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Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780971841208
Format: Color, Letterboxed, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0971841209
Number Of Items: 1
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 05, 2002
Running Time: 58 minutes
Sales Rank: 148727
Editorial Review:
Description:
Narrated by Stage and Screen star Blythe Danner, this DVD contains the full documentary feature and an additional hour of mutli-media content and mini documentaries, Eakins' Neighborhood; The Centennial Exhibition of 1876; The Unfinished Portrait; The Bregler Collection; and more.
Punctuated by contemporary footage of the scenery displayed in his body of work. This program provides tremendous insight into the work and character of this American original is derived by interviews with curators and conservators of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, as well as scholars from many universities who share their extensive study of Eakins with the audience.
WHYY Producer Glenn Holsten follows Eakins' travels with HDTV (High Definition TV) equipment to Paris, France; Seville, Spain; North Dakota; and throughout Philadelphia to explore and film the places where Eakins found inspiration. Fascinated by the rapidly changing world, especially in Philadelphia, Eakins recorded the morphing of the times in which he lived. HDTV equipment captures every nuanced brush stroke in Eakins' work that enhances this DVD version.
Bonus CD of the soundtrack included.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Eakins was ahead of his time.
I knew of Thomas Eakins' significance as a American artist of the late 19th Century, but that was all I knew. This incredibly sharp and clear (in more ways than visually) documentary gave me a lesson on this bold artist's philosophy that opened my eyes. With the story being told by Blythe Danner in the background, one is drawn into the struggles of Eakins to reach above and beyond in his art.
Because this was done with High Definition TV equipment, it seems all that more detailed on a ... Read More
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