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Picasso
Episode 7 of 8
Simon Schama on the making of eight great works of art. The story of Picasso's Guernica, from the bombing massacre that inspired it, to Picasso's artistic response.
Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces. He tells the story of Picasso's epic Guernica, looking at both the Nazi bombing massacre that inspired the painting and Picasso's extraordinary artistic response.
The film combines Schama's trademark sassy storytelling with dramatisation to ask what art can do in the face of atrocity.
Last on
Tue 21 Nov 2023
02:00
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Simon Schama |
| Picasso | Pep Cortes |
| Maria Therese | Andrea Villalonga |
| Producer | Steve Condie |
Broadcasts
Fri 8 Dec 2006 01:35±«Óãtv One South, Wales & Scotland only- Sat 27 Sep 2008 21:00
- Mon 20 Nov 2023 20:00
- Tue 21 Nov 2023 02:00