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Great Artists with Tim Marlow: Vol. 1 (2007)

Director

Ali Ray; Mehreen Saigol

Producer

Phil Grabsky

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 322 minutes), £40.00

What was it like to be an artist in centuries past? What makes a painting or an artist ‘great’? Tim Marlow presents an introduction to the works of the Old Masters as displayed in over fifty museums,...

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Art is... The Permanent Revolution (2012)

Director

Manfred Kirchheimer

Subject

Art; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 82 minutes), $27.95

This documentary looks at the portrayal of social reality and political protest in art -particular graphic art and print - and examines how the power of the medium has, in the hands of practitioners like...

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Vermeer: The Astronomer (1989 Video)

aka: Palettes: The Texture of Light

Director

Alain Jaubert

Producer

Marie Givry

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 27 minutes), £19.99

Discusses Jan Vermeer’s painting ‘The Astronomer’ (1668) in terms of the painting itself, the painter, and a palette of colour: pigment, composition and light effects. Vermeer worked in private houses...

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Simon Schama’s Power of Art (2006)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £49.99

Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction and spectacular photography, Simon Schama’s series transports the viewer back to the intense moments when eight iconic works of art were conceived and born....

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Physics and Fine Art (1992 Video)

Subject

Art; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

Looks behind the scenes at the National Gallery, London, to show how physics helps the art world in attributing, interpreting and preserving works of art. Famous paintings by masters such as Rembrandt come...

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National Gallery, The: A Private View (1990 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27, 54, 54, 54, 54, 54 min., 2005 sale: £14.99 (inc) each part - EDS

Series dealing with the history of European art. 1: The religious Italian art of the 13th and 14th centuries featuring Duccio, Sassetta, Pisanello and the Lorenzetti brothers. 2: a) 15th-century artists and...

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Portraits: Judging by Appearances (1995 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

Looks at the different aims of portraiture and the different methods used by portraitists to achieve them. Shows paintings from the National Gallery, including works by Van Eyck, Botticelli, Raphael,...

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Nude in Art, The (2010)

Director

Phil Grabsky

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 100 minutes), £30.00

Hosted by art historian, broadcaster and writer Tim Marlow, THE NUDE IN ART explores the depiction and symbolic resonance of the naked body throughout history. The four part series takes an in-depth look at...

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About Face (1994 Video)

Director

Mark James

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the evolution of the self-portrait artist from being the invisible figure behind the canvas to the actual subject of the painting. Makes unexpected connections between old and new, describes some...

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Dulwich Picture Gallery (2005)

Subject

Architecture; Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £21.99

Dulwich Picture Gallery is England’s first purpose-built public art gallery. Designed by Sir John Soane, the influential building holds one of the world’s finest Old Master collections including great...

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