Andrew Graham-Dixon tours Europe as he reviews the paintings of Bosch, van Eyck, Breughel and Rubens taking you through their art and the history of the turbulent medieval and Renaissance world in which they lived and created their great and enduring work.
Andrew Graham Dixon discovers how two peaceful countries, Holland and Belgium, lands of windmills and tulips, mussels and chips, were forged amongst conflict and division. Plus, how it affected the art of the Golden Age.
Following a brief period of decline, the entrepreneurial and industrious region of the Low Countries rose again in the modern age. Despite its almost insignificant size it produced important forward-thinking artists like van Gogh, Mondrian, Magritte and Delvaux, who changed the face of art forever.
