Brian Sewell's Grand Tour

2005 · 45m · Documentary

For hundred's of years Britain's well-to-do considered the Italian 'Grand Tour' - the trip through Ancient and Renaissance Italy - an essential part of a rounded education. Brian first did the 'Grand Tour' exactly 50 years ago - so for him this is also a journey into his own past. A beautiful, complicated, funny journey.

Episodes

▶1. Episode 145m · The art critic embarks on his journey across the Alps into Italy and visits Turin.▶2. Episode 245m · The art critic visits Cremona, Parma and Bologna.▶3. Episode 345m · The art critic visits Florence.▶4. Episode 445m · The art critic visits Siena and Orvieto.▶5. Episode 545m · The art critic visits Rome.▶6. Episode 645m · The art critic visits Naples and Mount Vesuvius.▶7. Episode 745m · Ancient Greek ruins still stand silent watch in Paestum, but banditti no longer lie in ambush in the surrounding countryside. Next, Sewell reminisces among the narrow streets of Todi before traveling to Urbino, which preserves the early Renaissance style like no place else.▶8. Episode 845m · After exposing the colorful history of Rimini's Tempio Malatestiano and pausing briefly for an antique-car rally, Sewell learns all about olive oil's degrees of virginity and admires Palazzo del Te, unapologeticallly dedicated to pleasures of the flesh.▶9. Episode 945m · After examining Palladio's basilica and Olympic Theatre in Vicenza, Sewell tours the Villa Valmarana and its Tiepolo frescoes. In Possagno, Antonio Canova's studio opens its wonders, and the university in Padua affords the opportunity to discuss 18th-century treatments for venereal disease.

10. Episode 1045m · Venice