The episodes are centered around one painting, but he spends a good portion of the hour giving an overall view of the painter's bio and other works, but keeps returning to the central piece and what makes it distinctive.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
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Kathy A - Jul 17, 2007 7:45:05 am PDT #818 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
sumi - Jul 17, 2007 7:46:34 am PDT #819 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Has he done Gericault or Delacroix?
sumi - Jul 17, 2007 7:47:27 am PDT #820 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Hey, did you guys catch "The Endless Feast"? It was on Create last night and it's a 30 minute (well 25 minute) show that involves a group of people going to a location where they have a feast made from ingredients produced at the location.
Kathy A - Jul 17, 2007 7:50:28 am PDT #821 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
According to the IMDB entry, there are only eight episodes: Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Rothko (who?). Turner's is next week, and then, I guess, is Rothko.
The Van Gogh ep had Andy Serkis (Gollum from LotR) as Vincent.
megan walker - Jul 17, 2007 7:54:31 am PDT #822 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
ETA: I've been taping (almost) all the episodes (I missed the Caravaggio one)--when it's over, would you like me to loan you the tape?That would be great except I gave away my VCR when I moved. But if it's PBS I suppose it's very likely that they'll repeat at some point.
Connie Neil - Jul 17, 2007 8:16:38 am PDT #823 of 23273
brillig
I saw Caravaggio and Van Gogh, but only got David by accident. The overall feel I get is "Madness makes you a better artist, milk that torment, baby, milk it." Oh, and if you can put sexual themes in your religious stuff, all the better. There's a Bernini (?) statue of the Annunciation that has lots of erotic potential, but it's like Schama can only do the 12-year-old interpretation instead of acknowledging the frequent sublimination of erotic feeling into religious ecstasy.
He's all the worst kind of "sophisticated" art observer who wants to make sure you know he doesn't fall for that obvious pretty stuff and that only the truly intelligent and informed could appreciate a painting the way he does.
edit: I'd have great fun in the Renaissance castigating fellow observers of new art.
Kathy A - Jul 17, 2007 8:43:32 am PDT #824 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Yeah, I've been taping the series simply because I love his "History of England" series so much, but once I finally get around to watching all the eps, I think I'll be taping over them.
Laga - Jul 17, 2007 12:12:52 pm PDT #825 of 23273
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Connie Neil - Jul 17, 2007 12:32:40 pm PDT #826 of 23273
brillig
Ah, he's one of those, "See the magnificent variants in my tonalities, don't you see the savage commentary on gender relations?"
I truly do not get modern art.
edit: and I'm probably unfair to Rothko, those two landscapes are cool. I wonder which one Schama will rip apart.
Kathy A - Jul 17, 2007 12:40:18 pm PDT #827 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I truly do not get modern art.
You and me both, connie, you and me both. That one landscape called "Sky" was nice, but nothing outstanding IMO.