Every Picture Tells a Story (2003)
Every Picture Tells a Story (2003)
DVDRip | MKV | 720x352 | x264 @ ~1500 Kbps | 8x ~22 min | total 2,23 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house, Documentary
DVDRip | MKV | 720x352 | x264 @ ~1500 Kbps | 8x ~22 min | total 2,23 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Art-house, Documentary
U.K. art critic Waldemar Januszczak hosts a fascinating series that answers some of the most enduring questions in art history. Includes eight great paintings, such as Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, and Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson. Features a guide for group discussion, avenues for further learning, stories behind the story, featured artwork, artist bios, and much more.
Episode 1: Mr and Mrs Andrews
An aesthetic rumination on Thomas Gainsborough's "Mr and Mrs Andrews."
Episode 2: The Anatomy Lesson
Art critic Waldemar Januszczak studies the origins of Rembrandt's artwork "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp.
Episode 3: The Tempest
Host Waldemar Januszczak provides an artistic overview of the Giorgione painting "The Tempest."
Episode 4: The Birth of Venus
Host Waldemar Januszczak provides an artistic dissection of Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus."
Episode 5: Boy Bitten by a Lizard
Art maven Waldemar Januszczak offers a study of the Caravaggio artwork "Boy Bitten by a Lizard."
Episode 6: Mona Lisa
The myths, minutiae and supposed origins of Leonardo da Vinci's famed masterwork "Mona Lisa." Art critic Waldemar Januszczak hosts.
Episode 7: Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe
The myths and origin of French painter Edouard Manet's artwork "Déjeuner sur L'Herbe" are explored.
Episode 8: The Arnolfini Marriage
The origins and craft of Jan van Eyck's "The Arnolfini Portrait" are analyzed.
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With characteristic wit, art critic Waldemar Januszczak turns his educated eye to eight masterpieces of European painting, unraveling the secrets behind each. What did Gainsborough intend for the conspicuous void in Mr and Mrs Andrews? Why did Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa capture the world's imagination? How did Manet shock French society with his Le d?jeuner sur l'herbe ("Luncheon on the Grass")? From New York City to Paris to Rome, Januszczak searches out the art experts, literary and artistic allusions, and historical records, not to mention juicy gossip–to expose long-held secrets within the gilded frames. Works by Botticelli, Rembrandt, Giorgione, Caravaggio, and van Eyck also take on new and deeper meanings in this lively, engaging eight-part series.
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Every Picture Tells a Story (2003)
Every Picture Tells a Story (2003)
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