Fiona MacCarthy's guest appearances

Fiona MacCarthy

Front Row: Archive 2011

Pb Living - A daily book review

Elon Musk

Jordan Peterson

Daniel Kahneman

Bill Gates

Edmund de Waal

Jane Eyre

Cal Newport

Robert Kiyosaki

Adam Grant

David Eagleman

Malcolm Gladwell

Jared Diamond

Alfred Hitchcock

Seth Godin

Ben Horowitz

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The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings--Fagus Factory, Bauhaus Dessau, Pan Am--but no less in his students. I. M. Pei, Paul Rudolph, Anni Albers, Philip Johnson, Fumihiko Maki: countless masters were once disciples at the Bauhaus in Berlin and at Harvard. Between 1910 and 1930, Gropius was at the center of European modernism and avant-garde society glamor, only to be exiled to the antimodernist United Kingdom during the Nazi years. Later, under the democratizing influence of American universities, Gropius became an advocate of public art and cemented a starring role in twentieth-century architecture and design.  Fiona MacCarthy challenges the image of Gropius as a doctrinaire architectural rationalist, bringing out the visionary philosophy and courage that carried him through a politically hostile age. Pilloried by Tom Wolfe as inventor of the monolithic high-rise, Gropius is better remembered as inventor of a form of art education that influenced schools worldwide. He viewed argument as intrinsic to creativity. Unusually for one in his position, Gropius encouraged women's artistic endeavors and sought equal romantic partners. Though a traveler in elite circles, he objected to the cloistering of beauty as "a special privilege for the aesthetically initiated."  Gropius offers a poignant and personal story--and a fascinating reexamination of the urges that drove European and American modernism.  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/support

The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings--Fagus Factory, Bauhaus Dessau, Pan Am--but no less in his students. I. M. Pei, Paul Rudolph, Anni Albers, Philip Johnson, Fumihiko Maki: countless masters were once disciples at the Bauhaus in Berlin and at Harvard. Between 1910 and 1930, Gropius was at the center of European modernism and avant-garde society glamor, only to be exiled to the antimodernist United Kingdom during the Nazi years. Later, under the democratizing influence of American universities, Gropius became an advocate of public art and cemented a starring role in twentieth-century architecture and design. Fiona MacCarthy challenges the image of Gropius as a doctrinaire architectural rationalist, bringing out the visionary philosophy and courage that carried him through a politically hostile age. Pilloried by Tom Wolfe as inventor of the monolithic high-rise, Gropius is better remembered as inventor of a form of art education that influenced schools worldwide. He viewed argument as intrinsic to creativity. Unusually for one in his position, Gropius encouraged women's artistic endeavors and sought equal romantic partners. Though a traveler in elite circles, he objected to the cloistering of beauty as "a special privilege for the aesthetically initiated." Gropius offers a poignant and personal story--and a fascinating reexamination of the urges that drove European and American modernism. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pbliving/support</a>

A Book Review - Gropius: The Man Who Built the Bauhaus Book by Fiona MacCarthy

Tim Pigott-Smith

With Mark Lawson, who talks to actor Tim Pigott-Smith as he takes the title role in King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.Cultural Historian and Pre-Raphaelite biographer Fiona MacCarthy reviews the new Ford Madox Brown retrospective at Manchester Art Gallery.And novelist Nicholas Royle reviews Hidden, a new BBC One conspiracy thriller starring Philip Glenister.Producer Ekene Akalawu.

With Mark Lawson, who talks to actor Tim Pigott-Smith as he takes the title role in King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Cultural Historian and Pre-Raphaelite biographer Fiona MacCarthy reviews the new Ford Madox Brown retrospective at Manchester Art Gallery. And novelist Nicholas Royle reviews Hidden, a new BBC One conspiracy thriller starring Philip Glenister. Producer Ekene Akalawu.

Tim Pigott-Smith on King Lear, Fiona MacCarthy on Ford Madox Brown