2020-11-27

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Great Art Explained

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On the 25th February 1970, the Tate gallery in London received nine Mark Rothko canvasses, a generous donation from the artist himself.

A few hours later, Rothko was found dead in his studio on East 69th Street in Manhattan. The 66-year-old painter had taken his own life.

His suicide would change everything and shape the way we respond to his work.

Rothko was aware that people often burst into tears when confronted with his painting. “I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions, tragedy, ecstasy, doom and so on” he said.

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Chinese subtitles by Charles Xiu

萨尔瓦多·达利的《记忆的永恒》：杰作解析

MUSIC & VIDEO Copyright Free Under licence Creative Commons

Mozart's Requiem (Lacrimosa)

Intro music: JS Bach “Sonata for violin solo No.1 in G Minor”

BOOKS

Writings on Art - Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko: From the Inside out - Christopher Rothko

Rothko - Jacob Baal-Teshuva

Simon Schama - The Power of Art

Mark Rothko images © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko/DACS 2020