the brushstroke is very impressionistic. there are very, very few, there are no, in fact, clearly cut linear edges. you have a very emotional and very impressionistic brushstroke. look at the hair, for example. there's a wonderful, almost smoke-like film or screen that's developed. you can see through her hair. in fact, through this section of the hair, you could pull and see the colors of the very elaborate garment, details in the wood area, also the details in the cabinets, there was a particular interest at that time, in the 19th century in recording what they considered to be lost art or the arts and crafts of the wooden tradition or woodworking tradition in russia at that time. so it brings in very important historical elements: cabinets which date to the 18th century, slippers which date to the 17th century. so it's a very significant work in terms of history as well. but i think, what i have tried to accomplish with this or in this program is to demonstrate that once we understand what the individual elements are all

in the '20s, and let's say late teens his work had a more kind of impressionist -- post-impressionistl. forms were broken up it was much more of a staccato very quick dash brush stroke. but you can see he's starting to refine into shapes. you can see the angular composition, the strength of the vase; it's probably a french vase. i would imagine those are from the southern area of france, not in paris, the cacti. but it's his progression and so it's an important piece because it is showing how the artist is moving towards what he's best known for and what he's most successful with. have you ever had it valued? guest: no, never. it's been in the family forever. appraiser: well, again, grant wood is a highly sought after artist and this has many things going for it. one, it's a kind of transitional piece, so in terms of fitting into a puzzle, it's right before he hits his stride. it's never been seen and it's never been restored reframed. i can see on the back it's got the original backing on it. so it's an exciting find. i think, conservatively, at auction probably would be in the $40,0

perhaps, because he refused to be labeled an impressionist, even though he encouraged and supported themhe wanted to be judged on his own merit. something that the academy will now be able to do. >> monday and verses mannai, just before we go, and the polls in israel suggest prime minister netanyahu has won a narrow victory in today's election. just a short time ago, he delivered his victory speech. he said in a clear iran is the primary challenge that israel faces. he will begin again for coalition partners. that brings today's program to a close. you can continue watching bbc world news for constant updates around the world. check our los -- local listings for channel number and also at our website. thank you for watching. news at bbc.com/news. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we o

and they called the impressionists-- at the time they called them the "sun painters."o really what they're looking for always is new ways of rendering light. so it's quite experimental all of which adds up to quite an interesting period piece, i'd say. have you ever thought about its value? i haven't thought about its value, because we love it, and it's just going on being an appreciated painting. good. it's appreciated in money as well. not a huge amount, but i'd say his £2 then is worth about £2,000 now, that sort of thing. lovely. it's lovely. it's part of the family. so, two rings, two ladies-- what's the story? they belonged to my cousin and her father had a box i think, of cuff links and the rings were amongst them. so we're here with them today. and what do you know about them? well, all that she said was that her father was a collector, and she just asked if we could bring them in and just see more about it because-- we're just as curious. i'm thrilled to see them. they're very pure gold they're absolutely sort of buttery-yellow gold, and that the first thing t

motion would be soon which brightened if you knew more about someone from funniest impressionists. nice clean start on t.v. dot com. election. when it was in the land of. little it elaine. thank. you. welcome back so we're talking about monetary mechanics and this issue of monetary mechanics brings me to economic predictions that never came to be with the fed's unprecedented actions starting back in two thousand and eight and since we've had many a prediction for massive inflation one that our guest was writing about was a gentleman named robert murphy who made a bet in two thousand and nine as the story goes that headline inflation would hit time percent by january of two thousand and thirteen that is now it hasn't done so here's just a look at the consumer price index for all urban consumers just for a little context so you can see that it's not anywhere near that mark and we don't need to single this guy out ok plenty of people thought this would happen i'm sure there were many of bets like this so what are these folks myths and what we're talking about missing predictions the f

obviously i will give you a highly impressionistic and personal nature. since davos does bring together leaders in government, business, media, even the ngo community from all corners of the world. it is so what is the mood? well, there's a sense of calm, a relief that many storms that seemed like they might be overwhelming, like the euro crisis have been weathered. people from america are optim t optimist optimistic, those from emerging markets more so. but everywhere there is a sense of caution. mpw seeing -- released this week, 452% saw no change from the current tepid economic environment. 28% saw a decline and 18% said things will get better. it is still an improvement from last year, when 48% predicted a decline. the last few years of recovery, followed by slowdowns of political crisis, of new terror attacks from north africa, have made people wary of excessive optimism. these are stable, crises have been contained. there's some growth on the horizon, but no one's ready to declare that we have turned any corners. there are no bulls in davos this yea

