Simon Schama's Power of Art - Rothko, part 3 of 7

Rothko's work was influenced by Nietzsche, Greek mythology, and his Russian-Jewish heritage; Rothko's artemanated emotional content that he articulated through a range of styles that evolved from figurative to abstract. Rothko's early figurative work - including landscapes, still lifes, figure studies, and portraits - demonstrated an ability to blend Expressionism and Surrealism. His search for new forms of expression led to his color field paintings, which employed shimmering color to conve...