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Simon Schama explores the history of British portraiture, revealing the stories behind the most compelling images in British art and examining the ways portraiture is used to make a statement.
BBC Two
Season 1
5 episodes
Simon Schama
Self - Presenter
Art of China
2014
The Legends of Paris: A Tale of the 19th Century Artistic Scene
2024
Lost Women Art
2021
Karin och Carl Larsson
2023
Art of the Western World
Anh's Brush with Fame
2016
Art of Germany
2010
Simon Schama's History of Now
2022
Rebuilding Ancient Rome
2015
Leonardo da Vinci
Becoming Frida Kahlo
The Great Epochs of European Art
1989
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020
Bares für Rares
2013
Houses of Art
The Greatest Museums of the World
2017
Simon Schama's Power of Art
2006
Sister Wendy's Story of Painting
1996
Art That Made Us
Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs