC

Joan Bakewell Remembers... Marcel Duchamp in Late Night Line-Up | Remembering...

Joan Bakewell looks back on her interview with legendary French artist and sculptor Marcel Duchamp, just months before his death in 1968.