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Follows the evolution of the self-portrait artist from being the invisible figure behind the canvas to the actual subject of the painting. Makes unexpected connections between old and new, describes some...
An outstanding portrait painter, the Dutch artist Frans Hals (1581-1666) remains a mysterious personality. This film reconstructs his life and times through attention to the clues in his paintings, which...
Although portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) now seem to embody the 18th-century golden age of the English aristocracy, the highly gifted and ambitious Reynolds aimed far beyond society portraiture....
Places in context the portraits of the Emperor Augustus that have survived on coins and as busts. Discusses the development of portraiture from the idealised representations of Alexander the Great through to...
Topical arts magazine series. Includes an item on the 2006 ‘Searching for Shakespeare’ exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London which examined the available portraiture and biographical...
A collection of films made by the University of Warwick in conjunction with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust about the life and times of William Shakespeare. In this film Professor Stanley Wells, Chairman...
Documentary presented by Waldemar Januszczak on the subject of William Dobson, the Baroque portraitist whose work was bound up inextricably with the English Civil War. Born in London in 1611, Dobson became...
Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week Duncan Phillips, the art gallery owner who recently displayed the so-called Danby Portrait...
Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week art historian Steve Wadlow follows up on a previous podcast (qv) on the Duncan portrait of...
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