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This is the sixth programme in the Third Level Arts Course, A352 on "Art in Italy 1480-1580". The programme was filmed at the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford. In it, Christopher Lloyd, Assist...ant Keeper of Western Art at the Museum, looks at the different kinds of Renaissance drawings and shows how they were made and for what purpose. The programme also looks at the sheer beauty of Renaissance draughtsmanship in detail, touching on the problems of attribution, and looking at the ways an art historian uses drawings as evidence. In order to convey the quality of specimens in the Museum, as much of the programme as possible consists of film of original drawings being handled by Christopher Lloyd.
This is the sixth programme in the Third Level Arts Course, A352 on "Art in Italy 1480-1580". The programme was filmed at the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford. In it, Christopher Lloyd, Assist...ant Keeper of Western Art at the Museum, looks at the different kinds of Renaissance drawings and shows how they were made and for what purpose. The programme also looks at the sheer beauty of Renaissance draughtsmanship in detail, touching on the problems of attribution, and looking at the ways an art historian uses drawings as evidence. In order to convey the quality of specimens in the Museum, as much of the programme as possible consists of film of original drawings being handled by Christopher Lloyd.
| Module code and title: | A352, Art in Italy 1480-1580 |
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| Item code: | A352; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 20-06-1979 |
| Published: | 1979 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:24 |
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| Producer: | Miriam Newman |
| Contributor: | Christopher Lloyd |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Ashmolean Museum; Drawing; Raphael; Renaissance art |
| Footage description: | Shots of the exterior of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, then of its print room, where Renaissance drawings are kept. Newman's brief introduction sets the scene for Christopher Lloyd, Assistant Keeper of Western Art at the Museum. Lloyd is seen in the print room with a drawing. He explains how Renaissance drawings should be handled and describes the marks previous collectors made on the drawings. Shots of several drawings indicating such marks. A drawing made by Leonardo da Vinci is examined for evidence of previous collectors. Over a large number of drawings by several Renaissance artists Lloyd describes the various techniques that were employed. These include pen and ink, metal point, chalk of different colours and brush work. Examples are shown of all the different techniques. Lloyd distinguishes between the drawings by Florentine and Umbrian artists and those by Venetians. Examples of such drawings are shown. He explains how further distinctions can be recognised so to attribute drawings to specific artists. Shots of work by Corregio and Michelangelo are shown. To the camera and then over shots of the drawings, Lloyd describes the various purposes for which the drawings were made. Examples from the work of Peruzzi and Michelangelo are shown. Over another drawing by Michelangelo Lloyd describes the rise in the 16th century of presentational drawing. Lloyd then emphasises the preparatory nature of most drawings. Film of the finished version of Raphael's painting The Entombment of 1507- Over this and numerous preparatory drawings made by Raphael for this painting Lloyd describes how an artist used drawings as a means of trying out ideas for a large-scale work. The examples shown illustrate quite clearly the evolution of Raphael's ideas for the depiction of Christ's entombment. Lloyd concludes by emphasising the usefulness of studying Renaissance drawings. |
| Production number: | FOUA035B |
| Videofinder number: | 825 |
| Available to public: | no |
