Factory sealed DVD</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Beautiful. Fascinating. Emotional. Art is all of the above. But only a few are powerful.<br><br>Explore the dramatic moments behind the creation of eight masterpieces of painting?? sculpture and design.<br><br>Special Features:<br> Audio Commentaries with Simon Schama?? Clare Beavan?? David Belton & Andy Serkis<br> Interview with Simon Schama</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>Watching <I>Simon Schama's Power of Art</I> is like taking an Ivy League course in art appreciation?? with the folksy but knowledgeable Schama as guide and interpreter. A collection of hour-long films on eight seminal artists and their groundbreaking works?? which originally aired on British television?? this "et is as entertaining as it is enlightening?? with Schama doing for Western art what?? say?? Steve Irwin did for Australian natural history. Eight artists are featured--Caravaggio?? Bernini?? Rembrandt?? David?? Turner?? Van Gogh?? Picasso?? and Rothko--and each portrait of the artist weaves biography and historical context to help explain the true <I>power</I> of his works. <p>  The segment on Van Gogh is?? as expected?? emotional?? yet Schama convincingly portrays Van Gogh as not consumed by madness?? but fighting off the episodes with painting. Van Gogh painted one of his most evocative works?? <I>Wheat Field With Crows</I>?? which even his brother?? Theo?? recognized was about to put his brother on the artistic map. Yet?? as Schama points out?? within weeks?? Van Gogh had killed himself. " to do that?" Schama muses--and then proceeds to narrate the tormented tale of the answer. Along the way?? the viewer gains new appreciation for Van Gogh's signature works?? including his famous sunflowers. "chnically?? these are still lives??"cha