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Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer. Each 30 minute episode of Moving Pictures is devoted to a single artwork - and you're invited to look as well as listen, by following a link to a high-resolution image made by Google Arts & Culture. Zoom in and you can see the pores of the canvas, the sweep of individual brushstrokes, the shimmer of pointillist dots. We start this series with a masterpiece by Peter Paul Rubens, from the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland. Two metres high by nearly three metres wide, The Feast of Herod is painting on a grand-scale - its figures are almost life-size. The picture depicts an opulent banquet to mark the birthday of the ruler, Herod. His guests are adorned in sumptuous clothes and jewels; servants carry in elaborate dishes. But beneath the surface of this fancy family dinner, something has gone terrifyingly wrong. To see the high-resolution image, visit www.bbc.co.uk/movingpictures and follow the link to explore The Feast of Herod. Interviewees: Tico Seifert, Ben Quash, Leah Kharibian, Betsy Wieseman and Michael Ohajuru. Producer and presenter: Cathy FitzGerald Art history consultant: Leah Kharibian Executive producer: Sarah Cuddon Engineer: Mike Woolley A White Stiletto production for ��ѿ��ý Radio 4. Picture credit: Sir Peter Paul Rubens; The Feast of Herod; (c) National Galleries of Scotland