Bibliograph

Simon Schama's Power of art, a BBC/Thirteen WNET New York co-production ; written and presented by Simon Schama ; series producer, Clare Beavan

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Label

Simon Schama's Power of art, a BBC/Thirteen WNET New York co-production ; written and presented by Simon Schama ; series producer, Clare Beavan

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Simon Schama's Power of art

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

140673236

Responsibility statement

a BBC/Thirteen WNET New York co-production ; written and presented by Simon Schama ; series producer, Clare Beavan

Runtime

400

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

Table Of 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

Technique

live action

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Power of art

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Contributor