Tracing Glass Podcast

著者: We Don't Settle (Rumbidzai Savanhu Olivia Agbe and Renée Landell)
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  • Tracing Glass tells a living history of how Birmingham-born Edward Burne-Jones’ collaboration with William Morris birthed a masterpiece that mirrors the world we live in. The stained glass windows of the renowned Pre-Raphaelite artists not only reflect the politics and history of their times, but also those of our own. Join hosts Olivia Agbe and Rumbidzai Savanhu as they journey through time to uncover how art can uplift communities. Each episode will invite you to see yourself reflected in the windows as the hosts explore the brilliance of unity and difference.

    Birmingham Cathedral 2024
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Tracing Glass tells a living history of how Birmingham-born Edward Burne-Jones’ collaboration with William Morris birthed a masterpiece that mirrors the world we live in. The stained glass windows of the renowned Pre-Raphaelite artists not only reflect the politics and history of their times, but also those of our own. Join hosts Olivia Agbe and Rumbidzai Savanhu as they journey through time to uncover how art can uplift communities. Each episode will invite you to see yourself reflected in the windows as the hosts explore the brilliance of unity and difference.

Birmingham Cathedral 2024
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  • Episode four - The Last Judgement
    2024/08/08

    Join Olivia Agbe and Rumbidzai Savanhu as they, along with expert guests, journey through time and the streets of Birmingham to interpret the Last Judgement window of Birmingham Cathedral. Explore themes of the aftermath and the immortality of art by travelling to a future where Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris visit present day Pigeon Park. Learn about the endless impact of art from artist Pavani Konda and community artist Smilla Kristensen. Unpick the nuances of colonialism and heritage with professor Corinne Flower, co-author of the National Trust report on its properties’ links to enslavement and colonisation.

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    31 分
  • Episode three - The Ascension
    2024/08/08

    Join Olivia Agbe and Rumbidzai Savanhu as they, along with expert guests, journey through time and the streets of Birmingham to interpret the Ascension window of Birmingham Cathedral. Explore themes of rising above and being inspired by your predecessors by travelling to Edward Burne-Jones’ encounter with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Learn about the widely acclaimed art medium of stained glass from Curator, Jasmine Allen. Delve into an artist's life after a historic movement from canal laureate, Roy McFarlane.

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    34 分
  • Episode two - The Crucifixion
    2024/08/08

    Join Olivia Agbe and Rumbidzai Savanhu as they, along with expert guests, journey through time and the streets of Birmingham to interpret the Crucifixion window of Birmingham Cathedral. Explore themes of omission and the death of the author by travelling to Oxford University campus in Victorian England, when the ‘The Brotherhood’ Birmingham set was born. Learn about the diversity of Victorian society from art historian of Britain and the British Empire, Kate Nicols. Discover why the Pre-Raphaelites were thought to be radical with Charlotte Askew, expert researcher in pre-raphaelitism.

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    33 分

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