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Mathematical artists

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CultureGerman LutheransPeople celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendarArtist authorsGerman Roman Catholics16th-century German painters, German Renaissance painters, German male painters, German printmakersManuscript illuminators

  1. Albrecht Dürer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dürer, the creator of some of the most memorable images in the late Renaissance from his woodcut of a rhinoceros to his stunning self portraits.

    12 November 2020

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    Featuring: Susan Foister, Giulia Bartrum, Ulinka Rublack

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  2. M.C. Escher

    Misha Glenny and guests discuss the Dutch artist’s visual paradoxes, never-ending staircases, and the intuitive mathematical precision behind his work.

    16 April 2026

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    Featuring: Marcus du Sautoy, Sarah Hart, Judith Kadee

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