The Art of Eric Gill / Illuminations.

Eric Gill was one of the 20th century’s most admired sculptors. He was also a letter-cutter, typographic designer (of Gill Sans, among other typefaces), calligrapher, architect, writer, and teacher. His best-known works include the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral, carved between 1913...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Art of series.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
Illuminations (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Illuminations, [2005]
Series:Films on Demand.
Art of series.
Subjects:
Art and architecture.
Art appreciation.
Artists.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 53 sec)) : sound.
Format: Electronic Video
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Eric Gill was one of the 20th century’s most admired sculptors. He was also a letter-cutter, typographic designer (of Gill Sans, among other typefaces), calligrapher, architect, writer, and teacher. His best-known works include the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral, carved between 1913 and 1918, and his 1931 Prospero and Ariel for the BBC’s Broadcasting House in central London. Gill lived an extraordinary and unconventional life, converting to Catholicism and creating austere monastic communities in Ditchling, Surrey, and at Capel y ffin in the Black Mountains in Wales. Yet for all the profound religious commitment in much of his art, his sculptures and drawings are often also untamed celebrations of sexuality and the female body. He died in 1940. The Art of Eric Gill presents many of Gill’s most important works, and has a soundtrack drawn entirely from Gill’s compendious and controversial writings.
Note:Originally released by Illuminations, 2005.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 10, 2019.
Interest Grade Level:
9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description