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Sister Wendy's Story of Painting

1996

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EP1 The Mists of Time Jul 01, 1996

Sister Wendy discovers masterpieces from the time of the cavemen, the world of the pharaohs, and the age of chivalry.

EP2 A Hero Steps Forth Jul 08, 1996

Sister Wendy takes a closer look at art in the Middle Ages. Featured is works by Giotto, Duccio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Simone Martini, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden and Hieronymus Bosch.

EP3 The Age of Genius Jul 15, 1996

Sister Wendy visits Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance, where she explains why she thinks the Mona Lisa is smiling. Then she moves on to Rome, where she explores the Sistine Chapel.

EP4 Two Sides of the Alps Jul 22, 1996

Sister Wendy looks at the Renaissance in Venice and Northern Europe, taking in works by Bellini, Titian, Giorgione, Veronese, Durer, Holbein and Bruegel along the way.

EP5 Passion and Ecstasy Aug 05, 1996

Sister Wendy looks at how, in the Baroque period, the Catholic Church used art and artists to fight back against the Reformation of Rome.

EP6 Three Golden Ages Aug 12, 1996

Sister Wendy explores the golden ages of painting in 17th century Spain, France and the Netherlands. She journeys from Rembrandt's Amsterdam through the Spanish court and the works of Velazquez to the ruins of ancient Rome.

EP7 Revolution Aug 19, 1996

Sister Wendy studies English painting at the time of the Industrial Revolution, looks at art during the French Revolution, and visits Spain for the romantic genius of Goya.

EP8 Impressions of Light Aug 26, 1996

Sister Wendy tells the story of the Impressionists and their followers, visiting Monet's garden at Giverny and the field where Van Gogh shot himself.

EP9 A New Pair of Eyes Sep 02, 1996

Sister Wendy visits Paris and the south of France as she traces the beginnings of modern art from Cezanne to Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Dali and Klee.

EP10 The Never Ending Story Sep 09, 1996

Sister Wendy focuses on the art world that developed in America after the Second World War, looking at works by Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and Lucian Freud.
7.9| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

Sister Wendy Beckett takes a journey through the history of art in this ten-part series.

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Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
PlatinumRead Just so...so bad
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

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