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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 Ba...

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Corporate Authors: British Broadcasting Corporation, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), BBC Video (Firm), 2 Entertain (Firm), BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Schama, Simon, Beavan, Clare, Serkis, Andy, Popplewell, Paul, Corduner, Allan
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Video : 2 Entertain : [2007]
Subjects:
Art > History.
Artists > Biography.
Painting > History.
Painters > Biography.
Sculpture > History.
Sculptors > Biography.
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary > Television series.
Art > Television series.
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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.
Item Description:Originally broadcast on television in 2006.
Contains 8 episodes from the television series.
"Due to contractual restrictions, certain edits have been made to the originally transmitted programs."--Container.
Special features: Audio commentaries with Simon Schama, Clare Beavan, David Belton & Andy Serkis; interview with Simon Schama.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo; DVD9; NTSC.
ISBN:1419851853
9781419851858