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Simon Schama's Power of Art

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20062006
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
1.1K
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17,400
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Simon Schama's Power of Art (2006)
Simon Schama's The Power Of Art
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In each episode historian Simon Schama treats, in his own erudite, unconventional and somewhat socially engaged style, a work of art from a great master. He concentrates not just on the art ... Read allIn each episode historian Simon Schama treats, in his own erudite, unconventional and somewhat socially engaged style, a work of art from a great master. He concentrates not just on the art history as such, but mainly on the relationship between the work and the historical contex... Read allIn each episode historian Simon Schama treats, in his own erudite, unconventional and somewhat socially engaged style, a work of art from a great master. He concentrates not just on the art history as such, but mainly on the relationship between the work and the historical context of its creation, as this touches the significance of and vision on the subject as well a... Read all
IMDb RATING
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1.1K
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POPULARITY
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7,256
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    • Stars
      • Simon Schama
      • Allan Corduner
      • Paul Popplewell
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      • Allan Corduner
      • Paul Popplewell
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    • 12User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Simon Schama
    Simon Schama
    • Self - Presenter
    8 episodes8 eps • 2006
    Allan Corduner
    Allan Corduner
    • Mark Rothko
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Paul Popplewell
    • Caravaggio
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Grégoire Bonnet
    Grégoire Bonnet
    • Figaro
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Andrea Gherpelli
    • Bernini
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Mark Hyde
    • Older Turner
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Andrew Garfield
    Andrew Garfield
    • Boy with Fruit
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Simon Quarterman
    Simon Quarterman
    • Young Simon
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Joe Van Moyland
    • Younger Turner
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Tim Frances
    Tim Frances
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    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Meirko Ficca
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    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Christine Bottomley
    Christine Bottomley
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    1 episode1 ep • 2006
    Valerio Aprea
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    1 episode1 ep • 2006
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    • Life Model
    1 episode1 ep • 2006
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    1 episode1 ep • 2006
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    Whose Van Gogh is more nauseous, Kirk Douglas's or Andy Serkis's? Oh dear lord, how I wish I would have stopped watching this episode of Simon Schama's series, much as I stopped watching "Lust for Life"! How long before I can again look at one of his paintings without thinking of one of the worst examples of British overacting ever recorded? On top of this despicable performance, we are subjected to frenetic editing and oppressive sound effects. Deafening slurping of paint, pounding the canvas with the brush--I know painting and this is not painting. This is cheap pastiche after the video in the movie "The Ring". What a grotesque version of what was surely a beautiful-beautiful thing. Lastly and most reprehensibly, Mr. Schama takes advantage of the ignorant by presenting subjective opinion as fact. Van Gogh's Wheatfield is really the first piece of modern art? You say it so confidently it must be true--gimme a break. This is art history gone horribly wrong.
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      • October 20, 2006 (United Kingdom)
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      • English
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