The Dutch Masters - Rembrandt
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Actor: Artist Not ProvidedDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
DVD Reviews of The Dutch Masters - Rembrandt
DVD Review: Ahhhhh, the masters
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a small coffee and pastries shop on the beach in Mexico. Always trying to enlighten wherever I go, I play these DVD's in the background for my clients in the dining room. I have many in this series. When the room is filled with Spanish speaking only clients, I turn down the sound and play classical music in the background. When we have English speaking tourists, I use the informative soundtrack usually. They are beautiful, informative & set an ambience for my slightly upscale clients. I would recommend any in this series. I have learned some things from them as well as has my son.DVD Review: Fine storytelling and commentary
Summary: 3 Stars
The video does a fine job of giving a biography of Rembrandt. The analysis of his art is also admirable particularly the commentary by van Wetering. However, there really is nothing new here and it is primarily an introduction to the topic. If you are looking for something deeper you will need to search elsewhere.DVD Review: The Dutch Artist
Summary: 3 Stars
I learned a lot. Rembrandt was his given name, not his family name. Thus, he was like Napoleon or Madonna. He was famous from the start, unlike the many artists who are not celebrated until they are long dead. Like Thomas Jefferson, MC Hammer, and Josephine Baker, he went bankrupt. That didn't involve art dealers exploiting him; he just lived beyond his means and had to pay for it. The artist outlived his family and those who have lost children or spouses may relate to his tragedy.
This work interviewed men and women; English and Dutch. I heard that the Netherlands pushes their citizens to learn foreign languages, so I should be surprised about their English fluency.
Sometimes the work leaves things out that I would have added. The piece says Rembrandt sold many etchings. They never mention how his etchings looked a lot like the drawings Da Vinci would produce. The narrator said, "Rembrandt was celebrated for painting groups, not just individuals." They then show a painting where a doctor is dissecting the arm of a corpse in front of other physicians,. Some of the physicians are staring at the arm in question, but others are staring at the painter or looking in random directions. I would think they'd all be staring at the same thing, so the painting looked unnatural, rather than extraordinary to me.
One interviewee is always filmed in profile. Was an academic as vain as George Michael and demanded to only be filmed "on his good side"? A British interviewee had THICK, black eyebrows though his cranial hair was gray and receding. Those must have been fake. Why did this expert want to look like Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on their "Nightlife" cover?!
Again, I learned about the Dutch maestro. I think other viewers will benefit too.
DVD Review: A Little Dry
Summary: 3 Stars
While this was an informative DVD I found it a little dry. I like to show DVDs to my art history class, and this one did not capture their imagination as much as I would have liked. A few two many talking heads.
Description of The Dutch Masters - Rembrandt
Some art lovers believe that Rembrandt's abilities as a portraitist have never been surpassed, and it is, perhaps, his famous series of self-portraits that best demonstrate his genius. Painted over the course of his life, they reveal nothing less than Rembrandt himself, as he was when he was alive.There is often a sadness in these images, perhaps unsurprisingly as Rembrandt suffered many difficulties during his life, including: bankruptcy, torrid affairs, and the death of loved ones. His paintings characteristically depict group portraits, landscapes, and religious work. Many of these images were produced as etchings, confirming Rembrandt's mastery of the line drawing as well as conveying the drama of great Biblical events. When he died in 1669, he left behind an incredible body of work whose qualities have been matched by few other artists of history, if at all.
The Great Artists also features leading authorities, art historians and scholars.
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