Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 6; Out of Burning
- Series
- Sir Kenneth Clark on Art
- Episode Number
- 6
- Episode
- Out of Burning
- Producing Organization
- Associated Television, Ltd
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-hd7np1xf1r
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This episode, produced originally to stand by itself, shows the destruction of Coventry Cathedral during the bombing of Britain in World War II and the post-war building of a new cathedral out of the ashes of the old. The episode begins with an historic four minute film clip that turns the clock back to the night of November 14, 1940, when Coventry became the first great city in England to be nearly obliterated in an air raid. After the fires of this reprisal attack had died down, all that was left of the great Coventry Cathedral was a shell. Sir Kenneth describes the rebirth of the Cathedral, telling of the many artists who have contributed to its building: Sir Jacob Epstein, Graham Sutherland, John Piper, John Hutton, Christopher Sykes, Elizabeth Frank, Geoffrey Clarke, and the chief architect, Sir Basil Spence. The host joined by Sir Basil conducts a tour of the new edifice, looking at its chapels, tapestry, stained glass windows, and the sculpture of St. Michael by Epstein. He also gives his personal assessment of the buildings architecture and aesthetic appeal. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- The fact that one of the greatest art critics of our century has become a familiar and highly regarded television personality in England attests to Sir Kenneth Clarks rare ability to analyze paintings and the lives of painters in a thoroughly engaging manner. His illustrated television talks have converted thousands of British men and women into serious art lovers and have won the praise of connoisseurs as well. This eleven-episode series consists of three parts FIVE REVOLUTIONARY PAINTERS, five episodes that take up a group of painters (Goya, Brueghel, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh) who rebelled against the accepted classical rules of their respective periods and fashioned new ideals in art; OUT OF BURNING, one episode showing the destruction of Coventry Cathedral in World War II and the building of the new cathedral; and LANDSCAPE INTO ART, five episodes concerning the development of landscape painting and the artists whose varied aesthetic attitudes have given direction to this development. The three parts were produced separately by Associated Television, Ltd., but they combine very well as an eleven-episode unit through Sir Kenneths consistently splendid commentary. The 11 episodes that comprise the overall series were originally recorded on kinescope. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Asset type
- Episode
- Topics
- Education
- Fine Arts
- Architecture
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Director: Wade, Stephen
Guest: Spence, Basil
Host: Clark, Kenneth
Producer: Redington, Michael
Producing Organization: Associated Television, Ltd
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2321703-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 6; Out of Burning,” Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 24, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-hd7np1xf1r.
- MLA: “Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 6; Out of Burning.” Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 24, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-hd7np1xf1r>.
- APA: Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 6; Out of Burning. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-hd7np1xf1r