Simon Schama's Power of Art
BBC television series presented by Simon Schama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Simon Schama's Power of Art is an eight-part BBC TV mini-series examining the works of eight artists, the context surrounding one of their works and the message they intended to convey with these. It was written, created, narrated, and presented by Simon Schama. The series was first broadcast in October 2006 on BBC2, and was aired in multiple countries from 2006 to 2008, even being translated to Persian and Italian. The series is presented in chronological order with the oldest artists being the earliest episodes and the most recent artists being the last episodes. The series looks at the following artists and works:
- Caravaggio – David with the Head of Goliath (c. 1610)
- Bernini – Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1657)
- Rembrandt – The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (1662)
- David – The Death of Marat (1793)
- Turner – The Slave Ship (1840)
- Van Gogh – Wheatfield with Crows (1890)
- Picasso – Guernica (1937)
- Rothko – Black on Maroon (1958)
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