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2. Bernini
Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. He looks at how Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Ecstasy of St Thereza shows a nun in the state of orgasmic bliss and wonders how it was ever allowed.
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8. Rothko
Mark Rothko believed that tradition was all used up, that figurative art no longer had what it took to connect us, viscerally, to the human tragedy. Only a completely new visual ...
28-11-2023
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7. Picasso
Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces. He tells the story of Picasso's epic Guernica, looking a ...
20-11-2023
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Simon Schama's Power Of Art
6. Van Gogh
Simon Schama investigates what drove Van Gogh to paint Wheat Field with Crows.
13-11-2023
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5. Turner
Simon Schama recounts moments of drama in the making of great works of art. How Britain's greatest painter, JMW Turner, created one his most powerful paintings, The Slave Ship.
06-11-2023
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Simon Schama's Power Of Art
4. David
Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of drama in the making of eight great works of art. He looks at Jacques Louis David's revolutionary painting Death of Marat.
30-10-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
3. Rembrandt
Why did one of the world's greatest artists end up cutting up his own masterpiece, The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis? Simon Schama tells the story of the ri ...
23-10-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
2. Bernini
Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. He looks at how Gian Lorenzo Bernini's ...
16-10-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
1. Caravaggio
Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. How Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religious icons.
09-10-2023
BBC 4
Most popular episodes of Simon Schama's Power of Art
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
2. Bernini
Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. He looks at how Gian Lorenzo Bernini's ...
16-10-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
7. Picasso
Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces. He tells the story of Picasso's epic Guernica, looking a ...
20-11-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
6. Van Gogh
Simon Schama investigates what drove Van Gogh to paint Wheat Field with Crows.
13-11-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
3. Rembrandt
Why did one of the world's greatest artists end up cutting up his own masterpiece, The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis? Simon Schama tells the story of the ri ...
23-10-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
5. Turner
Simon Schama recounts moments of drama in the making of great works of art. How Britain's greatest painter, JMW Turner, created one his most powerful paintings, The Slave Ship.
06-11-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
8. Rothko
Mark Rothko believed that tradition was all used up, that figurative art no longer had what it took to connect us, viscerally, to the human tragedy. Only a completely new visual ...
28-11-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
1. Caravaggio
Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. How Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religious icons.
09-10-2023
BBC 4
Simon Schama's Power Of Art
4. David
Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of drama in the making of eight great works of art. He looks at Jacques Louis David's revolutionary painting Death of Marat.
30-10-2023
BBC 4