What Is Beauty? An Art Critic's Journey
Description
Is beauty found only in the eye of the beholder or is there something more universal we can conclude about it? In this visually stunning program, renowned art critic Matthew Collings takes us on a thoughtful and memorable exploration of beauty in art. He explores the timeless visual principles that form the basis of all great art, and which produce the rush of pleasure one experiences when encountering a beautiful painting or sculpture. Examples are drawn from the works of Piero della Francesca, Michelangelo, Magritte, Gauguin, Rauschenberg, and others. From the prehistoric cave art of the Dordogne to the masterpieces of the Renaissance to the much more debatable pleasures of contemporary art, viewers discover underlying aesthetic tenets which, in Collings's view, run through all of art history.
Runtime
59 min
Subjects
- Art criticism (74)
- Art appreciation (292)
- Art (784)
- Visual literacy (198)
- Art, Modern (388)
- Visual communication (69)
- Modernism (Art) (159)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2011
Database
Films on Demand
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