Simon Schama's Power of Art
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Host Simon Schama focuses on eight iconic works of art - among them Caravaggio's David With the Head of Goliath, David's Death of Marat, and Picasso's Guernica - in an extraordinary series that transports you to the intense moments when these great works of art were conceived and born.
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Monday March 15, 9:00pm
Van Gogh
Our host recounts the inspiration behind Vincent van Gogh's Wheat Field with Crows - a work created in the summer of 1890, which hailed him as a visionary genius only weeks before he took his own...
Tuesday March 16, 12:00am
Van Gogh
Our host recounts the inspiration behind Vincent van Gogh's Wheat Field with Crows - a work created in the summer of 1890, which hailed him as a visionary genius only weeks before he took his own...
Monday March 22, 9:00pm
Picasso
Simon recounts Pablo Picasso's attempts to create a 'modern history' painting, based on the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by the Luftwaffe. Rather than making a social commentary, he...
Tuesday March 23, 12:00am
Picasso
Simon recounts Pablo Picasso's attempts to create a 'modern history' painting, based on the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by the Luftwaffe. Rather than making a social commentary, he...
Monday March 29, 9:00pm
Rothko
The story behind the creation of Rothko's suite of paintings, commissioned for the Four Seasons restaurant in New York. The artist declared he wanted to ruin diners' appetites by creating work...
Tuesday March 30, 12:00am
Rothko
The story behind the creation of Rothko's suite of paintings, commissioned for the Four Seasons restaurant in New York. The artist declared he wanted to ruin diners' appetites by creating work...
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