The Art of Spain
The Dark Heart
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels into the heart of Spain, exploring Madrid and its surrounding provinces. He looks at the correlation between the powerful 16th and 17th-century Spanish Empire - fuelled by an increasingly fervent form of Catholicism - and the reaction of the artists, including El Greco and Ribera, whose work created and defined the golden age of Spanish painting
The Art of Spain airs on BBC Four HD at 12:50 AM, Tuesday 11 August. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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Robin Dashwood
Series Producer
Mark Bates
Director