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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767037983 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0767037987 Label: A&E Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: A&E Home Video MPN: 70245 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: A&E Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 28, 2001 Running Time: 200 minutes Studio: A&E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: January 01, 1986 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This epic documentary does a wonderful job of recapturing the revolutionary impact the impressionists made while providing a historical and artistic context for this extraordinary group of painters. The work of Monet, Degas, Morisot, and their fellow impressionists has now become so familiar that its power to shock has all but disappeared. Young and resolutely modern, these artists threw off the shackles of academic art to capture everyday life in paintings that were iconoclastic in both style and subject. At first they struggled to survive because their work was rejected by the conservative Paris Salon, but those with independent means helped those without (Monet in particular was frequently rescued from poverty by his friends), and gradually they became impossible to ignore. Bruce Alfred's script thoroughly explains the development of the impressionists' approach to art and reveals fascinating aspects of their individual personalities, while a combination of dramatic reconstructions, period photographs, and the paintings themselves creates a rich and informative visual tapestry. Anyone with an interest in the history of art will find much to enjoy. --Simon Leake Average Rating:
 Rating: - love it, love it, love itscenery was beautiful, narrators voice was soothing, i was able to see a lot of europe. i couldn't be more happy with the dvd's. i watched quite a few dvd's on impressionism and this is by far the best one i've found. Rating: - Knocked me for a loop!I loved "The Impressionists" DVD so much, I had to watch it two more times! As an artist myself, I was inspired, awestruck, humbled, and thoroughly captivated while watching this A&E two-DVD documentary of the art revolutionists (Renoir, Monet, Degas, Pissaro, and Morisot) of 19th century France who challenged the rules of traditionalism by painting from real life--and, in an avant-garde style--unheard of at a time when biblical and historical-themed art painted in the style of the old masters was ... Read More Rating: - Fleeting Impressions, Eternal Beauty The Impressionists: The Other French Revolution, a two-DVD set, introduces viewers to one of the most influential schools in the history of visual arts: The French Impressionists / Pointillists of the 19th century. Art scholars chronicle the life, historical context, and the most celebrated works of artists such as: 1) Edgar Degas 2) Edouard Manet 3) Claude Monet 4) Berthe Morisot 5) Camille Pissaro 6) Pierre Auguste Renoir 7) George Seurat 8) ... Read More Rating: - luminous paintings elegant musicNot only are the paintings themselves almost better than the original (just kidding, kinda) due to the luminosity imposed by the screen, the lovely score is transporting. This set places the Impressionists in a historical framework (though I didn't hear mention of Monet's studio being usurped as military storage during the war and his paintings used as linoleum-don't know if this is true or not, but had heard it before.) I was rather shocked that Monet got his friend and benefactor's wife pregnant ... Read More Rating: - Luminous & Brilliant - A Must See For ALL Art LoversA&E's special on The Impressionists is Luminous. Principle writer and director Bruce Alfred illustrates the revolutionary, artistic impulses of a brilliant young group of painters who feverishly worked together to break the confines of 19th century traditional painting. Alfred fuses together the historical context of 19th century art Europe with delightfully animated biographies of the Impressionist artists. In 1859, Claude Monet, the youthful, rebellious, dazzlingly artistic, fame-seeking ... Read More |
