Looking into paintings 1-6

United Kingdom, 1987

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In this program Robert Cumming, Director of the Christie Fine Art Course, Norbert Lynton, Professor of Fine Art at Sussex University, and Alistair Smith, Keeper at the National gallery, help us look into paintings rather than just at them. They take us through some famous paintings, sometimes with the help of other experts, always with new ways of approaching the pictures, and with added insights, from contemporary artists, into the art of painting.

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Credits

director

Charles Mapleston

production company

Arts Council of Great Britain

Duration

02:36:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324282

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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