Rubens and England
- Synopsis
- Looks at Rubens’ career in England, and in particular at the recently restored eight-panel ceiling of the Whitehall Banqueting House commissioned by Charles I in 1629, and examines the meanings that the panels had for the contemporary population.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 15 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1975
- Availability
- Hire
- Uses
- Introductory courses. Background material for students of the history of art.*
- Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- painted ceilings; Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); stately homes
Credits
- Director
- Richard Bigham
- Writer
- Gregory Martin
- Contributor
- Arthur G Wooster
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Balfour Films
Sponsor
- Name
Arts Council of Great Britain
- Phone
- 020 7973 6455
- Fax
- 020 7973 6581
- Address
- London
SW1P 3NG
Distributor
- Name
Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster
- Notes
- Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
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