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- Season 1 overviewJun 18-Jul 30, 20078 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. Van Gogh Jun 18, 2007
- In 1890, Vincent van Gogh painted his greatest masterpiece, "Wheatfield With Crows."
- 2. Picasso Jun 18, 2007
- Pablo Picasso's life and his masterpiece, "Guernica."
- 3. Caravaggio Jun 25, 2007
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's "David with the Head of Goliath."
- 4. Bernini Jul 2, 2007
- The life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, creator of "The Ecstasy of St. Theresa."
- 5. Rembrandt Jul 9, 2007
- The life of Rembrandt van Rijn and his work.
- 6. David Jul 16, 2007
- The life of Jacques-Louis David and his masterpiece "The Death of Marat."
- 7. Turner Jul 23, 2007
- J.M.W. Turner's life and work, "Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On."
- 8. Rothko Jul 30, 2007
- Mark Rothko's life and his masterpiece, "Seagram Murals."
Simon Schama's Power of Art is an eight-part BBC TV mini-series examining the works of eight artists, the context surrounding one of their works and the message they intended to convey with these. It was written, created, narrated, and presented by Simon Schama.
1/8 Simon reveals how Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religion. All episodes of Simon Schama's Power of Art.
Simon sketches how Pablo Picasso, the Andalusian (south Spanish) hedonistic king of Paris' bohemian painting scene, who for decades deliberately created pioneering modern works, far from the classical traditions of realistic resemblance (in favor of cubism) and themes serving grandeur or devotion, nor aiming at beauty, while remarkably ...
Simon Schama's Power of Art: With Simon Schama, Allan Corduner, Paul Popplewell, Grégoire Bonnet. Focusing on eight iconic works of art, Power of Art reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages.
Episode List. Season: Year: Season 1. S1, Ep1. Caravaggio. 8.4 (99) Rate. The violent life and tumultuous times of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), revolutionary artist of the Counter Reformation and Baroque era, whose paintings forever changed religious art. Add Image. S1, Ep2. 27 Oct. 2006. Bernini. 8.4 (74) Rate.
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Episodes. Clips. Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces.
Join esteemed historian Simon Schama as he shares the brilliant stories behind key masterworks from Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David Turner, Van Gogh, and Picasso. In each episode, Schama focuses on a single artist, revealing the history and secrets woven into one of their famous works.
In this opening episode of Power of Art, renowned historian Sir Simon Schama combines analysis with dramatic reconstruction to reveal the dark secrets woven into Caravaggio’s most famous work.
Simon Schama's Power of Art. Art is so much more than pretty pictures. It has power to move, to shock, to inform and to transform. In this groundbreaking and award-winning series, art historian Simon Schama attempts to illustrate the sheer force of the visual image via eight iconic masterpieces.
