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Summary: Great for beginners
Comment: I recently wrote my first review on Amazon which of course compelled me to add some more. I recently bought these series and I have to say they are great. I am an artist myself and it is always nice to be reminded of the great ones, in "plain English". Simon makes things interesting, if not perhaps a little overly dramatic, but this does add the entertainment factor. I think that the information is good, and well presented, and that if you have had none or almost no exposure to any of these artists, this is certainly a good way to start.
All in all, I enjoyed it, but would have liked something a little more thorough (but that's because I have years of art school behind me). If you want to get started or just add a some more to what you already know, buy this product, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: The best art realted DVD I have ever encountered
Comment: This is smart, deep, elaborate, funny, and as educated as well as entertaining as art related themes can ever get.
A real jewel - it will be the prize in anyone's collection.
I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Power of Art
Comment: This is a very well done and informative look at the intimate lives of Simon Shama's choices of iconoclastic artists to represent eras in art history. He has chosen to focus on the ones who have come up with something new, who have changed the way we all view the world. His narrative is lively, infused with insight and humor.
Highly recommended!
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Summary: Applause, but a Good Kick in the Rear to Schama for Failing to List Music Credits
Comment: No doubt many are wondering: what was that haunting counter-tenor aria floating through the David episode: Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus in G Minor, RV 608: IV. In fact, there are a number of exceptional musical works that make up the soundtrack of this series, and that you should have to wonder what they are without mention of them in the credits is annoying. Mr. Schama's and his producer's failure to list music credits for each of the shows in the Power of Art, brilliant though the series was, was a grotesque oversight and they ought to be read the riot act. How such smart people could make so egregious and stupid an error as overlooking the power of the music they obviously spent so much time and attention selecting is beyond me. Quite infuriating! Details like these matter. After all, Mr. Schama has made a career looking at the details. He should know better.
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Summary: EYES OF ART
Comment: Once again Simon Schama does his thing and brings to life a whole other aspect in the magical world of art. I bought this for my mother who can be a difficult DVD watcher and a particular art amateur, being an artist in her own right. She just loved it !!!! Schama's approach and presentation is as captivating as ever with so much to think through that she limited her first viewing to the first two segments. She had to call me the next morning to tell me what a wonderful gift it was and that it had even drawn in my rather busy father from his schedule. That in it's self says it all for me !!!!
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