Learning on ScreenVermeer: The Astronomer
- Alternative title
- Palettes: The Texture of Light
- Synopsis
- 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 using ordinary daylight, and perhaps a camera obscura. The painting contains various riddles, with meanings that escape us today.
NB Combined on one DVD with films on Rubens and Rembrandt under the title THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE NETHERLANDS - Series
- Palettes, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1989
- Notes
- Combined on one DVD with two other 30-minute films on Rubens and Rembrandt, entitled THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE NETHERLANDS
Series reviewed by Don Harker in ‘Times Higher Education Supplement’ (3 Apr 1996), p21. - Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- artists - Dutch; painters; paintings; Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675)
Credits
- Director
- Alain Jaubert
- Producer
- Marie Givry
- Writer
- Alain Jaubert
- Cast
Anthony Jackson
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £19.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 27 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Sponsor
- Name
Delta Image
- Name
France
- Name
Musée du Louvre
- Name
Sept Vidéo, La
- Address
- France
Distributor
- Name
Quantum Leap
- Notes
- The company ceased trading in 2018. It was previously a distributor and online retailer specialising in non-fiction DVD titles on a wide variety of subjects, particularly in the areas of music instruction, music performance, sport instruction, and health. Some titles also available through retail outlets.
Available from retail outlets
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