Aired Tuesday 28 November,
3:45am - 4:45amon BBC Four
Art That Made Us
Series 1 Episode 6: Rise of the CitiesCharting the decisive shift of power from countryside to the city during the 19th century. With the industrial revolution transforming the British Isles, a divide opened up between city and country, forcing artists to respond to the upheaval to lives and the landscape. Some artists attempt to capture the poverty and squalor caused by the rapid urbanisation around them.
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