This article was first published in the February 2010 edition of BBC History Magazine

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What does the art of different ages tell us about these ages? That's the central question in a new series presented by David Dimbleby, The Seven Ages of Britain. "It's not looking at art as the arrival of the Renaissance or the effect of the Impressionists on painting," says the broadcaster, "it's what does this kind of art tell us about the era, the epoch it came from?"

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