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Simon Schama's Power of Art

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Simon Schama's Power of Art

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

1. Caravaggio (59 mins)

1. Caravaggio
Simon reveals how Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religion.
59 mins
2. Bernini
How Bernini's Ecstasy of St Thereza mixed sex and the sacred in 17th-century Rome.
57 mins
3. Rembrandt
Simon Schama tells the story of the rise and fall of Rembrandt in 17th-century Amsterdam.
59 mins
4. David
Simon tells the story behind Louis David's Death of Marat.
59 mins
5. Turner
How JMW Turner created one of his most powerful paintings, The Slave Ship.
59 mins
6. Van Gogh
Simon Schama investigates what drove Van Gogh to paint Wheatfield with Crows.
59 mins
7. Picasso
The story of Guernica, Picasso's extraordinary artistic response to a brutal massacre.
59 mins
8. Rothko
A look at Mark Rothko, who believed that figurative art was a thing of the past.
59 mins