| Description |
1 online resource (54 minutes) |
| Summary |
Simon Schama examines one of our deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature. Simon discovers that landscape painting is seldom a straightforward description of observed nature; rather it's a projection of dreams and idylls, as well as of escapes and refuges from human turmoil; the elusive paradise on earth. Simon begins in the 10th century, in Song dynasty China. The Song scrolls are never innocent of the values of that world: the landscapes depict immense mountains projecting imperial authority. But as that authority was threatened and overwhelmed, majestic mountains are represented in geological turmoil, writhing and heaving |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed November 20, 2019) |
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Adapted from a program by Simon Schama |
| Performer |
Narrated by Liev Schreiber |
| Notes |
In English |
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Nature in art.
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Landscapes in art.
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Nature in art -- History
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Civilization -- History.
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Civilization.
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Landscapes in art.
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Nature in art.
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Documentary television programs.
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History.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentaires télévisés.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Schama, Simon, on-screen presenter
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Gething, Ashley, director, producer
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Schreiber, Liev, narrator
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British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.
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Open University, production company.
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