The week on TV, from Egon Schiele to Leonardo da Vinci – Arte.it

La7 tells the story of Leonardo’s genius
It is April 23, 1519. In the castle of Amboise, Leonardo da Vinci writes his most extreme and definitive pages, his will, with which he will leave the greatest legacy to the world: his mind.
From here begins the new episode of “Una Giorno Particolare”, broadcast on Wednesday, October 29 in prime time on La7, a one-on-one journey with the fascinating and mysterious figure Da Vinci, whose influence resounds through the ages.
To discover his will, Aldo Cazzullo and the correspondents in history Claudia Benassi and Raffaele di Placido will reconstruct the first steps of the artist, scientist, architect and engineer in the village of Vinci and in his Florence, from the Uffizi Museum to Palazzo Vecchio.
The episode focuses on the masterpieces of the Florentine master, the Mona Lisakept in the Louvre in Paris, and theLast Supperin the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, the task of reviving the soul and spirit of a genius.
The trip will also visit the temples of Leonardo’s legacy, such as the Royal Museums of Turin and the Leonardo Interactive Museum of Florence, keys to understanding the artist’s greatest dream: flight.
The episode’s guests include Carlo Vecce, writer and Da Vinci researcher, and Paolo Bonacelli, actor who lent his face to Leonardo in “All We Can Do is Cry.”

Sky Arte appointments

“Make room for the great Raphael”. How could we not share the enthusiasm with which Frederick Augustus III welcomed the Sistine Madonna in Dresden in 1757? It is said that the monarch even had his throne moved to better admire Urbino’s masterpiece.
Even in subsequent centuries, the Sistine Madonna would have fascinated artists, philosophers, writers and poets such as Goethe, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin and Schopenauer. Desired by many because it had survived wars and regimes, the canvas was hidden and recovered several times. We will follow the events on Monday, October 27 at 7:45 PM on Sky Arte, Raphael’s Sistine Madonna – The Rediscovered Masterpiece.
From these kinds of revelations hanging in the clouds, Sky’s television agenda leads us past the naked bodies, the women in natural, sensual and provocative poses, the angular features of Egon Schiele. Together with his muses – in particular his sister Gerti and the seventeen-year-old Wally, immortalized in his famous painting Death and the girl – the representative of Viennese Expressionism who caused so much scandal in public opinion will be the focus of the documentary entitled Egon SchieleThursday, October 30 at 9:15 PM.
On Saturday, November 1, the week will end with a documentary with a crime flavor. Michelangelo – Saint and sinner (Sky Original) tells the story of Pope Julius II’s mausoleum, which jeopardized Michelangelo’s legacy and reputation.

Raffaello Sanzio, Sistine Madonna, circa 1513-1514, oil on canvas, 265 x 196 cm, Dresden, Gemäldegalerie

Rai 5 is a tribute to the photography of Letizia Battaglia
On Thursday, October 30, Rai 5 will guide the audience through the paths of photography with the documentary “My name is Battaglia.” Letizia Battaglia has made her art a permanent commitment, documenting the crimes of the mafia, exposing corruption, making the marginalized visible, but also capturing the tenderness of children. The documentary presents her iconic images and the voices of witnesses close to her, revealing the bloody years of contemporary Italian history, captured through the gaze of a photographer in love with freedom.

Letizia Battaglia, Boris Giuliano, head of the Flying Squad, at the scene of a murder in Piazza del Carmine. Palermo, 1978 © Letizia Battaglia / Courtesy of Archivio Letizia Battaglia

Mucha, pioneer of Art Nouveau, talks about himself on Arte.tv
There is time to watch until November 13, on Arte.tv, Alfonso Mucha. He was a pioneer of Art Nouveau. His illustrations, which have become true icons, were for decades more famous than his name itself. The Czech designer’s work, inspired by Byzantine art, has crossed eras and continents. Arriving in Paris in 1887, he became famous for the poster depicting Gismonda’s actress Sarah Bernhardt, and two years later represented the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the World’s Fair. Roman Vavra’s documentary is a tribute to a forerunner of today’s image industry.