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Professor Andy Abbott looked at the changes in the artist's pallet from natural pigments through the work of the alchemist and the chemist

During the Renaissance in Venice, composers such as the Gabrieli and Moneverdi created some of their greatest masterpieces for performance in the great churches on festive occasions. But what would the music have sounded like, given its complexity an....

subtitled - Early Modern Humour

Siƒn Ede looks at the work of a number of leading artists who have engaged with contemporary science, whether robustly or subtly, in order to reflect a different and sometimes bizarre take on new ideas.

Raman spectroscopy is a light scattering technique primarily used in the characterisation of vibrational modes of molecules and therefore in assessing the structure and composition of materials.

David Bomford is Senior Restorer of Paintings at the National Gallery, London.  There is a long tradition of applying scientific techniques to the study of works of art.  This discourse reviews past and present approaches and shows that these advan....

The concept of creativity from the point of view of how original ideas develop is explored with the aid of recent advances in computer modelling programming strategies. Featuring some beautiful examples, Margaret addresses the question, can computers....

No 1 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode sets the scene in the years up to 1763.

No 2 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode traces developments from 1763 to 1770.

No 3 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode traces developments from 1770 to April 1775.

No 4 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode traces developments from April 1775 to 1781.