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8 episodes in this season

Caravaggio

50 min

Bernini

50 min

Rembrandt

50 min

Jacques-Louis David

50 min

Turner

50 min

Van Gogh

50 min

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Picasso

50 min

Rothko

50 min

Simon Schama's Power of Art

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200650m8.2

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Picasso

Season 1 · Episode 7 · Nov 30, 2006

Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso's many styles and prolific work rate have marked him out as one of the most recognised artists of the twentieth century. Not limited to one medium he created sculptures, etchings and prints. His artistic career only began to boom once he moved to Paris in the early 1900s. His Blue Period, reflecting the colour and his mood at the time was followed by his Rose Period, work inspired by primitive art and then Cubism, which shocked the critics, but ultimately made his name. Guernica (1937) was created during Picasso's Surrealist period and captures the horror of the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. By the end of World War II, Picasso had become an internationally known artist and celebrity.

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Simon Schama's Power of Art

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200650m8.2

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Picasso

Season 1 · Episode 7 · Nov 30, 2006

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