Since its creation in 1896, the modern Olympic Games have become a worldwide phenomenon viewed by billions across the globe. In Olympic Visions Mike O'Mahony explores how painters and sculptors, photographers and filmmakers, architects and designers have helped to shape the consciousness of spectators around the world. O'Mahony describes and analyses images made of the Olympics throughout history, such as documentary photographs, as well as special objects made to commemorate the games in the form of coins, medals and sculptures.