Masterpieces of the British Museum [videorecording - DVD] : Dűrer's rhinoceros

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: [London] : BBC, 2006Description: 1 videodisc (30 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Dűrer's rhinoceros [videorecording - DVD]
Subject(s): Production credits:
  • Produced and directed by Fulmar Television & Film Ltd.
Scope and content: Albrecht Dűrer's 'rhinoceros' is one of the most famous works in the British Museum's collection. It is also one of the great images of European art - an image that has taken on an iconic status all of its own. But what is so special about this simple woodcut of a lumbering, clumsy, Asian animal? Why has it influenced generations of artists, designers and craftsmen? This film looks back to its creation, examines its extraordinary appeal and shows how Dűrer's sophisticated development of the woodcut technique introducted the idea of multiple images into fine art and made him internationally renowned
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark - Multimedia - Art & Artists
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Multimedia Multimedia ATU Wellpark Road Audio Visual 769.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G112696

Produced and directed by Fulmar Television & Film Ltd.

Albrecht Dűrer's 'rhinoceros' is one of the most famous works in the British Museum's collection. It is also one of the great images of European art - an image that has taken on an iconic status all of its own. But what is so special about this simple woodcut of a lumbering, clumsy, Asian animal? Why has it influenced generations of artists, designers and craftsmen? This film looks back to its creation, examines its extraordinary appeal and shows how Dűrer's sophisticated development of the woodcut technique introducted the idea of multiple images into fine art and made him internationally renowned

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