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Private Life Of A Masterpiece - Series 1-5 DVD

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This award-winning series Life of a Masterpiece reveals the full and fascinating stories behind famous works of art not just how they came to be created but also how they influenced others and came to have a life of their own in the modern world The works of art featured here are both instantly familiar and profoundly mysterious Revolutionary in their conception and iconic years after their execution they each have their own compelling stories For behind the beautiful canvases and sculptures are tales of political revolution wartime escapes massive ego clashes social scandal financial wrangling and shocking violence The artists and works included in this collection are Renaissance
Masterpieces - Sandro Botticelli La Primavera; Paolo Uccello The Battle of San Romano; Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper; Piero della Francesca The Resurrection Seventeenth Century Masters - Rembrandt van Rijn The Night Watch; Johannes Vermeer The Art of Painting; Diego Velazquez The Rokeby Venus Masterpieces 1800 to 1850 - Francisco Goya The Third of May 1808; Eugene Delacroix Liberty Leading the People; Katsushika Hokusai The Great Wave Masterpieces 1851 to 1900 - Edouard Manet Le Dejeuner Sur L&Herbe; James McNeill Whistler Portrait of the Artist’s Mother; Edvard Munch The Scream Impressionism and the Post Impressionists - Auguste Renoir Dance at the Moulin de la Galette; Vincent Van Gogh The Sunflowers; Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 1884 Masterpieces of the Twentieth
Century - Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d&Avignon; Gustav Klimt The Kiss; Salvador Dali Christ of St John of the Cross Masterpieces of Sculpture - Michelangelo David; Edgar Degas Little Dancer Aged 14; Auguste Rodin The Kiss In this fascinating series key works of art are investigated and the intricate details of their lives revealed - the history contemporary reactions and legacies of each are illustrated Director 2entertain Certificate Suitable for 15 years and over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English - DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Subtitles Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This award-winning series Life of a Masterpiece reveals the full & fascinating stories behind famous works of art not just how they came to be created but also how they influenced others & came to have a life of their own in the modern world The works of art featured here are both instantly familiar & profoundly mysterious Revolutionary in their conception & iconic years after their execution they each have their own compelling stories For behind the beautiful canvases & sculptures are tales of political revolution wartime escapes massive ego clashes social scandal financial wrangling & shocking violence The artists & works included in this collection are Renaissance Masterpieces
- Sandro Botticelli La Primavera; Paolo Uccello The Battle of San Romano; Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper; Piero della Francesca The Resurrection Seventeenth Century Masters
- Rembrandt van Rijn The Night Watch; Johannes Vermeer The Art of Painting; Diego Velazquez The Rokeby Venus Masterpieces 1800 to 1850
- Francisco Goya The Third of May 1808; Eugene Delacroix Liberty Leading the People; Katsushika Hokusai The Great Wave Masterpieces 1851 to 1900
- Edouard Manet Le Dejeuner Sur L& Herbe; James Mc Neill Whistler Portrait of the Artist’s Mother; Edvard Munch The Scream Impressionism & the Post Impressionists
- Auguste Renoir Dance at the Moulin de la Galette; Vincent Van Gogh The Sunflowers; Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 1884 Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century
- Pablo Picasso Les Demoiselles d& Avignon; Gustav Klimt The Kiss; Salvador Dali Christ of St John of the Cross Masterpieces of Sculpture
- Michelangelo David; Edgar Degas Little Dancer Aged 14; Auguste Rodin The Kiss In this fascinating series key works of art are investigated & the intricate details of their lives revealed
- the history contemporary reactions & legacies of each are illustrated Director 2entertain Certificate Suitable for 15 years & over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Subtitles Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired

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