编剧: 马休·柯林斯
主演: 马休·柯林斯
类型: 纪录片
官方网站: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vjkfj
国家/地区: 英国
语言: 英语
首播: 2010-10-16(英国)
集数: 3
单集时长: 58分钟IMDb: tt13717822
评分: 8.6
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剧情简介:
ThenewseriesonRenaissancepainting,writtenandpresentedbyMatthewCollings,beginswithanartisticinvestigationintooneofthemostradiantandbeautifulimagesinallofarthistory,TheMadonnaoftheMeadow,paintedin1505byRaphael.
Renaissancearthasbecomepartofthe21st-centuryheritageindustrybutwhenRaphaelwasalive,itwasastartlingnewformofvisualexpression,andRaphael’svibrant’realism’wasstrikingandfresh.Itbecamethemodelforwesternartforthenext400years,rightupuntilthebirthofModernism.
Asmuchasitwasacultural’rebirth’,theRenaissancewasalsoarevolutioninideasaboutreality.MatthewCollingssetsouttoremindusofhowradicalRenaissancepaintingswerewhentheyweremade,aswellasopeningoureyestowhatisstilltrulygreataboutthem.InthisprogrammehedeconstructsTheMadonnaoftheMeadowwiththehelpoftheverylatesthigh-resolutiondigitaltechnology,whichallowshimtoexploretheinnersecretsofRaphael’spainterlyeffectswithaclarityandatalevelofdetailneverbeforeseenontelevision.
AsMatthewsays,itisajourney’totheothersideofanillusion’,revealinghowRaphaelcreatedthealluringimagesthatweresoappealingtohiswealthyRenaissanceclients-includingthePope-andwhichentrancedartistsforcenturiesafterhisdeath.MatthewexplainsthesecrettoRaphael’svibrantcolourharmonies,whichtheartistgraspedintuitively,longbeforetheadventofcolour’theory’;andRaphaelalsoknewhowtoexploitcoloureffectstocreatetheimpressionofextraordinarydepthinhispaintings.