編劇: 馬休·柯林斯
主演: 馬休·柯林斯
類型: 紀錄片
官方網站: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vjkfj
國家/地區: 英國
語言: 英語
首播: 2010-10-16(英國)
集數: 3
單集時長: 58分鐘IMDb: tt13717822
評分: 8.6
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劇情簡介:
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.
