| Description |
3 DVD's (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) enhanced presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., DVD9, NTSC. |
| 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. |
| Credits |
Photography, Gary Clarke ... [et al.] ; editor, Gary Dollner ... [et al.] ; music, Peter Salem ... [et al.] |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on television in 2006. |
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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." |
| Funding |
"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." |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: audio commentaries with Simon Schama, Clare Beavan, David Belton & Andy Serkis ; interview with Simon Schama (disc 3). |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610.
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Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610. |
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Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680.
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Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680. |
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. |
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David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825.
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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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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851. |
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Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.
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Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890. |
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Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
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Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. |
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Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970.
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Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970. |
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Art -- History.
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Art. |
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History. |
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Artists -- Biography.
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Painting -- History.
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Painting. |
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Painters -- Biography.
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Painters -- Biography. |
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Sculpture -- History.
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Sculpture. |
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Sculptors -- Biography.
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Sculptors -- Biography. |
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Sculptors. |
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Artists -- Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Cultural television programs.
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Cultural television programs.
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Biographical television programs.
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Biographical television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary -- Television series.
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Art.
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Television series.
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Art.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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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, 1959- 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, 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 |
| ISBN |
1419851853 |
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9781419851858 |
| Standard No. |
794051299628 |
| Music No. |
E2996 BBC Video |
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