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Why was the defining image of the French Revolution so feared, it had to be hidden away?

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Year 2006
51 min

Eight masterpieces. Eight big names who changed the world. An electrifying feast of art.

Year: 2006

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E1 • Caravaggio
1. 51min
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Portrait of an icon: How the theatre of Caravaggio’s religious canvases gripped the world.
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E2 • Bernini
1. 50min
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How did Bernini get away with the overtly sexual overtones in his Ecstasy of St Theresa?
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E3 • Rembrandt
1. 52min
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Why did Rembrandt destroy one of his own masterpieces – resulting in his ruin?
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E4 • David
1. 51min
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Why was the defining image of the French Revolution so feared, it had to be hidden away?
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E5 • Turner
1. 50min
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The creation of Turner’s powerful work that illustrated the barbaric nature of slavery..
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E6 • Van Gogh
1. 50min
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What clues to his mental state are hidden in Van Gogh’s last work, Wheat Field With Crows?
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E7 • Picasso
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The story of Guernica, Picasso’s extraordinary artistic response to a brutal massacre.
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E8 • Rothko
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How did Mark Rothko’s simple blocks of color achieve the power to emotionally move us?

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