Underplayed Gems

Simon Schama's Power of Art (2006)

Simon Schama's Power of Art poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Simon Schama presents an eight-part series about eight famous artists. Each episode focuses on one specific artwork and the historical context around it.

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What happens

Simon Schama's Power of Art is an eight-part BBC TV mini-series examining the works of eight artists, the context surrounding one of their works and the message they intended to convey with these. It was written, created, narrated, and presented by Simon Schama. The series was first broadcast in October 2006 on BBC2, and was aired in multiple countries from 2006 to 2008, even being translated to Persian and Italian. The series is presented in chronological order with the oldest artists being the earliest episodes and the most recent artists being the last episodes. The series looks at the following artists and works: Caravaggio – David with the Head of Goliath (c. 1610) Bernini – Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1657) Rembrandt – The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (1662) David – The Death of Marat (1793) Turner – The Slave Ship (1840) Van Gogh – Wheatfield with Crows (1890) Picasso – Guernica (1937) Rothko – Black on Maroon (1958) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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