What Is Beauty? An Art Critic's Journey (Enhanced DVD)
Product Description:
"Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder." This statement by Plato is graciously quoted everywhere. But we should try to find out the truth underlying this remark. In this visually alluring program creating a splash, acclaimed art critic Matthew Collings tries to grasp the concept of the brilliant blending of art and beauty. He evaluates the different eternal concepts that act as the foundation of glorious art and the ecstatic unexplainable happiness one feels looking at a beautiful masterpiece of art. Different examples are referred to like the brilliant works of Piero della Francecsa, Magritte, Rauschenberg, Michelangelo. From the primitive cave art form of Dordogne to the masterworks of Renaissance period to the ambiguous pleasures of modern day art, viewers explore the hidden artistic tenets which are prevalent in the history of art.
(What Is Beauty? An Art Critic's Journey, Enhanced DVD, 59 minutes) ISBN: 978-0-81608-722-8 Copy Right Date: 2011 CC