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Mary Beard on the nude in western art

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Ahead of her new BBC Two series The Shock of the Nude, classicist Mary Beard discusses some of the thorny issues surrounding the naked body in western art over the centuries. Later on in the episode she is joined by art historian Janina Ramirez to share her thoughts on a few of the most intriguing pieces that appear in the programmes. Historyextra.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:56.4

I'm Ellie Corthorne.

1:00.8

On today's podcast, you'll be hearing from the classicist Professor Mary Beard.

1:07.1

Tonight, which is a third of February, Mary is presenting a new program, The Shock of the Nude.

1:11.7

airing on BBC 2 at 9pm, it's the first of a two-part series.

1:18.2

BBC World History's editor Matt Elton interviewed Mary to find out more about how nudity has inspired artists and shocked critics throughout the history of Western art.

1:23.3

Then they were joined by art historian Janina Ramirez to discuss three particularly divisive works.

1:30.1

Please be aware that the conversation contains some explicit content.

1:34.4

So your new series is called The Shock of the Nude. What inspired you to make this particular

1:38.9

programme on this subject? I think we were all, and that's the people who commissioned it, you know, and me and the director.

1:47.5

We were looking for a subject in the history of art that people really wanted to kind of argue about,

1:55.1

that still made people cross or puzzled or take very, very different views.

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