This film illustrates the philosophy of the Pre-Raphaelite painters, who made a concerted effort to “save” art by returning to the “truth of nature”. The narration and the visual content evoke the era of the Pre-Raphaelite in around 1848. The film helps to clarify the individual approaches of the painters and how they achieved the return to nature. Narrated by John Wood and poems of Tennyson, D.G. Rossetti and Christina Rossetti read by Freda Dowie. A fasinating and interesting film.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
504350
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and society
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists and community
Crafts & Visual Arts → Nature (Aesthetics)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting - History
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Philosophy
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)