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This documentary explores the life and work of Catalonian artist Joan Miro, and seeks to understand how the political upheavals of of the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the dictatorship of Franco...
In the aftermath of the French Revolution, the French public turned to British history as a way of making sense of its recent past. History books written in an accessible and popular style brought the...
Renaissance artists made portraits for many of the same reasons that we do today: to mark important moments in individual lives, in memory of those who are no longer with us, or to promote a public...
This DVD tells the story of the National Gallery’s war. Days before the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, the National Gallery secretly evacuated its collection. Although the paintings...
Focuses on the period 1796-1828, but begins by taking a brief look back on Goya’s earlier career before exploring his drawings and their context. Examines technique, style and subject matter.
Focuses on the role played by speed of execution, including a repertoire of rapidly-executed pictorial gestures, in the origins and development of the Impressionist movement. Includes works by Monet,...
Designed to accompany the exhibition ‘Spirit of an age: nineteenth-century paintings from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin’ the video looks at the setting of the Nationalgalerie and examines some of the...
Examines in detail Jan van Eyck’s ‘Arnolfini Portrait’, painted in the Netherlands in 1434. By scrolling over the surface the viewer can approach the painting through different topics, such as the...
Examines Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Mystic Nativity’, painted in Florence in 1500, using high-resolution imaging to reveal its complex and fascinating layers of meaning. Botticelli’s vision of universal...
Looks at the work undertaken by Brazilian sculptor Ana Maria Pacheco as the fourth National Gallery Associate Artist. Covers the period of working in the gallery and the production of paintings and...
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