Title:
Understanding art. Hidden lives of masterpieces
ISBN:
9781598289350
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication Information:
[Silver Spring, Md.] : Athena : Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media Group, 2013.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (259 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally broadcast as 5 episodes of a documentary television series in 2011.
Program content: c2010-2012.
"Masterworks under the microscope"--Container.
Accompanying booklet (13 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.) comprises articles written and edited by Pamela Espeland, Elizabeth Stocum, and Jennifer Coggins.
Bonus feature: biographies of the artists.
Contents:
disc 1. episodes 1-3: Raphael, Rembrandt, and Poussin -- disc 2. episodes 4-5: Watteau and Leonardo.
Corporate Subject:
Summary:
Documents the Louvre's study days, during which works are removed from their frames and set up for curators, historians, restorers and scientists to view and discuss freely. The five major artists whose pieces are examined include: Raphael, Rembrandt, Poussin, Watteau and Leonardo.
System Details:
DVD; WIDESCREEN (16:9) PRESENTATION; STEREO.
Language Note:
IN ENGLISH; WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED (SDH).
