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Map of Constantinople & The Hereford Mappa Mundi - with Peter Frankopan

Map of Constantinople & The Hereford Mappa Mundi - with Peter Frankopan

FromDr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective


Map of Constantinople & The Hereford Mappa Mundi - with Peter Frankopan

FromDr Janina Ramirez - Art Detective

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Mar 22, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Peter Frankopan is a historian at Oxford University, where he is Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford and Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research.

Peter's book The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, is an international bestseller, described by William Dalrymple as a 'historical
epic of dazzling range, ambition and achievement' (Observer)
View the episode's works: Map of Constantinople here. View the Hereford Mappa Mundi here.

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Released:
Mar 22, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (72)

Art is the truest expression of the workings of the mind, free from learnt language. More than that, it is the visual expression of culture, politics, society, religion, emotion, zeitgeist, channelled through the brush, chisel, or hands of creative individuals. Understanding art allows us to understand history: to pin it with images, and pepper it with the faces, colours, drama and expression of its time. This series is designed to give bite-sized insights into the world of Art History, bringing one image to life across 20 minutes through discussion with experts. History is never far from view, so each image will be expanded to sit within the cultural and historical context that produced it.Presented by Dr Janina RamirezProduced by Dan Morelle