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S1E2:The Dark Heart

Art of Spain

7 Feb 2008TV-G

From the mystical world of El Greco to the tender genius of Velazquez, Spain’s Golden Age was an extraordinary time. But what of the violent heart and history beneath its beautiful surface? In the second part of his series on some of Europe’s most exciting and vital art, critic and historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels to the country’s centre to explore Spanish art in the 16th and 17th centuries.