The Visual Scene

Art in Europe since 1945 Introduced by John Donat and Paul Overy Studio director, ANTHONY Cash Producer, NANCY Thomas

Art in Europe since 1945 There are four programmes on painting and sculpture in this survey. Each one deals with a distinct trend in modern art today and outlines the social and artistic attitudes which have activated artists since the war.

Art in Europe since 1945 We used to think of artists working with paint and brush, stone and chisel. But the new generation is just as likely to use plastic and spray gun, or iron girder and oxy-acetylene lamp. And some artists have their work processed in factories, or even programmed for computers.

Art in Europe since 1945 Pop art is largely an American and British phenomenon. In tonight's programme Lawrence Allo way, arch-priest of pop in London in the 1950s, explains how he and his artist friends got interested in American culture, and then in American pop art. The next generation of British pop artists have developed their own style, but all pop artists show an awareness of the urban scene.

Art in Europe since 1945 Written and spoken by Paul Overy

Art in Europe since 1945 Devised by Theo Crosby , Alan Fletcher , Colin Forbes Introduced by John Donat Studio director, ANTHONY CASH Producer, NANCY THOMAS

Architecture in Europe since 1945 Millions of homeless, flattened towns, ruined transport: these were the problems which faced Europe after the war. In England someone said: 'We had a grim gratitude to the Luftwaffe for clearance we might not have had the courage to undertake ourselves even at the height of the blitz plans were being made to rebuild and build anew. What happened to these plans is the theme of the next three programmes.

Architecture in Europe since 1945 The destruction of the war seemed to give planners and architects the opportunity they'd been waiting for-to build new towns, to try out Le Corbusier's ville radieuse, and to experiment with prepacked fabrication. But what happened?

Architecture in Europe since 1945 Architects are discovering people. Sociologists are increasingly interested in urban problems and how people can be brought into the planning processes. ' Participation ' is the key word.

In this last programme John Donat and Paul Overy draw together some of the threads of the series. What are the problems that face architects and planners? What will be the role of the artist in the future? These points are discussed with John Berger the art critic, Maurice Broady , Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Southampton, and Lionel March of the University of Cambridge School of Architecture