Great Paintings of the World with Andrew Marr

The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez (1x8)

Data di messa in onda: Lug 25, 2020

Seen as a paradigm of female beauty, Velazquez's only nude is considered one of the most erotically charged paintings of any age. In a time when such works were rare, due to the influence of the Inquisition, the painting adorned the secret sin-filled salons of the Spanish elite. But why is it considered so controversial and what drove one woman to attack it with a meat cleaver?