
Running Time:
350 minutes
Grade Level:
7 - Adult
Captions:
English Subtitles
AVP Release Date:
February 2003
Producer:
Seventh-Art Productions
In this 14 part series, art historian Tim Marlow explores the lives and works of the greatest artists in history. Digital filming of this series allows amazing close up views of the art masterpieces. DVD is extremely important to the visual arts, as there is no other digital medium capable of containing un-compromised imagery of the resolution and magnitude that is required.
Filming takes place throughout the world.
This program is English Subtitled for the Hearing Impaired.
- DVD No. 1
Running Time: 50 minutes
Giotto (1266?-1337)
Works featured in this program include the frescoes of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua (1304-1306), the Church of St Francis in Assisi (1295-1300) and the Bardi and Peruzzi chapels (1320s) in Santa Croce in Florence as well as the Ognissanti Madonna and Child altarpiece (1305-1310) in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Leonardo (1452-1519)
Leonardo da Vinci's Works featured in this program include the Mona Lisa (1503-05, Louvre, Paris) The Last Supper (1495-1498, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan) The Annuciation (1472-1475, Uffizi Gallery, Florence), Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci (1474-76, National Gallery of Art, Washington), The Virgin of the Rocks (1482-1486, Louvre, Paris) and St. John the Baptist (151
- DVD No. 2
Running Time: 50 minutes
Dürer (1471-1528)
Far from the cultural centers of Italy, the German artist Albrecht Dürer Works featured in this program include Self Portrait Holding a Thistle (1493, Louvre, Paris), Book of the Revelation of St John (1498, Durer's House, Nuremberg), Self Portrait at 28 (1500, Alte Pinakothek, Munich) and The Four Apostles (1526, Alte Pinkothek, Munich).
Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Works featured in this program include David (1501-04, Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence), Frescoes, Sistine Chapel, (1508-12, Vatican, Rome), Bacchus (1496-97, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence), Pieta (1499, St. Peter's, Vatican, Rome), Dying and Rebellious Slaves (1513-16, Louvre, Paris) and The Last Judgement, (1534-41, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome).
Raphael (1483-1520)
Works featured in this program include La Belle Jardiniere (1507 or 1508, Louvre, Paris, ), The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna (1508, National Gallery of Art, Washington), The School of Athens, Stanza della Segnatura (1509-11, Vatican), Portrait of Pope Julius II (1512, National Gallery, London), Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (1514-16, Louvre, Paris) and Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi (1513-19, Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence).
- DVD No. 3
Running Time: 75 minutes
Titian (1485?-1576)
Works featured in this program include The Assumption of the Virgin (1516-18, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice), The Pesaro Altarpiece (1519-26, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice), Bacchus and Ariadne 1523, The National Gallery, London), Portrait of Charles V with Hound (1533, Prado, Madrid), The Venus of Urbino (1538, Uffizi Gallery, Florence) and Diana and Callisto (1556-59, National Gallery, Edinburgh).
Bruegel (1525/30-1569)
Works featured in this program include The Netherlandish Proverbs (1559, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin), The Triumph Of Death (1562-63, Prado, Madrid), The Hunters In The Snow, Gloomy Day, Return Of The Herd (1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna), The Massacre Of The Innocents (1566, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) and The Wedding Feast (1567, Kuntshistorisches Museum, Vienna).
El Greco (1541-1614)
Works featured in this program include The Purification of the Temple (1568-1570, National Gallery of Art, Washington), The Disrobing of Christ (1577-79, Toledo Cathedral), Martyrdom of St Maurice (1580-82, Nuevos Museos, El Escorial), The Burial of Count Orgaz (1586-88, San Tomé, Toledo) and Laocoon (1610-14, National Gallery, Washington).
- DVD No. 4
Running Time: 75 minutes
Rubens (1577-1640)
Works featured in this program include Samson and Delilah (1609, National Gallery, London), Self portrait with Isabella Brant (1609-10, Alte Pinakothek, Munich), The Descent from the Cross (1611-14, Antwerp Cathedral, Antwerp), The Life of Marie de'Medici (1621-25, Louvre, Paris), Peace and War (1630, National Gallery, London) and Het Pelsken (The Little Fur) (c.1635-40, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Velàzquez (1599-1640)
Works featured in this program include The Waterseller of Seville (1620, Wellington Museum, London), The Forge of Vulcan (1630, Prado, Madrid), The Surrender of Breda (1635, Prado, Madrid), Juan De Pareja (1650, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York) and Las Meninas (1656, Prado, Madrid).
Rembrandt (1606-1669)
Works featured in this program include Self-Portrait (1629, Alte Pinakothek, Munich), The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Nicolaes Tulp (1632, Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague), The Descent from the Cross (1633, Alte Pinakothek, Munich), Self-Portrait (1640, National Gallery, London) The Night Watch (1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) and Hendrickje Bathing in a River (1654, National Gallery, London)
- DVD No. 5
Running Time: 75 minutes
Vermeer (1632-1672)
Works featured in this program include View of Delft (1660-1661, Mauritshuis, the Hague), Street in Delft (1657-1658, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), The Milkmaid (1658-1660, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Girl Asleep at a Table (1657, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665, Mauritshuis, the Hague) and The Art of Painting (1666-1673, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Turner (1775-1851)
Works featured in this program include Fishermen at Sea (1796, TateGallery, London), The Shipwreck (1805, Tate Gallery, London), Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps (1812, Tate Gallery, London), Dido Building Carthage (1815, The National Gallery, London), Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (1842, Tate Gallery, London) and Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway (1844, The National Gallery, London).
Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Works featured in this program include The Potato-Eaters (1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), Sunflowers (1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), Vincent's House in Arles (The Yellow House) (1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London) The Starry Night. Saint-Rémy. (1889, The Museum of Modern Art, New York) and Wheat Field with Crows (1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Clip Length: 2 minutes 48 seconds
Reviews:
"Art historian Tim Marlow comfortably hosts this 14-part introduction to the world's most acclaimed artists. In the sampled, Leonardo, Marlow travels to Florence and Milan to trace the career of painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. Carefully analyzing The Annunciation, the host contrasts flaws in perspective with the painting's precise natural details. The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, and St. John the Baptist are similarly examined for composition, painting techniques, and use of light. Da Vinci's work as mapmaker, anatomist, and military planner are also discussed, as are controversies surrounding his life. Nice location footage and insightful commentary stand out in these solid introductions for high-school and public library collections. Other series titles similarly profile El Greco, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and others."
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