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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)

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  • 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.
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  • 4. David
    Simon tells the story behind Louis David's Death of Marat.
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  • 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 Wheat Field with Crows.
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  • 7. Picasso
    The story of Guernica, Picasso's extraordinary artistic response to a brutal massacre.
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  • 8. Rothko
    Mark Rothko believed figurative art could no longer connect us to the human tragedy.
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