The Painter's world: changing constants of art from the Renaissance to the present | Judith Wechsler | 1988 | ACMI collection

A six-part series which explores how and why paintings are made. Each program traces the development of a given subject from the Renaisance to the present, showing how artists can act both conventionally within or radically against constants, always responding to existing works and conditions.

Works in this group

Abstraction

United States, 1988

Painting and the public: patronage, museums and the art market

United Kingdom, 1988

The Arrested moment

United States, 1988

The Artist and the nude

United Kingdom, 1985

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Collection

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Credits

producer/director

Judith Wechsler

production company

Judith Wechsler

WGBH (Boston)

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

S01110

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

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