"This book is published to accompany the television series Simon Schama's Power of Art, created by BBC Arts and first broadcast on BBC2 in 2006"--T.p. verso.
"Published in Great Britain in 2006 by BBC Books"--T.p. verso
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 442-443) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Caravaggio : painting gets physical -- Bernini : the miracle worker -- Rembrandt : rough stuff in the halls of the rich -- David : airbrushing the Revolution -- Turner : painting up a storm -- Van Gogh : painting from inside the head -- Picasso : modern art goes political -- Rothko : the music of beyond in the city of glitter -- Acknowledgements -- Credits -- Further reading -- Index.
