{"id":91189,"date":"2018-02-03T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-06T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:47:17","slug":"history-of-world-in-100-objects-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/03\/history-of-world-in-100-objects-early\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the world in 100 objects – early modern bits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>A History of the World in 100 objects<\/a> is a joint venture between BBC Radio and the British Museum. It is written and presented by Neil Macgregor, Director of the BM and cleverly focusses on a single object from the Museum’s collection for each 15 minute radio program. The programs are aired 3 times a day (ze nation vill be educated!), Monday to Friday, and if you miss all of these are also on the BBC iPlayer….<\/p>\n

The official website is a confusion of whirling graphics and whoever designed it should have their head chopped off, or at the very least put in the stocks for a day. Objects submitted by the general public (this is a participative exercise) mingle with the “official” objects, and I got lost in the navigation. One minute you are looking at a Chinese bronze bell<\/a>from 500BC, the next at a Sutton’s Seeds catalogue<\/a> (albeit an old one). It’s all rather confusing. At least the radio shows are available on the website<\/a> permanently.<\/p>\n

Hurray for the Radio Times, which has published a nice simple list of the 100 objects<\/a>, or rather 99. The last one has yet to be revealed. According to the RT, there are 4 European objects from the 1500-1800 period in the list:<\/p>\n

75 D\u00fcrer’s Rhinoceros<\/b> – 1515 (pictured above)
“A woodcut made by the German painter, said to be based on a sketch of an Indian rhino that had arrived in Lisbon that year. Described by the British Museum as one of the great images of European art.”<\/p>\n

76 The mechanical galleon<\/b> – 1585 AD
“The Nef Galleon, an intricate mechanical “toy” that demonstrates the importance that ships had for Europeans.”<\/p>\n

80 Pieces of eight <\/b>– 1589\u20131598
“Made for the Spanish empire from silver mined in the Peruvian Andes, these coins became the world’s first global currency.”<\/p>\n

85 Reformation centenary broadsheet<\/b> – 1617
“Produced in Leipzig to mark the centenary of the start of the Reformation. The woodblock print of Protestant propaganda is seen as a forerunner of the print media.”<\/p>\n

An interesting selection…<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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