The Private Life of a Masterpiece The Private Life of a Masterpiece: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
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Audio/Visual
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Category
Art, Documentary Film
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Volume
Vol. 5
Duration
147 min.
Subject
Renoir, Auguste, -- 1841-1919. -- Dancing at the Moulin de la Galette. Gogh, Vincent van, -- 1853-1890. -- Sunflowers. Seurat, Georges, -- 1859-1891. -- Sunday afternoon on the island of la Grande Jatte. Masterpiece, Artistic. Art -- History.
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Episode 1: Dance at the Moulin de la Galette
Described as the most beautiful picture of the 19th Century, Dance at the Moulin de la Galette is loved around the world for its joie de vivre. Painted by Auguste Renoir in 1876, it depicts a lively Sunday afternoon at the Moulin de la Galette dance hall in Montmartre. But, as the program reveals, though the painting has celebratory tone, Paris was then still recovering from its most bloody and turbulent time, and the Moulin de la Galette dance hall had been at the center of it all.
Episode 2: The Sunflowers
Van Gogh's masterpiece is one of the most famous works of art in the world, but few people know the hidden history behind the painting. Inspired by a bunch of flowers that the artist found lying in a gutter, The Sunflowers was a product of Van Gogh's friendship with fellow artist Paul Gauguin, with whom he dreamt of setting up an artists' school in Arles, France. Within two months, however, the pair had fallen out and parted on bad terms. Shortly afterwards, Van Gogh ended his own life. At the funeral, his coffin was covered in the sunflowers he loved so much, and it was only after his tragic death that Van Gogh's work finally received the acclaim it deserved.
Episode 3: La Grande Jatte
This enormous picture by Georges Seurat is one of the most enigmatic works of the 19th century. As Gloria Groom of the Art Institute of Chicago explains, "It is a weird image and things don't make sense and the space doesn't make sense and the proportions of the people don't make sense but it also has this wonderful totality about it." Although seemingly a simple scene of bourgeois leisure, some believe there are puns at work within the picture, casting a very different light.
Described as the most beautiful picture of the 19th Century, Dance at the Moulin de la Galette is loved around the world for its joie de vivre. Painted by Auguste Renoir in 1876, it depicts a lively Sunday afternoon at the Moulin de la Galette dance hall in Montmartre. But, as the program reveals, though the painting has celebratory tone, Paris was then still recovering from its most bloody and turbulent time, and the Moulin de la Galette dance hall had been at the center of it all.
Episode 2: The Sunflowers
Van Gogh's masterpiece is one of the most famous works of art in the world, but few people know the hidden history behind the painting. Inspired by a bunch of flowers that the artist found lying in a gutter, The Sunflowers was a product of Van Gogh's friendship with fellow artist Paul Gauguin, with whom he dreamt of setting up an artists' school in Arles, France. Within two months, however, the pair had fallen out and parted on bad terms. Shortly afterwards, Van Gogh ended his own life. At the funeral, his coffin was covered in the sunflowers he loved so much, and it was only after his tragic death that Van Gogh's work finally received the acclaim it deserved.
Episode 3: La Grande Jatte
This enormous picture by Georges Seurat is one of the most enigmatic works of the 19th century. As Gloria Groom of the Art Institute of Chicago explains, "It is a weird image and things don't make sense and the space doesn't make sense and the proportions of the people don't make sense but it also has this wonderful totality about it." Although seemingly a simple scene of bourgeois leisure, some believe there are puns at work within the picture, casting a very different light.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 147 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. Each segment is aprox. 50 min.
Audio: English, Subtitles in English.
Audio: English, Subtitles in English.
Number of Copies
2
