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Civilisations. [Episode 7], Color and light /

Simon Schama starts his meditation on colour and civilisation with the great Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Chartres. He then moves to 16th century Venice where masterpieces such as Giovanni Bellini's San Zaccaria altarpiece and Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne contested the assumption that d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: MacGregor, Hugo (Director, Producer), Schreiber, Liev (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Color in art > History.
Light in art > History.
Pigments industry > History.
Pigments > History.
Art > History.
Civilization > History.
Couleur dans l'art > Histoire.
Lumière dans l'art > Histoire.
Pigments > Industrie > Histoire.
Pigments > Histoire.
Art > Histoire.
Civilisation > Histoire.
Art.
Civilization.
Color in art.
Light in art.
Pigments.
Pigments industry.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Documentaires télévisés.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Simon Schama starts his meditation on colour and civilisation with the great Gothic cathedrals of Amiens and Chartres. He then moves to 16th century Venice where masterpieces such as Giovanni Bellini's San Zaccaria altarpiece and Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne contested the assumption that drawing would always be superior to colouring. Simon ends the film in Matisse's great chapel at Vence, where colour is used - against a backdrop of the Second World War - once more to enrapture, enlighten and as a path to God.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 20, 2019).
Adapted from a program by Simon Schama.
Physical Description:1 online resource (53 minutes)
Playing Time:00:52:55