Smart Secrets of Great Paintings(2015)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2015-11-01
Average Runtime: 26m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 24
The great works of the past portray abundant testimonies, and are imbued with secrets and are teeming with mysteries. Beneath the surface of the painting, details awaken, to recount the spirit of the times and the vagaries of History, such as wars, revolutions, economic transformation, scientific discovery, beliefs and schools of thought.
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Season 1
Episodes: 24E01
The Moneylender and his Wife (1514) by Quentin Massys
Air Date: 2015-11-01
16th century Antwerp was like 1950s New York. The city of craftsmen and fishermen at the entrance to the North Sea be...
E02
The Artist's Studio (1855) by Gustave Courbet
Air Date: 2015-11-08
Paris shone brightly in the second half of the 19th century, with its fashionable restaurants, and its cabarets and t...
E03
Bathers at Asniers (1884) by Georges Seurat
Air Date: 2015-11-15
At the end of the 19th century, Asnieres resembled a seaside resort. The cheering crowd that came to attend the regat...
E04
Las Meninas (1665) by Diego Velazquez
Air Date: 2015-11-22
In the mid-17th century, Madrid experienced its Golden Age. The Royal Alcazar of Madrid, a legacy of the Muslim sover...
E05
The Wedding at Cana (1563) by Paolo Veronese
Air Date: 2015-11-29
In "The Wedding at Cana", Paolo Veronese transposes the biblical tale of Christ's first miracle to the scene of a sum...
E06
The Martyrdom of Saint Appolonia (1461) by Jean Fouquet
Air Date: 2015-12-06
With a tiny and delicate paintbrush, Jean Fouquet adds the golden threads of a tentative humanism to "The Martyrdom o...
E07
A Lady in Her Bath (1571) by Francois Clouet
Air Date: 2015-12-13
"A Lady in Her Bath" (circa 1571), by Francois Clouet, bears witness to a period in which the pleasure of the senses ...
E08
Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, Queen of France and Her Children (1787) by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Air Date: 2015-12-13
As the French Revolution approached, Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun painted the queen's portrait in an attempt to win...
E09
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (1834) by Eugène Delacroix
Air Date: 2015-12-20
As the war of colonization raged in Algeria, Eugene Delacroix was the first French artist to cross the Mediterranean....
E10
Colorful Life (1907) by Wassily Kandinsky
Air Date: 2016-01-03
The roots of "Colourful Life" (1907), just like those of Vassily Kandinsky himself, were firmly anchored in age-old R...
E11
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? 1897, Paul Gauguin
Air Date: 2016-08-28
No episode overview available.
E12
Temptations of St. Anthony, 1501, Hieronymus Bosch
Air Date: 2016-09-04
No episode overview available.
E13
Western Port in Frankfurt am Main, 1916, Ludwig Kirchner
Air Date: 2016-09-11
No episode overview available.
E14
Lady and the Unicorn, Circa 1500, Anonymous
Air Date: 2016-09-18
No episode overview available.
E15
The Primavera, 1482, Sandro Botticelli
Air Date: 2016-09-25
No episode overview available.
E16
The Astronomer (1668) by Johannes Vermeer
Air Date: 2017-12-03
No episode overview available.
E17
The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt Van Rijn
Air Date: 2017-12-10
No episode overview available.
E18
The Second of May 1808 (1814) by Francisco Goya
Air Date: 2017-12-17
No episode overview available.
E19
Women on a Café Terrace in the Evening (1877) by Edgar Degas
Air Date: 2017-12-24
No episode overview available.
E20
View of Warsaw From the Terrace of the Royal Palace (1773) by Bernardo Bellotto
Air Date: 2017-12-31
No episode overview available.
E21
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876, Renoir
Air Date: 2019-01-27
No episode overview available.
E22
Pulcinella and Acrobats, 1797, Tiepolo
Air Date: 2019-02-03
No episode overview available.
E23
The Slave Ship, 1840, J.M. Turner
Air Date: 2019-02-10
No episode overview available.
E24
Men of the Docks, 1912, Bellows
Air Date: 2019-02-17
No episode overview available.
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