Simon Schama's Power of Art - Season 1 Episode 1 Caravaggio
2006-12-07
50 minutes.
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Oct 19, 2006
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1 - 1Caravaggio Oct 19, 2006 -
1 - 2Bernini Oct 26, 2006 -
1 - 3Rembrandt Nov 02, 2006 -
1 - 4Jacques-Louis David Nov 09, 2006 -
1 - 5Turner Nov 16, 2006 -
1 - 6Van Gogh Nov 23, 2006 -
1 - 7Picasso Nov 30, 2006 -
1 - 8Rothko Dec 07, 2006
0
Season 0 Jan 01, 1970
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0 - 1Interview with Simon Schama Jan 01, 1970 -
0 - 2Simon Schama Remembers... The Power of Art May 13, 2025
Overview
Michelangelo Merisi left his birth town of Caravaggio in the north of Italy to study as an apprentice in nearby Milan. In 1593 he moved to Rome, impatient to use his talents on the biggest stage possible. Caravaggio's approach to painting was unconventional. He avoided the standard method of making copies of old sculptures and instead took the more direct approach of painting directly onto canvas without drawing first. He also used people from the street as his models. His dramatic painting was enhanced with intense and theatrical lighting. Caravaggio's fate was sealed when in 1606 he killed a man in a duel. He fled to Naples where he attempted to paint his way out of trouble, he became a Knight, but was then imprisoned in Malta and then finally he moved to Sicily. He was pardoned for murder in 1610, but he died of a fever attempting to return to Rome.
Year 2006
Studio BBC Two
Director Simon Schama
Crew
Popularity 1.9209
Language English
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