Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 4; Five Revolutionary Painters: Rembrandt
- Series
- Sir Kenneth Clark on Art
- Episode Number
- 4
- Producing Organization
- Associated Television, Ltd
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-x05x63c632
- NOLA Code
- FRPS
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This is the fourth 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. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), the great Dutch painter, produced works infused with a remarkable technical originality and an understanding of the human condition, which was deepened by his own suffering later in life. Skyrocketing to fame and good fortune in his middle years, he saw his life rapidly plunge to tragedy when he lost his wife and three young children. Soon afterward, his popularity began to ebb and with it his fortune. Bankruptcy ensued and he lived the rest of his days on the verge of starvation. Rembrandts genius is stamped on many areas of pictorial art. In painting, for example, he developed to a new depth the use of the chiaroscuro approach to lighting. Touching on this, Sir Kenneth explores the development of the masters etching technique, emphasizing the Bible etchings from the period 1639 to 1661. (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
- 1963-00-00
- 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: 2330396-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 4; Five Revolutionary Painters: Rembrandt,” 1963-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 23, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-x05x63c632.
- MLA: “Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 4; Five Revolutionary Painters: Rembrandt.” 1963-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 23, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-x05x63c632>.
- APA: Sir Kenneth Clark on Art; 4; Five Revolutionary Painters: Rembrandt. 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-x05x63c632