Season 1
8 episodes
1. Caravaggio
1. Caravaggio
Portrait of an icon: How the theatre of Caravaggio's religious canvases gripped the world.
52min
Oct 20, 2006
2. Bernini
2. Bernini
How did Bernini get away with the overtly sexual overtones in his Ecstasy of St Theresa?
51min
Oct 26, 2006
3. Rembrandt
3. Rembrandt
Why did Rembrandt destroy one of his own masterpieces - resulting in his ruin?
52min
Nov 2, 2006
4. David
4. David
Why was the defining image of the French Revolution so feared, it had to be hidden away?
51min
Nov 9, 2006
5. Turner
5. Turner
The creation of Turner's powerful work that illustrated the barbaric nature of slavery..
50min
Nov 16, 2006
6. Van Gogh
6. Van Gogh
What clues to his mental state are hidden in Van Gogh's last work, Wheat Field With Crows?
51min
Nov 23, 2006
7. Picasso
7. Picasso
The story of Guernica, Picasso's extraordinary artistic response to a brutal massacre.
51min
Nov 30, 2006
8. Rothko
8. Rothko
How did Mark Rothko's simple blocks of color achieve the power to emotionally move us?
51min
Dec 7, 2006
