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The Best Episodes of The Private Life of a Masterpiece Season 1

Every episode of The Private Life of a Masterpiece Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Private Life of a Masterpiece Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Private Life of a Masterpiece Season 1

Private Life of a Masterpiece is a BBC arts documentary series that tells the stories behind great works of art reaching from the Renaissance to...

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    #1 - Sandro Botticelli: La Primavera

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    Botticelli's painting is extraordinarily beautiful; his portrayal of Flora, the central character, reveals a face you might find in London or Bologna or Boston today. But what the painting is about is a mystery which scholars devote their lives to solving. It is rich is sex, even rape, but it also about love and the highest aspirations of man.

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    #2 - Paolo Uccello: The Battle of San Romano

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    Among the greatest of all depictions of battle, these three panels were break throughs in painting technique, so that contemporaries must have viewed them in awe. Also they were the victims of an audacious art crime.

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    #3 - Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper

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    The story of probably the most renowned painting in the world. The Last Supper revolutionized Western art and its power reverberates to this day in the courts and the bookshops and cinemas. Just how Leonardo Da Vinci broke with traditions in creating his supremely dynamic masterpiece is recounted, together with the tale of his disastrous attempt to use a new technique in wall-painting.

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    #4 - Piero della Francesca: The Resurrection

    S1:E4

    The first moment in the Christmas story is the arrival of the Archangel Gabriel to tell Mary that she has been chosen to give birth to the son of God. Many painters have depicted this event, none better than the great Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck. As befits a man who seems to mixed espionage in with painting for his patron, Eyck’s picture is full of symbols and half-concealed messages. It has an extraordinary after-life - sold by the Soviets against the wishes of the Hermitage and bought by a secretive American millionaire who hid it away in a cellar.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Sandro Botticelli: La Primavera" is the best rated episode of "The Private Life of a Masterpiece" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/16/2001. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Paolo Uccello: The Battle of San Romano".