Go to episode
A History of Art in Three Colours
2012
Published on, 3 months ago
A History of Art in Three Colours
Gold 1 Season 1 Episode
59 min
2012
7.9
For the very first civilisations and also our own, the yellow lustre of gold is the most alluring and intoxicating colour of all. From the midst of pre-history to a bunker deep beneath the Bank of England, Dr James Fox reveals how golden treasures made across the ages reflect everything we have held as sacred.
