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The Resource Tim's Vermeer, Sony Pictures Classics

Tim's Vermeer, Sony Pictures Classics

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Summary
  • Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did seventeenth century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning ten years, his adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, to the north coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer masterpiece in the collection of the Queen
  • "A fascinating documentary that poses a compelling aesthetic query: did 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer use optical devices to achieve his gorgeously photo-realistic, light-filled artwork?"--USA Today
  • "A captivating look at a high-tech inventor who presumes to replicate the work of a great painter."--Hollywood Reporter
  • "An exquisitely fun documentary that hits on a profound aesthetic question, one first posed in 2001 by David Hockney: Did the 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer use optical devices to achieve his visual poetics of light?"--Entertainment Weekly
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Extent
1 DVD (ca. 80 min.)
Instance
Label
Tim's Vermeer
Title
Tim's Vermeer
Statement of responsibility
Sony Pictures Classics
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did seventeenth century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning ten years, his adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, to the north coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer masterpiece in the collection of the Queen
  • "A fascinating documentary that poses a compelling aesthetic query: did 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer use optical devices to achieve his gorgeously photo-realistic, light-filled artwork?"--USA Today
  • "A captivating look at a high-tech inventor who presumes to replicate the work of a great painter."--Hollywood Reporter
  • "An exquisitely fun documentary that hits on a profound aesthetic question, one first posed in 2001 by David Hockney: Did the 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer use optical devices to achieve his visual poetics of light?"--Entertainment Weekly
Cataloging source
Midwest
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director, Teller
Intended audience
CHVRS rating: G
Language note
  • English audio; French subtitles
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PerformerNote
Penn Jillette, Tim Jenison, Colin Blakemore, Martin Mull, David Hockney
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Mull, Martin
  • Jillette, Penn
  • Hockney, David
  • Jenison, Tim
  • Blakemore, Colin
Runtime
80
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  • Vermeer, Johannes
  • Documentary
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Tim's Vermeer, Sony Pictures Classics
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
MWT11072470
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Extent
1 DVD (ca. 80 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Medium for sound
videodisc
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Tim's Vermeer, Sony Pictures Classics
Publication
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
MWT11072470
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Extent
1 DVD (ca. 80 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Medium for sound
videodisc
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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