Simon Schama's Power of art / a BBC/Thirteen WNET New York co-production ; written and presented by Simon Schama ; series producer, Clare Beavan.

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Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Ba...

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Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors:	British Broadcasting Corporation (Production company) WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Production company) BBC Video (Firm) (Publisher) 2 Entertain (Firm) BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Schama, Simon (Commentator, Screenwriter, Host, interviewee (expression),) Beavan, Clare (Director, Producer, interviewee (expression),) Hindmarch, Carl (Director, Producer) Runcie, James, 1959- (Director, Producer) Condie, Steven (Director, Producer) Belton, David (Director, Producer, interviewee (expression),) Popplewell, Paul (Actor) Gherpelli, Andrea (Actor) Wakeling, Aubrey (Actor) Hyde, Mark (Actor) Serkis, Andy (Actor, interviewee (expression),) Cortes, Pep (Actor) Corduner, Allan (Actor)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Published:	[London] : Burbank, Calif. : BBC Video : 2/entertain ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Bros. Video, [2007], ©2007.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, > 1573-1610. Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, > 1598-1680. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, > 1606-1669. David, Jacques Louis, > 1748-1825. Turner, J. M. W. > (Joseph Mallord William), > 1775-1851. Gogh, Vincent van, > 1853-1890. Picasso, Pablo, > 1881-1973. Rothko, Mark, > 1903-1970. Art > History. Artists > Biography. Painting > History. Painters > Biography. Sculpture > History. Sculptors > Biography. Art. Artists. Painters. Painting. Sculptors. Sculpture. Television programs. Documentary television programs. Cultural television programs. Biographical television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary > Television series. Art > Television series. History. Nonfiction television programs.
Genre:	Biography. Television programs. Documentary television programs. Cultural television programs. Biographical television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary Art History. Nonfiction television programs. Television series.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Power of art.
Format:	Video DVD

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