Rembrandt [streaming video] / a BBC/Thirteen/WNET co-production.
In The Night Watch and his portraits of the richest merchants in Amsterdam, Rembrandt has made something dramatic and grand out of a prosaic world of money. with the nouveau riche struggling between ostentation and religious restraint. Ten years later, he is widowed and bankrupt, out of fashion and dismissed as an obstinately rough painter in a smooth age. Then he is offered the chance of a comeback: a commission for the new Amsterdam Town Hall. But instead of the classical restraint and grandeur required, Rembrandt creates the roughest toughest history painting ever, and one of the greatest masterpieces of his age. Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction, photography, and Schama's narration, looks at this artist's life and works, with extensive commentary on The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilus.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (53 min.) : digital, col.
- Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Advanced Education Media Acquisitions Centre, 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "BBC Active" -- on container. No. 3 in series on BBC web site. Converted with permission from DVD videodisc to streaming video format, Jan. 26, 2009. Chapter marks at approximately 5-minute intervals. Feature painting: The conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilus (ca. 1666). |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Eligible B.C. post-secondary institutions only. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Writer, presenter, Simon Schama; producers, directors, James Runcie, Clare Beavan; series producer, Clare Beavan. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally broadcast on BBC Two on Nov. 3, 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. |
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