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What did Simon Schama do?

Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University and a Contributing Editor of the Financial Times. He is the author of 16 books and the writer-presenter of more than 40 documentaries on art, history and literature for BBC2.

What is the Power of art?

Art has the power to move individuals to social action, manipulate and influence, entertain, and educate.

Do works of art have the power to change peoples lives?

Art has the power to move people and offer new experiences. Be it painting, drama, song, poem, novel, a spatio temporal experiment or any sculpture, art may motivate people to think about life positively or differently.

What does Simon Schama say about the power of Art?

Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab you in a “Great art has dreadful manners,” Simon Schama observes wryly at the start of his epic and explosive exploration of the power, and whole point, of art.

How did Simon Schama tell the story of Marat?

4/8 Simon tells the story behind Louis David’s Death of Marat. 3/8 Simon Schama tells the story of the rise and fall of Rembrandt in 17th century Amsterdam. 2/8 How Bernini’s Ecstasy of St Thereza mixed sex and the sacred in 17th Century Rome. 1/8 Simon reveals how Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religion.

What did Simon Schama tell us about Guernica?

7/8 The story of Guernica, Picasso’s extraordinary artistic response to a brutal massacre. 6/8 Simon recounts the story behind Van Gogh’s Wheat Field with Crows. 5/8 How JMW Turner created one of his most powerful paintings, the Slave Ship. 4/8 Simon tells the story behind Louis David’s Death of Marat.

Why did Simon Schama paint the slave ship?

Turner (The Slave Ship) Schama outlines the inspiration behind such a painting. Turner was compelled to paint the work after reading The History and Abolition of the Slave Trade by Thomas Clarkson, he learned of the Zong massacre, where in 1781, slaves were ordered to be thrown overboard in order to collect insurance payments.