Simon Schama on the Romantics

Simon Schama explores the legacy of the 18th and 19th-century artistic movement on the modern world

Simon Schama photographed in Hauteville House, Guernsey (Photo by Oxford Films, Photographer Eddie Knox)

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September 9, 2020 at 3:25 pm

Ahead of his new BBC Two series The Romantics and Us, the renowned art historian and broadcaster Simon Schama explores the legacy of the 18th and 19th-century artistic movement on the modern world

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