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Simon Schama's, Power of art, a BBC/Thirteen WNET New York co-production ; directors, Clare Beavan [and others] ; written and presented by Simon Schama ; series producer, Clare Beavan

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Simon Schama's, Power of art, a BBC/Thirteen WNET New York co-production ; directors, Clare Beavan [and others] ; written and presented by Simon Schama ; series producer, Clare Beavan
Language
eng
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videorecording
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Simon Schama's
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videorecording DVD
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a BBC/Thirteen WNET New York co-production ; directors, Clare Beavan [and others] ; written and presented by Simon Schama ; series producer, Clare Beavan
Runtime
400
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Power of art
Summary
Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England suffocating beneath riches and righteousness; the madhouses and brothels of Provence; the carnage of civil war Spain; 1950s New York, caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. In each place, a great artist is backed into a corner, facing a crisis, given a chance to confound his rivals, enemies and critics one more time
Table Of Contents
Disc 1. Caravaggio ; Bernini ; Rembrandt -- Disc 2. David ; Turner ; Van Gogh -- Disc 3. Picasso ; Rothko
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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Power of art
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