Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 1; Five Revolutionary Painters: Goya
- Series
- Sir Kenneth Clark on Art
- Episode Number
- 1
- Producing Organization
- Associated Television, Ltd
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-jq0sq8rf4k
- NOLA Code
- FRPS
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This is the first in the five-part sub-series FIVE REVOLUTIONARY PAINTERS, which deals with five men whose rebellious spirit was manifested by the individuality of their lives and the originality of their creative powers. Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) the great Spanish painter and etcher, spent most of his eighty-two years fighting not only against painting traditions but against the social establishment as well as the Church and the Court. From a humble upbringing he advanced rapidly to the position of official painter in the Spanish court after his designs for tapestries caught the eye of the nobility. The luxury of his new state did not turn Goyas head. His portraits of court personalities were honest and therefore, frequently uncomplimentary an approach in itself revolutionary for the time. At the age of forty-five, following a serious illness, Goya became totally deaf, a misfortune that changed his work dramatically. From then on his paintings reflected the strange visions that tormented him in his silent world. Sir Kenneth incorporates details of Goyas life into an analysis of the masterpieces the Third of May 1808, The Maja and The Duchess of Alba. (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)
- Broadcast Date
- 1963-11-03
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Director: Wade, Stephen
Host: Clark, Kenneth
Producer: Redington, Michael
Producing Organization: Associated Television, Ltd
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2330378-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 1; Five Revolutionary Painters: Goya,” 1963-11-03, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 26, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-jq0sq8rf4k.
- MLA: “Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 1; Five Revolutionary Painters: Goya.” 1963-11-03. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 26, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-jq0sq8rf4k>.
- APA: Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 1; Five Revolutionary Painters: Goya. 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-jq0sq8rf4k