
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.
Air Date: 2020-06-06
Andrew begins by telling the story behind the portrait that attracts eight million onlookers every year, Da Vinci's t...
Air Date: 2020-06-13
Andrew tells the story behind the National Gallery's treasured Sunflowers, and the troubled genius behind its creatio...
Air Date: 2020-06-20
Andrew tells the story behind The Fighting Temeraire, JMW Turner's masterpiece, once voted to be the nation's favouri...
Air Date: 2020-06-27
Andrew tells the story of Water Lilies by Claude Monet. The first and perhaps most influential art installation ever ...
Air Date: 2020-07-04
Andrew explores the more chaotic aspects of a seemingly idyllic piece of work from artist John Constable known as "Th...
Air Date: 2020-07-11
Andrew travels to Amsterdam to learn details about The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn, including how the young art...
Air Date: 2020-07-18
Andrew takes a close look at a Pablo Picasso painting entitled "Weeping Woman," and he shares details about how the a...
Air Date: 2020-07-25
Andrew takes a close look at a Diego Velazquez painting entitled "The Rokeby Venus," and he shares details about how ...
Air Date: 2020-08-01
Andrew takes a close look at a John Everett Millais painting entitled "Ophelia," and he shares details about the Pre-...
Air Date: 2020-08-08
Andrew takes a close look at a Sandro Dotticelli painting entitled "The Birth of Venus," and he shares details about ...