Masaccio: A View of Mankind
- Alternative title
- View of Mankind, A
- Synopsis
- Masaccio (1401-1428) was among the most innovative Florentine artists of the early Renaissance. His paintings broke from Gothic convention by portraying their human subjects as individuals in a social setting, and this film explores both Masaccio’s short career and the artistic revolution he initiated. In this film Sir Lawrence Gowing demonstrates how Masaccio made one of the great breakthroughs in the history of visual representation - the depiction of the human subject in three-dimensional space.
- Series
- Three Painters (9 Parts)
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 1984
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 26/4/84.
- Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- Masaccio (1401-1428); paintings - Italian; Renaissance art
Credits
- Director
- Christopher Burstall
- Contributor
- Lawrence Gowing
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £14.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 40 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Distributor
- Name
AVP
- info@avp.co.uk
- Web
- http://avp.100megs28.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01291 625439
- Fax
- 01291 629671
- Address
- School Hill Centre
Chepstow
Monmouthshire
NP16 5PH - Notes
- Use for: Audio Visual Productions. Ceased trading.
- Name
Phaidon Press
- Contact
- Daniel Groenewald (Head of UK Sales & Marketing)
- enquiries@phaidon.com
- Web
- http://uk.phaidon.com/store/video/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7843 1206
- Fax
- 020 7843 1215
- Notes
- A series of 60+ films on major artists, many of which have been broadcast on the Southbank Show. Sale on video. (Some of the titles are available for sale on DVD from Illuminations.
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