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Source: BBC Radio 3 "Night Waves"

Roundup

10-17-06

Schama talks about the power, indeed the point, of art [audio 45min]

Simon Schama talks to Susan Hitch about his BBC2 TV series Power of Art, in which he considers the stories behind eight masterpieces, from Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath to Picasso's Guernica.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 3 "Night Waves"