it's impressionistic. it's very, very simple it's very stylized and yet it's immensely evocative.ography has flattened the colors. you've got this almost japanese approach of blocks of color and it really, to me brings it to life, much more so than a painting. each company had its own artists. they competed. they really wanted to sell their selves as... purveyors of pleasure. yeah. and i think we've got one more here which... oh, yes, this is an essential. a great cuneo, and again a british railways one so in the 1950s. the locomotive being repaired. this is a very famous cuneo image. somewhere there's the mouse-- i can never find it-- but you know about that, don't you? no! no, no. in every cuneo image there is a little mouse, which is his trademark. so, somewhere in that there's a little mouse running about. so, there's something you can do at home. you can find the mouse. i shall have to have a look. is this all you've got? no, i have more at home. more in quantity, or... about 30 or 40. you like them? yes, i do. but you don't display them? i don't display them. i have nowhere

but when you look at a picture like this, which is impressionistic look at the way that's constructed isn't it, so you have to stand back for it all to come together. but it's so cleverly done. and then i have to put a value on this, 'cause it's your heirloom. and i think, at auction that would make certainly £4,000 to £6,000. heavens. that's a surprise. i didn't think it'd be as much as that. my uncle will be delighted. i can see him buying a high-definition television now. well, that's rather sad. i think i'd rather have that. quite rightly in dundee, we've talked quite a bit about the discovery, and the crucial role it played in antarctic history. but there is more to that story, isn't there, and you're from the discovery point museum and i think you want to explore with me a lesser-known aspect of this. that's correct. what i have here, really is an example of a starting point for captain scott's antarctic career. so what is that? that's a cigarette case. it's a small cigarette case which was awarded to him in st. kitts in the west indies in 1887. he won a cutter race in other wor

malcolm gladwell talks about the french impressionist old friends who hung out in the same buyer. they all trained the same absinthe. you know, movements are collected and made by people in proximity. people talk about if you're in a european capital come you can get five minutes done in a day. if your antenna, two meet infinity because those the time the traveler further and faster. there's all these reasons i cities make a smart competitive and people will be wanting to move to cities in the near future. more households now with dogs than children and it's going to continue that way for a long time. but the next 30 years, that's the dominant trend. i'll try and go faster with the other two. the best day to be a planar and america was july 9, 2004, when johnson, from ken lawrence frank came out with a book called urban sprawl and public health. but the book did this person technical epidemiological meet on the sociological bones we've been arguing about. here's why cities can save us. by far, the greatest aspect of the epidemic river health challenges is the obesity epidemic. not

malcolm talks about how the french impressionists were friends, hung out in the same bar, all drank theame absinthe, you know, movements are collective, and they are made by people who are in proximity. people talk about, you know, in europe, if you're in a european capital, you can get five meetings done in a day, not a problem. if you are are in atlanta, you can get two meetings done in a day just because of the time you traveled further and faster, but you only had time for two or three meetings. there's all reasons why cities make us competitive and that they are attractive and people want to move to cities in the near future. there's more households now with dogs than children, and that's going to continue to be that way for a long time. the next 30 years, that's a dominant trend. that's the economic argument. i'll go faster with the other two. the best day to be a planner in america was july 9th, 2004 when dick jackson, howie frmkin, and lawrence frank had a book called "urban sprawl and public health." that book put technical meat on the sociological bones we argue about saying i

because i'm sure it's a mix, and the answer to that is important because intuitively at least impressionistically the trend has gone very far, it seems to me probably too far. >> just an anecdote in support of that. former colleague of mine who ended up in charge of training command in afghanistan said -- [inaudible] if it was in the contract to train for such and such a capability if it wasn't into it was in a contract to work past 3:00 in the afternoon they wouldn't do. it sounds extreme but i guess that's what it was like. in that respect there's no substitute for the volunteer soldier or sailor or airman or marine who would do whatever the job takes, whatever hours are required, whatever danger involved. it seems there's some perfectly routine stateside civilian type of functions that would be better performed by civilians and contractors, but since we're trying to get contractors in combat zones to perform jobs like that would suggest to me we've gone too far. >> i would say, one of the issues here is that while we typically talk about the pentagon and its relationship to private industry is