The British-born scholar known for epic explorations of art and history tackles a more personal topic in a TV documentary. BOSTON (JTA) — For decades, Simon Schama has dazzled the public with epic ...
One of the more artful things about “Simon Schama’s Power of Art,” an eight-episode art-history lesson beginning tonight on PBS, is Schama himself. The cultural historian’s companion book to the ...
We usually look at art in the hushed, reverential surroundings of museums and galleries -- and that, argues writer and art historian Simon Schama, can fool us into believing that great works of art ...
A gifted communicator, Professor Simon Schama has instructed, illuminated and inspired through his lectures and his books. He has taught history and art history in the most hallowed halls of higher ...
“There will be no backlit camels in this series,” Simon Schama, the University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia explains of “The Story of the Jews,” which premieres on PBS on March 25 ...
When telling a tale that includes centuries of endurance, moments of triumph, bursts of humor and sudden, unspeakable atrocities, what’s the right tone with which to articulate it all? That’s the ...
PBS' stunning new series mixes history with pleasure on a mindful cruise into the imaginations of some of the world's best-known artists. By Marilyn Moss, The Associated Press KCET Los Angeles PBS’ ...