Art on TV of late 2020: the docufilm on Pompeii, the secret impressionists, the Sistine Madonna

Here are the TV programs we will see in late 2020 and early 2021 with our column dedicated to art on TV: December 27 to January 3.

On Rai 2 on Sunday, December 27 at 9 p.m. there will be the docu-film Pompeii ultima scoperta, which will show for the first time images of the thermopolis discovered in 2019 and of which more photographs were released yesterday after work continued.

On Rai 5 from Monday to Friday at 8:15 p.m. there is Under Italy, a program with archaeologist Darius Arya that takes us on a discovery of the Neapolitan undergrounds: from the Crypta Neapolitana to the Piscina Mirabilis, from the tunnels of Napoli Sotteranea to the Roman theater of Neapolis.

Reruns of episodes 2, 3, 4 and 5 of #Maestri return on Rai Storia Tuesday through Friday at 5:30 pm. On Thursday, after #Maestri, there is the first part of Leonardo da Vinci. The Last Portrait, the documentary on the Renaissance genius with talks by Carlo Vecce (Leonardo’s biographer), Paolo Galluzzi (historian of science, president of the committee for the Cinquecentenary of Leonardo’s death), Alessandro Barbero (medievalist historian), Francesca Borgo (art historian), Fritjof Capra (physicist), Pietro Marani (art historian).

On Sky Arte, on Monday, December 28, Tuesday, 29, Wednesday, December 30, and Friday, January 1, reruns of Museums will be broadcast at 1:30 pm. On Monday 28, at 2:30 p.m., there will be the documentary Pompeii - After the Eruption. Tuesday 29, at 9:20 p.m., will be broadcast SecretImpressionists, the documentary on the exhibition of the same name held in Rome in the spaces of the Bonaparte Palace. On Wednesday, 30, at 7:45 p.m., we will see Botero - An Endless Quest, Don Millar ’s documentary focusing on Colombian painter Fernando Botero. Friday, Jan. 1, 2020, at 8 p.m. will be broadcast Raphael’s The Sistine Madonna - The Rediscovered Masterpiece, the documentary made by Sky Arte to delve into the famous painting by the Urbino artist.

We report the film La grande bellezza by Paolo Sorrentino on double viewing for Thursday, December 31: on Premium Cinema 3 it will be broadcast at 6:47 p.m., while on Sky Cinema Drama it will be shown at 10:45 p.m. in its unabridged version.

Art on TV of late 2020: the docufilm on Pompeii, the secret impressionists, the Sistine Madonna

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