Christ Church Spitalfields

Art and Visual Culture: Medieval to Modern - for iPod/iPhone

Mar 16, 201600:11:54Arts

This film looks at the urban development of Spitalfields, London, revealing the artistic and political messages encoded in Hawksmoor’s monumental church.

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