N.Y.) WNET (Television station : New York
1) Power of art
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 400 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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 Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England suffocating beneath riches and righteousness; the madhouses and...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (8 hr., 48 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption,...