Understanding Art: Hidden Lives of Works of Art (2011 - 2011)
Documentary
Documenting the Louvre's study days, in which works by five major artists--Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Watteau, and Poussin--were collected together, removed from their frames, and set on easels, replicating the feel of an artist's studio. Curators, historians, restorers, and scientists from around the world came to examine and discuss them in total freedom.
- Status
- Ended
- First Aired
- 2011-01-01
- Seasons
- 1 seasons
Video Providers
Season 1Episode 152 min
Raphael
The Louvre possesses some of the most important works painted by Raphael at the end of his career, including the Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. Experts scrutinize and debate that masterpiece, the inscrutable Self-Portrait with a Friend, and Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan, which has barely survived five centuries of botched restorations.
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