Synopsis
Five masters of Italian art and culture give a masterclass inside Rome's MAXXI museum, telling their own story in their own words: the craft, the creative process, and the beginnings, encounters and setbacks behind the work.
Episodes
Season 11E1Letizia BattagliaPhotographer Letizia Battaglia, the first Italian woman to work as a photojournalist, looks back on a career spent documenting Palermo under the mafia and the ordinary city behind the violence.28m2E2Mario CucinellaArchitect Mario Cucinella explains how his international studio of architects and engineers puts energy and environmental questions at the centre of every project, and how a building can carry the beauty and the resources of the place it stands in.28m3E3Michelangelo PistolettoOne of Italy's foremost living painters and sculptors traces the road from his beginnings in advertising, through his encounter with American pop art, to the invention of Arte Povera.29m4E4Nicola PiovaniThe Oscar-winning composer talks about what it takes to write for the screen, how he came to work with Italy's leading directors, and how music can move an audience without ever turning cheap. Addressed in large part to younger listeners.26m5E5Piero LissoniMilan, New York, Paris: the designer's studio works across architecture, product design, graphics and visual communication, from private houses and yachts to residential schemes and large hotels.27m
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