Overview
Scholar and author Simon Schama profiles eight artistic mavericks -- Van Gogh, Picasso, Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner and Rothko -- in this limited series that delves into the creative process that produced cutting-edge masterpieces that changed how the world looks at art.
| Original Air Dates: | — |
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| Country: | UK |
| Genre: | Drama, History |
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| Watched by: | 1 397 1 008 527 |
| Total running time: | 9 hours |
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| Episodes: | 8 |
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Instead of youth and beauty, he portrays a man stricken with a deadly disease. Her skin and lips were gray. His eyes were red from lack of sleep. A malicious smile curled his lips.
He took away the divine from him, pushing out his human essence. It's a reveler with a hangover in the morning. He offers rotten grapes and holds them out to us with dirty fingernails. No, thanks."
When you look at these works, it's hard to even imagine that it can be made by human hands, sculpted from clay or plaster, let alone carved from marble. Unbelievable.
I didn't really like the bust of Constanza, the details are great, but she's not that beautiful, and the sculpture isn't that sensual.
Bernini's fate is also interesting. It's like "the exact opposite of Caravaggio," and the fates have so much in common) Bormini liked it too.
1. From the series called "David" I expected to see a more complete picture of the artist himself.;
2. This is not his only great job.
Plus, I was disappointed by the fact that two words were said about the time when he worked with Napoleon, and he was his main portraitist. I would like to hear more information on this topic.