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Jun 10, 2007 after reading simon schamas, the power of art, it is disturbing to reflect that scorn and incomprehension are often the only payment that visionary artists ever receive, at least during their lifetimes. The series had eight episodes each explaining eight important artists based on how he or she made visual art a more powerful medium. Simon schama books list of books by author simon schama. His television work for the bbc and pbs includes the emmynominated a history of britain and the eightpart series the power of art. It is a story brought vividly, sometime disturbingly, to light by schamas evocative narrative, filled with the lives of ordinary and extraordinary people. Watching simon schamas power of art is like taking an ivy league course in art appreciation, with the folksy but knowledgeable schama as guide and interpreter.
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