Simon Schama's Power of Art

Portrait of an icon: How the theatre of Caravaggio's religious canvases gripped the world.

How did Bernini get away with the overtly sexual overtones in his Ecstasy of St Theresa?

Why did Rembrandt destroy one of his own masterpieces - resulting in his ruin?

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

The creation of Turner's powerful work that illustrated the barbaric nature of slavery..

What clues to his mental state are hidden in Van Gogh's last work, Wheat Field With Crows?

The story of Guernica, Picasso's extraordinary artistic response to a brutal massacre.

How did Mark Rothko's simple blocks of color achieve the power to emotionally move us?