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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 34 sec.) ; 312944592 bytes |
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Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this eight-part series places great art at the centre of great moments in human history.This series takes us on an extraordinary journey to the centre of human struggle and the dark heart of history. A combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's unique and personal storytelling transports us back to the intense moments eight great works of art were conceived and born.The 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.The eight works of art included in this series are Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath; Bernini's The Ecstasy of St. Theresa; Rembrandt's The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilus; Jacques- Louis David's The Death of Marat; Turner's Slave Ship with Slaves Thrown Overboard - Typhoon Coming On; Van Gogh's Self Portrait; Picasso's Guernica, and Rothko's Seagram Building Murals.Tonight's episode is set in Rome in 1603. Images of the Saviour; the virgin and the saints are beautiful and pure, created to win the hearts of the faithful. But then Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio starts to paint. He says the glory of the gospel is that the Saviour was made of flesh and blood. His models are taken from the streets, the taverns, markets and brothels. Caravaggio changes forever the sense of what painting could do, how real it could feel. But to some, this was precisely the problem - he was the man who came to destroy painting; to rob it of its spiritual lift-off power.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Presented by Simon Schama; series producer: Clare Beavan; and executive producer: Mark Harrison |
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Broadcast 2010-02-21 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Art and religion.
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Art, Italian -- Appreciation.
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Calling of Saint Matthew (Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da)
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Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610.
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Death of the Virgin (Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da)
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Painters -- Biography.
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Italy.
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Streaming video
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Hindmarch, Carl, director
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Schama, Simon, host
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