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US Mall 1 - Simon Schama's Power of Art
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List Price: $49.98
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Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Starring: Simon Schama
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051299628
Format: Box set
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-06-19
Running Time: 400
Studio: BBC Warner
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: needs to be on bluray
Comment: This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Schama is a witty, insightful and thoroughly entertaining host, and the series has excellent production values. Each segment is like a little film, composed around a central drama in the artist's life. It is a novel way to look at art, quite contrary to our normal view of art as a rather sedate, passive experience involving staring quietly in sterile galleries. Schama really gets across the passion and force of these artists and how powerful their works were in their original context. To some degree, he chose artists with interesting lives rather than interesting work so we dont get velazquez, hals, rubens, or sargent, but we do get david, picasso, and rothko. Even if you dont particularly like the artist in question, Schama's commentary still makes it worthwhile.
If this series is ever released on bluray I will definately purchase it. (really art this spectacular (thinking mainly of rembrandt here) needs to be on bluray.) Also, I would love to see a sequel with 8 more artists!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Insight to understanding these artists!
Comment: Currently, I am an adult student in The Glassell Art School, a part of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX. I am taking an abstract painting class and these CD's have helped me understand the who, why and how much better than reading a book. I love them and have recommended them to the rest of my class.
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Summary: Introspective Gold
Comment: A beautifully produced series on the lives and times of 8 artists, capturing the mastery of each. The individual genius which separates their art from their contemporaries, discussion on technique, uniqueness, balanced with the intrigues, personal and political of their times, makes this into a must-have for artist information. I have not tired of looking at this collection, each replay giving me more information and appreciation that I had missed in a previous viewing. The narration takes place in numerous venues throughout the individual programs, so it never feels like a monotonous reading from a script -- and Schama's sense of proportion; historical, individual, relation to the times coupled with a nice sense of humor makes this an informative, yet totally enjoyable series to watch.
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Summary: Great video, lousy audio
Comment: This set of videos is great. He brings the artists to life and gives us a better understanding of their character and the context in which they created their work. However, the audio quality is poor. The volume level will go from good to bad often enough to be distracting.
Customer Rating:
Summary: More, more...
Comment: I am a serious photographer, who is trying to find his way through the hassle of the modern world. What makes you to shoot a really "good" photograph? That's the search for every individual, who is in the need of expressing himself/herself in an artistic form. Is it equipment? Well! May be. But surely not exactly. So, I decided to dig deeper and try to understand how visual art was created in the good old ages when people were not technologically strongly supported to create an image as they are now. And during my research, I came across with this set of DVDs. Each episode is concentared on one masterpiece that the artist created. In the creation phase of the masterpiece, additional background information about the social happenings, the personality of the artist, the important steps in the artist's life on the way to the creation of the masterpiece are mentioned. It's very very useful for art enthusiasts to create awareness abour certain concepts, trends and styles. But surely an entry tool to warm you up to go further. In the endless sea of art, 8 artists are really not too much. But these 8 artists are selected to cover a significant poriton of the understanding of art history. When you watch the DVDs, I believe you would wish to know at least this much information about the other masters of art and their famous work. You will surely feel yourself richer and your approach to look at a visual art subjects or sculpture will surely change.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: needs to be on bluray
Comment: This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Schama is a witty, insightful and thoroughly entertaining host, and the series has excellent production values. Each segment is like a little film, composed around a central drama in the artist's life. It is a novel way to look at art, quite contrary to our normal view of art as a rather sedate, passive experience involving staring quietly in sterile galleries. Schama really gets across the passion and force of these artists and how powerful their works were in their original context. To some degree, he chose artists with interesting lives rather than interesting work so we dont get velazquez, hals, rubens, or sargent, but we do get david, picasso, and rothko. Even if you dont particularly like the artist in question, Schama's commentary still makes it worthwhile.
If this series is ever released on bluray I will definately purchase it. (really art this spectacular (thinking mainly of rembrandt here) needs to be on bluray.) Also, I would love to see a sequel with 8 more artists!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Insight to understanding these artists!
Comment: Currently, I am an adult student in The Glassell Art School, a part of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX. I am taking an abstract painting class and these CD's have helped me understand the who, why and how much better than reading a book. I love them and have recommended them to the rest of my class.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Introspective Gold
Comment: A beautifully produced series on the lives and times of 8 artists, capturing the mastery of each. The individual genius which separates their art from their contemporaries, discussion on technique, uniqueness, balanced with the intrigues, personal and political of their times, makes this into a must-have for artist information. I have not tired of looking at this collection, each replay giving me more information and appreciation that I had missed in a previous viewing. The narration takes place in numerous venues throughout the individual programs, so it never feels like a monotonous reading from a script -- and Schama's sense of proportion; historical, individual, relation to the times coupled with a nice sense of humor makes this an informative, yet totally enjoyable series to watch.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great video, lousy audio
Comment: This set of videos is great. He brings the artists to life and gives us a better understanding of their character and the context in which they created their work. However, the audio quality is poor. The volume level will go from good to bad often enough to be distracting.
Customer Rating:
Summary: More, more...
Comment: I am a serious photographer, who is trying to find his way through the hassle of the modern world. What makes you to shoot a really "good" photograph? That's the search for every individual, who is in the need of expressing himself/herself in an artistic form. Is it equipment? Well! May be. But surely not exactly. So, I decided to dig deeper and try to understand how visual art was created in the good old ages when people were not technologically strongly supported to create an image as they are now. And during my research, I came across with this set of DVDs. Each episode is concentared on one masterpiece that the artist created. In the creation phase of the masterpiece, additional background information about the social happenings, the personality of the artist, the important steps in the artist's life on the way to the creation of the masterpiece are mentioned. It's very very useful for art enthusiasts to create awareness abour certain concepts, trends and styles. But surely an entry tool to warm you up to go further. In the endless sea of art, 8 artists are really not too much. But these 8 artists are selected to cover a significant poriton of the understanding of art history. When you watch the DVDs, I believe you would wish to know at least this much information about the other masters of art and their famous work. You will surely feel yourself richer and your approach to look at a visual art subjects or sculpture will surely change.
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