Season 1
10 episodes · Nov 15, 2005
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- S1E1
Episode 1
Nov 15, 200545mThe art critic embarks on his journey across the Alps into Italy and visits Turin.
- S1E7
Episode 7
Mar 28, 200645mAncient Greek ruins still stand silent watch in Paestum, but banditti no longer lie in ambush in the surrounding countryside. Next, Sewell reminisces among the narrow streets of Todi before traveling to Urbino, which preserves the early Renaissance style like no place else.
- S1E8
Episode 8
Apr 4, 200645mAfter exposing the colorful history of Rimini's Tempio Malatestiano and pausing briefly for an antique-car rally, Sewell learns all about olive oil's degrees of virginity and admires Palazzo del Te, unapologeticallly dedicated to pleasures of the flesh.
- S1E9
Episode 9
Apr 11, 200645mAfter examining Palladio's basilica and Olympic Theatre in Vicenza, Sewell tours the Villa Valmarana and its Tiepolo frescoes. In Possagno, Antonio Canova's studio opens its wonders, and the university in Padua affords the opportunity to discuss 18th-century treatments for venereal disease.
