S1E7: Picasso

1 Dec 200651 minTV-14

You can almost feel the anger, the shock and the sheer disbelief pouring off the canvas of Picasso’s Guernica. Painted with ordinary house paints mainly in black and white, it’s the artist’s furious response to the Nazi bombing of civilians. It became a sensation, touring the world and bringing the Spanish Civil War to global attention. Art historian Simon Schama digs into this masterpiece.