Simon Schama's Power of Art

2006 NR 1h 00m 8.5

In each episode historian Simon Schama treats, in his own erudite, unconventional and somewhat socially engaged style, a work of art from a great master. He concentrates not just on the art history as such, but mainly on the relationship...

In each episode historian Simon Schama treats, in his own erudite, unconventional and somewhat socially engaged style, a work of art from a great master. He concentrates not just on the art history as such, but mainly on the relationship between the work and the historical context of its creation, as this touches the significance of and vision on the subject as well as the life of the artist: where and when did he produce it, why, for which destination...

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Caravaggio

Aired: Oct 19, 2006

The violent life and tumultuous times of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1...

Episode 2 Bernini

Aired: Oct 26, 2006

Italian sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) becomes the hottest artist i...

Episode 3 Rembrandt

Aired: Nov 2, 2006

The rise and fall of Holland's great painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669)...

Episode 4 David

Aired: Nov 9, 2006

This time Simon rather uses the works of the iron-monger's son, orphaned at 7...

Episode 5 Turner

Aired: Nov 16, 2006

Simon argues The Slave ship, one of 7 of his works causing a scandal at the 1...

Episode 6 Van Gogh

Aired: Nov 23, 2006

Simon sketches how Vincent Van Gogh was foremost a world-improver, who cared ...

Episode 7 Picasso

Aired: Nov 30, 2006

Simon sketches how Pablo Picasso, the Andalusian (south Spanish) hedonistic k...

Episode 8 Rothko

Aired: Dec 7, 2006

Mark Rothko, the Anglicized name of a Russian Jewish family which immigrated ...

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Network: BBC Two

Genres: Drama, Documentary, History