David

Schama, Simon. (Author). Beavan, Clare. (Added Author). Wakeling, Aubrey. (Added Author). British Broadcasting Corporation. (Added Author). BBC Education & Training. (Added Author). BBC Active (Firm) (Added Author). WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Added Author). Iris Education (Added Author). Aubrey Wakeling. (Cast).

Summary: Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction, photography, and Schama's narration, this program follows Jacques Louis David's career from his early ambitions as a Prix de Rome scholar to the actions that defined him, morally and artistically, during the reigns of Robespierre and Napoleon. Features the events and analysis surrounding the painting The Death of Marat, which transformed Jean-Paul Marat from bloodthirsty fanatic into Marat the pure and selfless. Looks his other works such as The Portrait of Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife, The Oath of the Horatii, The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, and a self-portrait painted in prison.

Record details

Physical Description: electronic
streaming video
remote
1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, col.
Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Advanced Education Media Acquisitions Centre, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"BBC Active" -- on DVD container. No. 4 in series on BBC web site. Converted with permission from DVD videodisc to streaming video format, Jan. 26, 2009.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Eligible B.C. post-secondary institutions only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, presenter, Simon Schama; producer, director, series producer, Clare Beavan.
Participant or Performer Note:	Aubrey Wakeling.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally broadcast on BBC Two on Nov. 10, 2006.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also available as a DVD.
Original Version Note:	Originally published: London : BBC, 2006. 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or above.