S1, E5: Simon Schama goes both east and west, to Papal Rome but also to Ottoman Istanbul and Mughal Lahore and Agra, exploring their connections and rivalries, and examining how the role of artists from the different traditions of West and East developed in the years following the Renaissances. Their rivalry unfolded most spectacularly in the creation of domes: in Ottoman Istanbul Mimar Sinan builds the light-flooded Süleymaniye mosque, while in Rome Michelangelo designs the dome of St Peter's Basilica.