Learning on ScreenVermeer: Light, Love and Silence
- Synopsis
- Looks at the social, political and scientific context in which Jan Vermeer lived and worked and explains his techniques and his exploratory process of pictorial composition. Academics including Dr Jonathan Miller and Svetlana Alpers discuss the meaning of Vermeer’s settings and subjects, and the formal simplicity and intensity of feeling behind the paintings.
- Series
- South Bank Show, The: Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1996
- Notes
- Broadcast on ITV on 19/5/96.
- Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- art - Dutch; Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675)
Credits
- Director
- Michael Gill
- Producer
- Michael Gill
- Contributor
- Jonathan Miller; Svetlana Alpers
- Cast
Melvyn Bragg
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 NTSC
- Price
- £19.30
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 52 minutes
- Year
- 2011
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £14.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 52 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Illuminations
- louise@illuminationsmedia.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7288 8400
- Address
- Studio 121, ScreenWorks
22 Highbury Grove
London
N5 2EF - Notes
- Illuminations produces and distributes programmes on arts-related subjects, some of which are made for television and others in conjunction with cultural institutions to accompany specific exhibitions. Many titles are available for sale on DVD, including continuing series on leading contemporary and twentieth century artists and modern architecture, as well as a few programmes on religion, drama, history and ideas.
- 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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