Over the next 400 years the artworks survived natural disaster, war, and neglect. The sacred masterpieces were meant simply to record the life of Christ. But investigators looking beneath the surface made unexpected discoveries: images which were never meant to be seen.
Painting from the Gallegos Picture GroupWho created these paintings? Why were they kept hidden from worshippers? How did they travel from Ciudad Rodrigo to Tucson, Arizona? Could this Retablo prophesize the end of the world?
Equal parts historical art, mystery and scientific exploration, Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo delves into the exhibition “Fernando Gallego & His Workshop: The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo” —considered by scholars to be some of the most beautiful and iconographically ambitious paintings of the 15th century— which adorned an altar at a cathedral in west central Spain. For the first time in the United States, researchers uncover what lies beneath 500 years of Spanish altar paintings, revealing surprising insights into the lives of Fernando Gallego and the artists of his time.
Sunday at 6 p.m. on PBS-HD.
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