Season 1
10 episodes · Jul 1, 1996
Sister Wendy Beckett takes a journey through the history of art in this ten-part series.
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- S1E1
The Mists of Time
Jul 1, 199630mSister Wendy discovers masterpieces from the time of the cavemen, the world of the pharaohs, and the age of chivalry.
- S1E2
A Hero Steps Forth
Jul 8, 199630mSister Wendy takes a closer look at art in the Middle Ages. Featured is works by Giotto, Duccio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Simone Martini, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden and Hieronymus Bosch.
- S1E3
The Age of Genius
Jul 15, 199630mSister Wendy 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.
- S1E4
Two Sides of the Alps
Jul 22, 199630mSister Wendy looks at the Renaissance in Venice and Northern Europe, taking in works by Bellini, Titian, Giorgione, Veronese, Durer, Holbein and Bruegel along the way.
- S1E5
Passion and Ecstasy
Aug 5, 199630mSister Wendy looks at how, in the Baroque period, the Catholic Church used art and artists to fight back against the Reformation of Rome.
- S1E6
Three Golden Ages
Aug 12, 199630mSister Wendy 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.
- S1E7
Revolution
Aug 19, 199630mSister Wendy 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.
- S1E8
Impressions of Light
Aug 26, 199630mSister Wendy tells the story of the Impressionists and their followers, visiting Monet's garden at Giverny and the field where Van Gogh shot himself.
- S1E9
A New Pair of Eyes
Sep 2, 199630mSister Wendy visits Paris and the south of France as she traces the beginnings of modern art from Cezanne to Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Dali and Klee.
- S1E10
The Never Ending Story
Sep 9, 199630mSister Wendy 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.