• 1996
  • 30m
Sister Wendy's Story of Painting

Summary Nun and art expert Sister Wendy Beckett, guides viewers on a chronological journey of the art medium. View more details

  • 1996
  • 30m

Sister Wendy's Story of Painting

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Wendy Beckett

All cast & crew

7.9

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jun 29, 1996

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary Nun and art expert Sister Wendy Beckett, guides viewers on a chronological journey of the art medium. View more details

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Jun 29, 1996

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 29, 1996
The Mists of Time
Sister Wendy considers the roots of Western painting, from prehistoric cave dwellers to Pompeii and Iona.
Episode 2 • Jul 06, 1996
A Hero Steps Forth
Sister Wendy Beckett takes a closer look at art in the Middle Ages. Featuring works by Giotto, Duccio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Simone Martini, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden and Hieronymus Bosch.
Episode 3 • Jul 13, 1996
The Age of Genius
Sister Wendy Beckett visits Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance, where she explains why she thinks the Mona Lisa is smiling. Then she moves on to Rome, where she explores the Sistine Chapel.
Episode 4 • Jul 20, 1996
Two Sides of the Alps
Sister Wendy Beckett looks at the Renaissance in Venice and Northern Europe, taking in works by Bellini, Titian, Giorgione, Veronese, Durer, Holbein and Bruegel along the way.
Episode 5 • Aug 03, 1996
Passion and Ecstasy
Sister Wendy Beckett looks at how, in the Baroque period, the Catholic Church used art and artists to fight back against the Reformation of Rome.
Episode 6 • Aug 10, 1996
Three Golden Ages
Sister Wendy Beckett explores the golden ages of painting in 17th century Spain, France and the Netherlands. She journeys from Rembrandt's Amsterdam through the Spanish court and the works of Velazquez to the ruins of ancient Rome.
Episode 7 • Aug 17, 1996
Revolution
Sister Wendy Beckett studies English painting at the time of the Industrial Revolution, looks at art during the French Revolution, and visits Spain for the romantic genius of Goya.
Episode 8 • Aug 24, 1996
Impressions of Light
Sister Wendy Beckett tells the story of the Impressionists and their followers, visiting Monet's garden at Giverny and the field where Van Gogh shot himself.
Episode 9 • Aug 31, 1996
A New Pair of Eyes
Sister Wendy Beckett visits Paris and the south of France as she traces the beginnings of modern art from Cezanne to Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Dali and Klee.
Episode 10 • Sep 07, 1996
The Never Ending Story
Sister Wendy Beckett focuses on the art world that developed in America after the Second World War, looking at works by Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and Lucian Freud.
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