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TITLE |
Simon Schama's power of art [videorecording] / a BBC production. |
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IMPRINT |
London : BBC ; Hong Kong : Deltamac [dist.], 2008. |
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DESCRIPTION |
2 videodiscs (409 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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NOTE |
Contains 8 episodes from the television series. |
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NOTE |
Originally broadcast on television in 2006. |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Disc 1. Caravaggio ; Rembrandt ; Bernini ; Tuner -- Disc 2. David ; Van Gogh ; Picasso ; Rothko. |
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CREDITS |
Written and presented by Simon Schama ; directed by Clare Beavan ... [et al.]. |
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PERFORMER |
Featuring Andy Serkis as Van Gogh; Paul Popplewell as Caravaggio; Alan Corduner as Rothko. |
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SUMMARY |
Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England suffocating beneath riches and righteousness; the madhouses and brothels of Provence; the carnage of civil war Spain; 1950s New York, caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. In each place, a great artist is backed into a corner, facing a crisis, given a chance to confound his rivals, enemies and critics one more time. |
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FORMAT |
DVD; Dolby digital. |
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LANGUAGE |
In English ; with subtitles in Chinese or English. |
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SUBJECT |
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Artists -- Biography. |
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Painters -- Biography. |
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Painting -- History. |
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Sculptors -- Biography. |
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Sculpture -- History. |
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SUBJECT |
Documentary television programs. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Visual Arts. |
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OTHER AUTHOR |
Schama, Simon. aut. |
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OTHER TITLE |
Power of art. |
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ISBN |
4717415383067. |