Velázquez [videorecording (DVD)] / written and narrated by Leah Kharibian ; produced by the National Gallery Audio Visual Unit.
Contributor(s): Kharibian, Leah
| National Gallery (Great Britain).
Material type: 
Visual materialSeries: National Gallery DVD collection.Publisher: London : National Gallery, c2006Edition: Widescreen ed.Description: 1 DVD video (50 min., 26 sec.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 1857093232; 9781857093230.Subject(s): Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660 -- Criticism and interpretation | Painters -- Spain -- Biography | Realism in art -- SpainDDC classification: 759.6 VEL Cast: Written and narrated by Leah Kharibian.Summary: "The National Gallery in London houses one of the world's greatest collections of works by the seventeenth-century painter Diego Velázquez. In this film Leah Kharibian investigates his paintings, both those in the Gallery and elsewhere, and attempts to explain this Spanish master's almost universal popularity. Velázquez was born in Seville in 1599, and studied there before being called to Madrid and the court of King Philip IV in 1623. He remained the king's court painter until he died in 1660, producing portraits of Philip's family and decorating his palaces, while also executing paintings for himself and other patrons. In 1656 he completed the picture known as The family of Philip IV (Las Meninas), which is now in the Museo Nacional del Prado. It is one of the most ambitious paintings ever made -- a vast canvas showing a group of figures in Velázquez's cavernous studio in Alcazár, the palace of the Spanish royal family in Madrid. Through this majestic work Kharibian surveys Velázquez's entire career, explaining how he came to make one of the great masterpieces of European painting"--Container.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library DVD | 759.6 VEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 00196892 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez is probably the greatest painter of the seventeenth century. This book introduces Velazquez and his mileu, and traces the artist's development from the earliest Sevillian bodegones to his late mythological pictures, and the series of royal portraits. It also addresses the impact of Italian art on his painting.
A slide presentation of each of the paintings shown in the DVD with information attached is presented at the end.
Written and narrated by Leah Kharibian.
Filmed in Madrid and London.
"The National Gallery in London houses one of the world's greatest collections of works by the seventeenth-century painter Diego Velázquez. In this film Leah Kharibian investigates his paintings, both those in the Gallery and elsewhere, and attempts to explain this Spanish master's almost universal popularity. Velázquez was born in Seville in 1599, and studied there before being called to Madrid and the court of King Philip IV in 1623. He remained the king's court painter until he died in 1660, producing portraits of Philip's family and decorating his palaces, while also executing paintings for himself and other patrons. In 1656 he completed the picture known as The family of Philip IV (Las Meninas), which is now in the Museo Nacional del Prado. It is one of the most ambitious paintings ever made -- a vast canvas showing a group of figures in Velázquez's cavernous studio in Alcazár, the palace of the Spanish royal family in Madrid. Through this majestic work Kharibian surveys Velázquez's entire career, explaining how he came to make one of the great masterpieces of European painting"--Container.
DVD; region free; widescreen.
In English with English subtitles.