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Who are the great artists in western art?   Given the canon of western art history, it is surely difficult to pare it down to a mere 12 artists.

Nevertheless, Tim Marlow, an art historian and English TV presenter for an arts programme in the U.K, manages to do just that by exploring the lives and works of 12 great masters from the Renaissance to the Post-Impressionist period.   The series feature popular artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael as well as lesser known German artist like Albrecht Durer and the Flemish master Bruegel.

The Great Artist is divided into 14 episodes where each episode is devoted to one particular artist.   Each episode is an art journey taken together with the presenter as he brings us to a different country in the continent and several different cities in Europe where the featured art works currently reside.   These works of art are not mentioned in a cursory fashion but explored in depth with anecdotes from the lives of the artists thrown in to make it so much more enjoyable for the viewer.

DVDs from The Great Artists series are available in the Art, Design and Media Library (ADML). Call number:  ND35.G786