SIMON SCHAMA'S THE POWER OF ART

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• Release Year: 2006
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's unique, personal style of storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England suffocating beneath riches and righteousness; the madhouses and brothels of Provence; the carnage of civil war Spain; 1950s New York, caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. In each place, a great artist is backed into a corner, facing a crisis, given a chance to confound his rivals, enemies and critics one more time.
• Cast: Christine Bottomley, Adam Cole, Allan Corduner, Sandra Evans, Andrew Garfield, Mercedes Grower, Mark Hyde, Hollygale Millette, Ian Pearson, Paul Popplewell, Simon Quarterman, Andy Serkis, Joe Van Moyland, Aubrey Wakeling, Carl Hindmarch
• Director: Carl Hindmarch
• Runtime: 6:40
• Company: BBC Films
• Media Format: movie