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Additional authors

1. Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001
2. Marle, Judy
3. Landseer Film & Television Productions
4. Program for Art on Film (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 film reel (26 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.

Summary

1. In this two-part program, British art historian Sir Ernst Gombrich (b.1909) of the Warburg Institute, University of London, discusses the natural phenomenon of light and its representation in a wide range of Western European art. Filmed in 1988 in Sir Ernst's London home, where he shows us numerous objects and works of art to illustrate his points about how artists have depicted light. In Part One, on illumination, Sir Ernst discusses the rendering of shadows and how the direction of the source of light creates different effects. He shows examples of modeling and hatching--techniques that enable the artist to depict the relationship between light and shade. Passages from the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci give insight into the artist's study of illumination. Sir Ernst contrasts the soft lighting used by Leonardo with the dramatic lighting effects of Georges de La Tour. He also comments on the representation of divine and natural light in a nativity scene by Rembrandt, and the psychological effects of light in landscapes, such as Jan Vermeer's View of Delft. Many of the paintings shown were filmed from the originals in the National Gallery, London.

Alternative title

1. Illumination In Art and Nature

Subject

1. Aesthetics
2. Painting, European
3. Light in art

Call number

1. M16 5597 G

Credits (note)

1. Production companies, Landseer Film & Television Productions Ltd. for the Program for Art on Film, a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The J. Paul Getty Trust ; director, producer, Judy Marle ; cinematographer, Nick Gifford ; editor, Gregory Harris.

Title

1. Gombrich Themes. Part 1, Illumination In Art and Nature [motion picture].

Imprint

1. United States : Metropolitan Arts for the Program for Art on Film, a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Trust, 1988.

Credits

1. Production companies, Landseer Film & Television Productions Ltd. for the Program for Art on Film, a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The J. Paul Getty Trust ; director, producer, Judy Marle ; cinematographer, Nick Gifford ; editor, Gregory Harris.

Added author

1. Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001.
2. Marle, Judy.
3. Landseer Film & Television Productions.
4. Program for Art on Film (New York, N.Y.)

Research call number

1. M16 5597 G