| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (ca. 400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Contains 8 episodes from the television series. |
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"Due to contractual restrictions, certain edits have been made to the originally transmitted programs." |
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Special features: audio commentaries with Simon Schama, Clare Beavan, David Belton & Andy Serkis ; interview with Simon Schama (disc 3). |
| Contents |
disc 1: Caravaggio / produced & directed by Carl Hindmarch ; Bernini / produced & directed by Clare Beavan ; Rembrandt / produced & directed by James Runcie, Clare Beavan -- disc 2: David / produced & directed by Clare Beavan ; Turner / produced & directed by Steven Condie ; Van Gogh / produced & directed by David Belton -- disc 3: Picasso / produced & directed by Steven Condie; Rothko / produced & directed by Carl Hindmarch. |
| Credits |
Photography, Gary Clarke ... [et al.] ; editor, Gary Dollner ... [et al.] ; music, Peter Salem ... [et al.] |
| Performer |
Presentor, Simon Schama. |
| Cast |
Paul Popplewell as Caravaggio, Andrea Gherpelli as Bernini, Aubrey Wakeling as David, Mark Hyde as Turner, Andy Serkis as Van Gogh, Pep Cortes as Picasso, Alan Corduner as Rothko. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast on television in 2006. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Local Note |
Glendale's copy in two containers: [Vol. 1] Discs 1 and 2 ; [v. 2] Disc 3. |
| Subject |
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610.
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Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.
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David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851
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Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.
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Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
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Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
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Art -- History
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Artists -- Biography
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Painting -- History
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Painters -- Biography
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Sculpture -- History
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Sculptors -- Biography
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs
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Cultural television programs
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Biographical television programs
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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| Added Author |
Schama, Simon Screenwriter. Host.
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Beavan, Clare. Producer. Director.
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Hindmarch, Carl. Producer. Director.
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Runcie, James. Producer. Director.
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Condie, Steven. Producer. Director.
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Belton, David Producer. Director.
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Popplewell, Paul Actor.
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Gherpelli, Andrea. Actor.
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Wakeling, Aubrey. Actor.
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Hyde, Mark, 1958- Actor.
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Serkis, Andy Actor.
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Cortes, Pep. Actor.
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Corduner, Allan Actor.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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BBC Video (Firm)
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Power of art |
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Simon Schama's Power of art (Television program)
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| ISBN |
1419851853 |
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9781419851858 |
| Standard No. |
794051299628 |
| Music No. |
E2996 BBC Video |
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