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Decades later, Simon Schama
took a far more nuanced route to explore how his illness
related to his art. His sickness was both the destroyer
and the midwife of his masterpieces, for it was precisely between
the spasms of craziness that Vincent saw the world most intensely, was
suddenly possessed of his vision that Heaven could exist
here on Earth. His mission had never been clearer
took a far more nuanced route to explore how his illness
related to his art. His sickness was both the destroyer
and the midwife of his masterpieces, for it was precisely between
the spasms of craziness that Vincent saw the world most intensely, was
suddenly possessed of his vision that Heaven could exist
here on Earth. His mission had never been clearer
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Decades later, Simon Schama
took a far more nuanced route
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to explore how his illness
related to his art.
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His sickness was both the destroyer
and the midwife of his masterpieces,
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for it was precisely between
the spasms of craziness that Vincent
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saw the world most intensely, was
suddenly possessed of his vision
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that Heaven could exist
here on Earth.
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His mission had never been clearer.
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Movie Summary
Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our understanding of the world's greatest artists.
