The World's Greatest Paintings

The World's Greatest Paintings « Series from 2020

Series from 2020

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Genres: Historical, Documentary

The broadcaster and journalist Andrew Marr examines the stories behind some of the most famous works of art ever devised. Why were these pieces created and what makes them, in particular, so eternally fascinating?

How much did the lives of the artists, and the society and environment they worked in, influence the paintings? Get ready to see truly iconic images in a whole new light.

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Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci

Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh

The Fighting Temeraire by JMW Turner

Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso

Waterlilies by Claude Monet

The Hay Wain by John Constable

The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez

The Night Watch by Rembrandt Van Rijn

Ophelia by John Everett Millais

The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli