Download or read book Arts TV written by John Albert Walker and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Monitor to The Late Show, British television programs featuring the visual arts are profiled here. The various types or genres of arts programs are identified, including review programs, strand series, drama-documentaries, and artists' profiles, and a chronological account of their evolution from 1936 to the 1990s is provided. Major series such as Civilization, Ways of Seeing, Shock of the New, State of the Art, and Relative Values are examined in detail.