From the decline of the Athenian polis on Rai 5 to Renaissance masterpieces on Sky Arte, via Ravenna and Alberobello on Rai Storia: the TV week is alight with art, archaeology and culture. Let’s find out together.
On Rai 5, Sunday, July 20, at 8:00 p.m. Chronicles from Antiquity takes us to the heart of Athenian democracy with the episode The Eclipse of Athens, amid political intrigue, ideological crises and the slow decline of a civilization that marked the history of the West.
On Monday, July 21, at 06:30, Art Night, the cultural magazine that takes us through exhibitions, ateliers and artist stories, returns.
On Tuesday, July 22, also at 06:30 a.m., a new appointment with Art Night gives us further glimpses into the world of art, between past and contemporary.
On Wednesday, July 23, at the same time, space is given to The Anarchist Art of Enrico Baj: a lively, ironic and unsettling portrait of an out-of-the-box artist, between provocation and civil commitment.
Friday, July 25, at 06:30, is the turn of Academies - Learning Art, a journey behind the scenes of Italian art schools to discover how the talents of the future are born.
Saturday, July 26, at 07:35, closes the week with a new episode of Art Night, to start the weekend among inspiration, visions and creativity.
On Rai Storia, Sunday, July 20 at 7:55 p.m. Italian UNESCO World Heritage Sites takes us to Alberobello, among the fairy-tale architecture of the Trulli, emblems of Apulian rural tradition and symbols of constructive ingenuity.
Tuesday, July 22 at 10:30 a.m. airs the episode Ravenna - A Treasure of Water from the series History of Our Cities, dedicated to the relationship between the city of Romagna and its liquid landscape. At 2:05 p.m., Daily Iconologies features a reading of the work Resurrection of Christ by Piero della Francesca. In prime time, at 8:05 p.m., we return to the discovery of Unesco heritage with the city of Verona.
Wednesday, July 23 at 7:35 a.m. Ravenna - A Treasure of Water returns, while at 8:05 p.m. the appointment with Italian UNESCO World Heritage Sites takes us along the spectacular mountain sections of the Rhaetian Railway between Albula and Bernina.
Thursday, July 24 at 3:55 p.m. new repetition for Ravenna - A Treasure of Water, followed at 8:10 p.m. by the episode devoted to Mantua and Sabbioneta, two Unesco-protected urban Renaissance jewels.
On Friday, July 25 at 2:20 p.m. Daily Iconologies guides us through a symbolic reading of the Portals of Chartres Cathedral, a masterpiece of French Gothic art. In prime time, at 8:05 p.m., we return to Sicily with the splendid Villa Romana del Casale.
Saturday, July 26 at 2:05 p.m. Daily Iconologies focuses on Donato Bramante’s Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, while at 7:55 p.m. Italian UNESCO World Heritage Sites closes the week with Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper.
Also this week Sky Arte takes us instead on a journey through photography, archaeology, Renaissance painting and the great enigmas of art history. Here are the must-see appointments: Sunday, July 20, begins at 6:45 a.m. with Master of Photography (S2 Ep4). In prime time, at 7:50 p.m., Tutankhamun - The Last Exhibition airs, followed by a marathon devoted to Pompeii & Tutankhamun - Hunting for... with three consecutive episodes starting at 9:15 p.m. Closing the day is a replay of the documentary on Tutankhamun at 11:50 p.m.
On Monday, July 21, at 6:50 a.m., a new appointment with Master of Photography (S2 Ep5), while at noon (12:20 p.m.) Lotto and Berenson: Crossed Fates airs. At 15:50 Art vs War chronicles the action of Banksy and C215 in Ukraine. In prime time space is given to Caravaggio - Theft in Malta at 8:15 p.m., followed by The Scream of Munch - The Great Theft at 9:15 p.m. Both documentaries will be repeated from 10:55 p.m. onward.
Tuesday, July 22 gets off to an early start with The Photographers at 06:00 and 06:30, then Walter Chiari and Angelo Rizzoli (07:00) and Master of Photography (07:30). At 08:15 the Secret Renaissance series kicks off. At mid-day (11:50) space is given to American painting with Hopper: a love story, followed by Caravaggio - Theft in Malta and Munch’s The Scream in the early afternoon. This is followed by The Lost Caravaggio at 4:15 pm and Napalm Girl at 5:40 pm. In prime time Grand Tour - Journey to Italy (8:40 p.m.), Colosseum - The Jewel of Rome (9:15 p.m.) and Raphael - The Prince of Arts (10:15 p.m.).
On Wednesday, July 23, a rerun of Colosseum airs at 00:40, then Secret Renaissances from 07:25. At 12:30 Pompeii. Eros and Myth, followed by Grand Tour and more Colosseum in the afternoon. At 15:35 space is given to Michelangelo - Saint and Sinner, while at 17:40 Caravaggio and the Jubilee closes the afternoon.
Thursday, July 24 opens at 07:10 with Master of Photography (S2 Ep7), followed by Secret Renaissance at 08:05. At 11:45 Picasso - A Rebel in Paris, in the late afternoon Black Art Matters at 17:25. The first evening is devoted to two female icons: The Ladies with an Ermine at 9:15 pm and The Mysteries of the Mona Lisa at 10:30 pm.
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| Art on TV July 20 to 26: Athens, Baj, Caravaggio and the Mona Lisa |
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