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Simon Schama's The Power of Art (8)

Subjects: Anthropology, Art, Biographies, History, Political Science

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 8x50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2006
Available in French: No

Focusing on eight iconic works of art such as Caravaggio's David and Goliath, David's Death of Marat and Picasso's Guernica, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages.

A combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's unique and personal style transport the viewer back to the intense moments when the great works were conceived and born; from the murderous world of baroque Rome; paranoid, revolutionary Paris and the carnage of civil war Spain to the paradox of 1950s New York, caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter.

Simon Schama's Power of Art is the epic story of an unfolding force, a chance to witness the power of the individuals who changed the way we view the world.

Links: www.bbc.co.uk/arts/powerofart/

Series Titles	Clip	Producer
Caravaggio (1/8)		BBC
Rembrandt (2/8)		BBC
Bernini (3/8)		BBC
Turner (4/8)		BBC
David (5/8)		BBC
Van Gogh (6/8)		BBC
Picasso (7/8)		BBC
Rothko (8/8)		BBC

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