Simon Schama's Power of art
(DVD)
Contributors
Schama, Simon commentator,
Beavan, Clare, interviewee (expression),
Hindmarch, Carl, director,
Runcie, James, 1959- director,
Condie, Steven, director,
Beavan, Clare, interviewee (expression),
Hindmarch, Carl, director,
Runcie, James, 1959- director,
Condie, Steven, director,
Published
[London] : BBC Video :, [2013].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 463 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 709.22 Sim
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DVD 709.22 Sim
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Published
[London] : BBC Video :, [2013].
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
UPC
794051299628
Notes
General Note
Originally broadcast on television in 2006.
General Note
Contains 8 episodes from the television series.
General Note
"Due to contractual restrictions, certain edits have been made to the originally transmitted programs."
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Gary Clarke [and others] ; editor, Gary Dollner [and others] ; music, Peter Salem [and others].
Participants/Performers
Presentor, Simon Schama.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
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.
Funding Information
"Major funding for the PBS broadcast of this series is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Dorothy and Lewis Cullman; the Philip and Janice Levin Foundation; Judith B. Resnick; Rosalind P. Walter; Ralph W. Voorhees, in memory of Barbara B. Voorhees; the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, and PBS."
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) enhanced presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., DVD9, NTSC.
Language
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Art -- History.
Artists -- Biography.
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, -- 1598-1680.
Biographies.
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, -- 1573-1610.
Cultural television programs.
David, Jacques Louis, -- 1748-1825.
Documentary television programs.
Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890
Nonfiction television programs.
Painters -- Biography.
Painting -- History.
Picasso, Pablo, -- 1881-1973.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, -- 1606-1669.
Rothko, Mark, -- 1903-1970.
Sculptors -- Biography.
Sculpture -- History.
Television programs.
Turner, J. M. W. -- (Joseph Mallord William), -- 1775-1851
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Artists -- Biography.
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, -- 1598-1680.
Biographies.
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, -- 1573-1610.
Cultural television programs.
David, Jacques Louis, -- 1748-1825.
Documentary television programs.
Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890
Nonfiction television programs.
Painters -- Biography.
Painting -- History.
Picasso, Pablo, -- 1881-1973.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, -- 1606-1669.
Rothko, Mark, -- 1903-1970.
Sculptors -- Biography.
Sculpture -- History.
Television programs.
Turner, J. M. W. -- (Joseph Mallord William), -- 1775-1851
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.