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Simon Schama's Power of Art

Simon Schama recounts moments of high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces.

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8. Rothko

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

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7. Picasso

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

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6. Van Gogh

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'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

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4. David

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

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3. Rembrandt

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

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2. Bernini

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

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1. Caravaggio

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

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