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[Silver Spring, MD] : Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media Group
©2013
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2 videodiscs (259 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (16 pages)
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disc 1. episodes 1-3: Raphael, Rembrandt, and Poussin -- disc 2. episodes 4-5: Watteau and Leonardo
Documents the Louvre's study days, during which works are removed from their frames and set up for curators, historians, restorers and scientists to view and discuss freely. The five major artists whose pieces are examined include: Raphael, Rembrandt, Poussin, Watteau and Leonardo
Originally broadcast as 5 episodes of a documentary television series in 2011
Program content: c2010-2012
"Masterworks under the microscope"--Container
Accompanying booklet (13 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.) comprises articles written and edited by Pamela Espeland, Elizabeth Stocum, and Jennifer Coggins
"Bonus feature: 16-page booklet with articles on the genesis of the series, tools used to analyze paintings, art restoration developments and controversies, and the art of attributing Rembrandtsphies of the artists; Biographies of the artists"--Back of container
Directed by Juliette Garcias and Stan Neumann ; written by Juliette Garcias ; producer, Catherine Derosier-Pourchous ; Camera lucida productions ; an ARTE France coproduction
Not rated
DVD format; widescreen (16:9) presentation; stereo
In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH)