Basic Info
First Air: January 01, 2011
Status: Returning Series
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 1
Last Episode
Name: Raphael
Season: 1, Episode: 1
Air Date: 2011-01-01
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.
Understanding Art: Hidden Lives of Works of Art
2011
1 seasons
1 episodes
Overview
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.
