The Private Life of Masterpieces Collection
by Judith Winnan, Lucie Donahue, Michael Burke, Mick Gold
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Actor: Douglas Druick, Richard Cork, Samuel WestDirector: Judith Winnan, Lucie Donahue, Michael Burke, Mick Gold
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Haydn Denman
Cinematographer: Luke Cardiff
Cinematographer: Patrick Rowe
Cinematographer: Ross Keith
Producer: Judith Winnan
Producer: Lucie Donahue
Producer: Michael Burke
Producer: Mick Gold
Producer: Clare Lynch
Producer: Ian Michael Jones
Producer: Jeremy Bugler
Producer: Natalia Asheshov
Writer: Russell Davies
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 1078 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
DVD Reviews of The Private Life of Masterpieces Collection
DVD Review: Wonderful series!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful series that I highly recommend. The focus is on one painting per artist but one learns not only the specifics of each painting but about the artist, the time in which he lived and technique. DVD Review: Extremely well researched
Summary: 5 Stars
This series is wonderful. It's interesting, extremely well-researched, and compelling to watch. It was enlightening to learn the backgroud of these pieces of art. It would appeal to those who love art AND history.DVD Review: Best series yet!
Summary: 4 Stars
As professor of Art History I have previewed dozens of art documentaries. This series stands above the others due to its format (40 min. in depth on one work), good overview of other works by the artists, great historical background to put the work in context, and demonstrations of the working process of the artist. I only wish there were more!DVD Review: Eye Candy for the Art Lover
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this after seeing one of the episodes on TV on Bravo or Showcase up in Canada. I was just flipping through channels, "what is this?". Then I waited for it to show up on Amazon.com, not just .uk.
I'm no art major, but I have taken a couple art history classes, and this went into details that put a psycho-social connection to a painting, rather than just studying the brushwork. Each episode feels like a chapter of an artists story that you get a glimpse into, if only for a blink of an eye.
BBC as always does a fantastic job of putting it all together. They've got several art historians who review the paintings, so you listen to a few interpretations. I also appreciated how they show the modern day take of the painting.
I've yet to finish them all, but so far I'm very happy with my purchase.
DVD Review: Facinating and Fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a BBC series that devotes each hour episode to a single work of art - but in a fun, engaging, and interesting way. I read a glowing review of it in Entertainment Weekly and was not disappointed in the least. This is an absolutely *must have* for anyone who has an artistic interest and wants to better understand why some works of art are considered masterpieces, what their historical context is, the life of the person who created them, and what has happened to them - physically, culturally - from their creation to now.
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