Learning on ScreenPainting the World: Neil Macgregor at the National Gallery
- Synopsis
- Four half-hour programmes in which National Gallery director Neil MacGregor takes a particular painting and through it explores the ideas and beliefs shared by Europeans at the period in which it was made. He also discusses other pictures that reflect various aspects - philosophical, scientific and geographical - of these views. The programmes are: 1) People and God - The 15th Century: ‘The Donne Triptych’ by Hans Memling; 2) People and the Past - The 16th Century: ‘The Family of Darius before Alexander’ by Paolo Veronese; 3) People and Nature - The 17th Century: ‘An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen’ by Peter Paul Rubens; 4) People and the Present - The 18th and 19th Centuries: ‘Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump’ by Joseph Wright of Derby.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min.
- Year of production
- 199
- Availability
- Sale; 1999 sale £15.00 (inclusive)
- Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- Memling, Hans; painting - oil painting; paintings; paintings - panel paintings; restoration - art and architecture; Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); Veronese, Paolo (c1528-1588); Wright, Joseph
Credits
- Writer
- Neil MacGregor
- Cast
Neil MacGregor
Production Company
- Name
British Broadcasting Corporation
- Address
- Broadcasting House
LONDON
W1A 1AA
Sponsor
- Name
National Gallery
Distributor
- Name
National Gallery Publications Ltd
- online@nationalgallery.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/products/art_books/art_dvd_cd External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7747 2870
- Address
- St Vincent House
30 Orange Street
WC2H 7HH
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