The Pioneers
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2013
Helen Rosslyn reveals the influence of the 17th-century British pioneer collectors such as Thomas Howard and how the Whitehall Group brought a taste for the Baroque.
Episodes
The Golden Age
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2013
Helen Rosslyn focuses on the 18th century, the Grand Tour era when aristocrats filled their Palladian villas with masterpieces by 17th-century classical painters.
The Age of the Individual
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2013
How collecting reached its maturity in the 19th century when the booming economy encouraged philanthropic industrialists to spend their fortunes on art.