| Description |
2 videodiscs (290 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Performer |
Host, Dr. Nigel Spivey. |
| Credits |
Photography, Chris Hartley (1,2), David Baillie (2), Tim Cragg (3), Jim Ashcroft (3,5), Louis Caulfield (4); editors, Peter Norrey (1,3), Paul Carlin (2,5), Andrea Carnevali (4), Jane Greenwood (5), Andrew Quigley (5); music, Daniel Mulhern. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 2005. |
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Special features: Behind the scenes-- Gobekli Tepe; Series interview (with presenter Dr. Nigel Spivey and producer, Mark Hedgecoe). |
| Summary |
Reveals how the first big artistic discoveries were made and how they have cascaded down the centuries to define the look of the present day. Encompassing everything from cave paints to ceramics and pyramids to palaces, this film explores the global trend for unrealistic depictions of the human body; the secret powers of the feature film; how politicians manage to manipulate people so easily; visions of the afterlife; and why we use imagery at all. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. More human than human / produced and directed by Nick Murphy; The day pictures were born / directed by Robin Dashwood, Mark Hedgecoe; The art of persuasion / produced and directed by Martin Wilson; -- disc 2. Once upon a time / produced and directed by Francis Whately; To death and back / produced and directed by Ben McPherson; Special features. |
| Language |
English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Art -- History.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Imagery (Psychology)
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Art -- Psychological aspects.
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Imagery (Psychology) in art.
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Motion pictures -- Semiotics.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Spivey, Nigel Jonathan. Host. Screenwriter.
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Hedgecoe, Martin. Producer. Director.
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Whately, Francis. Producer. Director.
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McPherson, Ben. Producer. Director.
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Wilson, Martin. Producer. Director.
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Murphy, Nick. Producer. Director.
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Dashwood, Robin. Director.
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Mulhern, Daniel. Composer.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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BBC Video (Firm)
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Note |
Subtitle on container: How humans made art and art made us human |
| ISBN |
1419821040 |
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9781419821042 |
| Standard No. |
794051245724 |
| ISBN |
1419821040 |
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9781419821042 |
| Music No. |
E2457 Warner Home Video |
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