Simon Schama’s Power of Art

Synopsis: Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction and spectacular photography, Simon Schama’s series transports the viewer back to the intense moments when eight iconic works of art were conceived and born. The works are Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, Jacques-Louis David’s The Death of Marat, Gianlorenzo Bernini’s Ecstasy of St Theresa, Rembrandt’s The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis, JMW Turner’s Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying - Typhoon Coming On, Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath, Mark Rothko’s Suite of Paintings for the Seagram Building, and Van Gogh’s Wheat Field with Crows.

DVD extras: Interview with Simon Schama; audio commentary with Schama and Clare Beavan.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2006
Year of production: 2006
Notes: Broadcast in 8 weekly parts on BBC2 beginning 20/10/2006
Documentation: Book of the same title available separately
Subjects: Art
Keywords: history of art; Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973); Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669); Rothko, Mark; Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); Van Gogh, Vincent; dramatised documentary films; David, Jacques Louis; Bernini, Gianlorenzo; Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

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