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and he was a man driven to titanic works.
He aspired constantly to achieve the
seemingly impossible, and this he did with
unimaginable perseverance.
With each work he opened up new worlds
of artistic expression: in the frescos of the
Sistine chapel, as in the design of the
magnificent dome of St. Peter?s Basilica.
At the Roman Capitol he created the
greatest flagstoned forum of modern times.
Also, his poems reveal that he was a
difficult loner in search of solitude.
Filmed entirely on location, this informative
and entertaining program features close
ups of many of Michelangelo?s greatest
works.
Item no. : RW00770439
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 30 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769790695
Price : USD 50.00
GALLER GALLERY GALLER Y OF THE
MASTERS MASTERS - PAUL PAUL CEZANNE:
CEZANNE:
THE THE WORLD WORLD IN IN AN AN APPL APPLE APPL
Paul Cezanne revolutionized art. He made
painting an end in itself, maintained that
art was a harmony in parallel with nature.
Born in Aix-en Provence in the south of
France in 1839, he is revered now, but it
was not always so. It was the surrounding
countryside that served as part of the
inspiration for his colorful palettes. He
used glasses and fruits in still life paintings
to capture the precision of shapes. Form
and color were fused together. Many of his
paintings were often panned critically, but
were appreciated more in his later years.
This is the story of one of Modern
Painting's most influential artists.
Item no. : PK00770345
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 30 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791227
Price : USD 50.00
GALLERY GALLERY OF OF OF THE
THE
MASTERS MASTERS - RUBENS:
RUBENS:
PASSION, PASSION, PASSION, FAITH, FAITH,
FAITH,
SENSUALITY SENSUALITY SENSUALITY AND AND AND THE THE THE AART
A RT
OF OF THE THE THE BAROQUE
BAROQUE
His legacy consists of over two thousand
pictures - an imposing and contradictory
life's work, with which Rubens, the
disciplined artist and diplomat, educated in
the humanist tradition, transposed the
achievements of Renaissance painting
into the Baroque age and built a bridge
between north and south, between Italian
and Flemish art.
The film interprets the great altar paintings,
the portraits and self portraits and the
famous mythological and historical
portrayals: in his mythological pictures
Rubens incorporated his experiences of
human passions and the dynamics of
nature.
In the Medici cycle for the Queen of
France the painter's baroque feeling for
life is expressed with the greatest clarity:
political activity appears as theatrum
mundi, as a portrayal of a sensibly ordered
world. Life can succeed, evil can be
overcome: this is Rubens' message which
he expressed in his art.
Item no. : YC00770374
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 30 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791197
Price : USD 50.00
GALLERY GALLERY OF OF THE THE
THE
MASTERS MASTERS - WILLIAM
WILLIAM
TURNER: TURNER: VISIONS VISIONS OF
OF
COLOR COLOR COLOR AND AND LIGHT
LIGHT
William Turner is one of the most
important English painters of the Romantic
Movement. He was unique in placing great
significance on the atmospheric content of
his portrayals.
In his later works his subjects virtually
dissolve into spaces defined by color. No
one before Turner had placed such an
intrinsic value on light and color, thus
anticipating an aspect of modern painting.
The unique film documents the life and
work of the artist in his various phases;
from his humble origin in the narrow alleys
of London, to the triumphs of an artist who
succeeded in becoming a professor of the
Royal Academy.
This informative and entertaining program
also showcases Turner's many journeys:
he was travelling almost incessantly his
entire life. Of great importance for his
artistic development was the then
obligatory tour of Italy. Who was this
painter, whose later pictures developed an
artistic freedom which increasingly
liberated itself from the prevailing style?
This program seeks answers to this
question at original sites in London,
Venice and Rome and tries to portray the
psychological suspense of an art which, in
its radicalism, was far ahead of its time.
Item no. : MB00770428
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 30 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791210
Price : USD 50.00
HERMITAGE, HERMITAGE, THE: THE: A
A
JOURNEY JOURNEY IN IN TIME TIME AND
AND
SPACE SPACE
SPACE
The unique collections held in the
Hermitage will take you on this absorbing
journey in time and space. The
introduction to the Winter Palace skillfully
weaves in the history of the museum
collection that now dates back more than
three centuries.
Originally established as the private
collection of the Russian Empress
Catherine the Great, the collection
continued to grow with works of art
regularly added, and in the mid 19th
century it was opened to the wider public.
As you encounter the masterpieces of one
period after another you will understand
how prehistoric cultures arose, developed
and died out, then the culture of the
antique world, the Renaissance period
and classicism; each time to die and be
reborn in the works of masters of a later
age.
Music performed by the State Hermitage
Orchestra, the Millennium Chamber Choir
and the St Petersburg Neva-Klassika
string quartet will enhance your enjoyment
as you travel through the museum and
visit the different epochs of the various
cultures on display.
The Hermitage Museum in Saint
Petersburg, Russia is one of the world's
largest art museums. Its magnificent
buildings served as the official residence
of the Russian Emperors for almost two
centuries. Now they are open to the public
and over two million artifacts and works of
art from prehistoric times to the
contemporary period are exhibited in
hundreds of galleries and rooms.
The Hermitage Museum houses a rich
collection of Greek and Roman sculptures,
splendid jewelry, and many of the best
works of Raphael, Da Vinci, Titian,
Giorgione, Velasquez, Van Dyke,
Rembrandt, many other Dutch masters,
French Impressionists, and 20th Century
masters such as Matisse and Picasso.
This film's guiding principle is to reveal the
Hermitage through the history of its
owners as well as to display its
magnificent interiors, discuss selected
collections, and spotlight its masterpieces.
Music of different epochs, as performed in
the Hermitage Theatre by the best
musicians of Saint Petersburg,
accompany the film and lead the viewer
from one reign to another.
Item no. : KJ00770210
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 116 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769791159
Price : USD 55.00
PALACE PALACE OF OF VERSAILLES
VERSAILLES,
VERSAILLES ,
THE
THE
The Chateau of Versailles remains forever
the emblematic symbol of Louis XIV,
whose reign lasted for almost half a
century.
It is recognized as one of the most
beautiful works of art of the 17th century
France. The most symbolic of the rooms is
no doubt the Hall of Mirrors.
During the next century, under the reign of
Louis XV, the Chapel and the Opera were
completed.
The Chateau ceased to function as the
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