I would like to find great artwork on digital dvd that I can buy to show on my HDTV

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 11 Jun 2003 14:39 PDT

Do you want the DVD to contain any commentary or educational material,
or are you wanting something like a slideshow of art masterpieces?

I have found several DVDs that will enable you to display many art
masterpieces on your HDTV screen:

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"Hermitage Museum of St Peter's"

"Two video disks packed with 8 hours of viewing magnificent works of
art and coupled with historical comments. This set of DVDs is a
wonderful reference companion for the art history major and a treasure
for the artist and the art connoiseur. It is my most valued DVD.

Portrayed are masterpieces that were hidden from the eyes of
Westerners for centuries. The precious disks reveal beautiful video
images of art specimens never published in our Western art history
books. The video allows the viewer to pause and zoom throughout the
entire presentation, although the camera scan of the images and the
selected angle shots are perfect without using this unique feature...

This disc demonstrates one thing that DVD can do very, very well.
While the narrator drifts through a series of images of patingings,
sculptures, etc., you are free to PAUSE wherever you wish. This is a
wonderful way to view an art program, and the TV screen is a lovely
way to look at artistic materials (with its inner glow, it shows off
the images). A TV tour is NOT the same as a museum, but few of us
actually live in St. Petersburg, and a program such as this can be a
worthy substitute."

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1584480408/ref=pd_sxp_f/102-2868535-6046505

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"Art and Music, Volume 1" 

"DVD to have in your collection. It plays in a 'loop'... and charming
Impressionist paintings are displayed on the screen... This is a
unique idea for art and music lovers alike. This DVD displays artistic
masterpieces accompanied by the classical music of Rossini
continuously on your TV screen and is great fun to have in the
background when guests are over or just for your own enjoyment."

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000059LH9/102-2868535-6046505

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"The Impressionists - The Other French Revolution" 

"DVD is the perfect medium for this documentary. The paintings--both
in the film and in the accompanying photo gallery--look wonderful, and
each disc includes a timeline of important events... we learned so
much in this DVD set (which I gave to my wife as a Christmas present)
that we had not read/learned anywhere else: there is a lot of
information about the artists' personal lives, family problems,
quarrels with each other, their failing health and deaths, etc., that
is almost as fascinating as the paintings themselves -- which are
simply LUMINOUS in this presentation."

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MKOP/ref=pd_sxp_elt_l1/102-2868535-6046505

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If you have a computer hooked to your HDTV monitor, as I do, you might
be interested in this DVD-ROM:

"Le Louvre: The Virtual Visit on DVD-ROM"

"...in the same gallery where thousands each day visit the La
Giaconda, they could have seen three of the noblest works ever
fashioned by mortal hands: Giorgione's Fête champêtre, Titian's The
Entombment and Veronese's The Wedding Feast at Cana... These four
paintings and 996 other works of art are now easily accessible thanks
to the collaboration between Montparnasse Multimedia. which has been
producing cultural CD-ROMs for almost a decade, and the Louvre Museum.
The DVD-Louvre is a qualitative advance over the older CD-ROM
versions. Not that there was anything wrong with the earlier versions,
but with DVD the picture quality available is truly astonishing and
ten times as many images can be packed onto the disc.

The Louvre is one of the world's great encyclopedic museums containing
the art and artifacts of ancient civilizations. The DVD begins with
the great civilizations of Egypt and the Middle East. Thanks to
Napoleon's conquests in that part of the world, the Egyptian galleries
rank with those of the British Museum as the best outside of Egypt.
This program offers a virtual visit to those galleries and access to
over 100 ravishing items culled from the great periods of Egyptian
history.

Interactive films are a major feature covering the history of the
civilizations of the Mediterranean Basin from 10,000 B.C. to 1848 A.D.
The films are on the level of a really interesting episode of the
Discovery Channel -- brilliantly illustrated with the Louvre's
holdings. There are also virtual tours of 25 of the most famous
galleries, which allows you to navigate at your own pace, moving up
close to the paintings and walking around the sculptures and
antiquities, accompanied by a fine audio commentary. Finally there is
a multimedia history of the architecture of the institution from its
first use as the fortress of Philipe Auguste to the construction of
Grand Louvre Pyramid designed by I.M. Pei in the early nineties."

Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/featuredarticle-2001-12.html

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In order to show off your HDTV, you might also want to investigate a
line of DVDs designed specifically for this purpose. While this line
of "plasma art" DVDs does not yet include a gallery of art
masterworks, many other stunning images are available:

DVD International
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/dvdinternational/plasmaartdvd.html

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Search terms used:

"art on dvd"
"artworks" + "dvd"
"art masterpieces" + "dvd"
"great art" + "dvd"
"paintings" + "dvd"
"michelangelo" + "dvd"
"van gogh" + "dvd"
"monet" + "dvd"

I hope this information is useful. If anything is unclear, or if a
link does not function, please request clarification; I'll be glad to
offer further assistance before you rate my answer.

Best wishes,
pinkfreud

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Request for Answer Clarification by hmcgee-ga on 13 Jun 2003 06:38 PDT

pinkfreud: Would you please try for a slideshow type DVD. Thanks HAM

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 13 Jun 2003 10:27 PDT

The DVD I mentioned entitled "Art and Music, Volume 1" displays art
masterworks in an endless loop "slideshow" format. It does include
music, but of course that can be turned off. I have not yet found any
other "slideshow" format DVDs. I have emailed two expert sources for
suggestions in this area, and will let you know when I receive a
reply.

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This is not a slideshow, but I thought you might be interested in it.
"The Great Artists is a huge collection of classic art that is
designed for schools and libraries. A range of masterworks are
covered, from the 13th Century to the 19th Century:

Great Artists - DVD series
 
Art historian Tim Marlow comfortably hosts this 14-part introduction
to the world's most acclaimed artists. In the sampled, Leonardo,
Marlow travels to Florence and Milan to trace the career of painter
and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. Carefully analyzing The Annunciation,
the host contrasts flaws in perspective with the painting's precise
natural details. The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, and St. John the Baptist
are similarly examined for composition, painting techniques, and use
of light. Da Vinci's work as mapmaker, anatomist, and military planner
are also discussed, as are controversies surrounding his life. Nice
location footage and insightful commentary stand out in these solid
introductions for high-school and public library collections. Other
series titles similarly profile El Greco, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and
others.

In this 14 part series, art historian Tim Marlow explores the lives
and works of the greatest artists in history. Digital filming of this
series allows amazing close up views of the art masterpieces. DVD is
extremely important to the visual arts, as there is no other digital
medium capable of containing un-compromised imagery of the resolution
and magnitude that is required.

Filming takes place throughout the world.

This program is English Subtitled. 
   
Producer:  Seventh-Art Productions AVP Release Date: November 2002 
Series Price:  $395.00  (5 DVDs in series) 
(Public Performance Rights Included)   
  
Great Artists DVD No. 1
Giotto (1266?-1337) 
Works featured in this program include the frescoes of the Scrovegni
Chapel in Padua (1304-1306), the Church of St Francis in Assisi
(1295-1300) and the Bardi and Peruzzi chapels (1320s) in Santa Croce
in Florence as well as the Ognissanti Madonna and Child altarpiece
(1305-1310) in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Leonardo (1452-1519) 
Leonardo da Vinci's Works featured in this program include the Mona
Lisa (1503-05, Louvre, Paris) The Last Supper (1495-1498, Santa Maria
delle Grazie, Milan) The Annuciation (1472-1475, Uffizi Gallery,
Florence), Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci (1474-76, National Gallery of
Art, Washington), The Virgin of the Rocks (1482-1486, Louvre, Paris)
and St. John the Baptist (151

Great Artists DVD No. 2
Dürer (1471-1528) 
Far from the cultural centers of Italy, the German artist Albrecht
Dürer Works featured in this program include Self Portrait Holding a
Thistle (1493, Louvre, Paris), Book of the Revelation of St John
(1498, Durer's House, Nuremberg), Self Portrait at 28 (1500, Alte
Pinakothek, Munich) and The Four Apostles (1526, Alte Pinkothek,
Munich).

Michelangelo (1475-1564) 
Works featured in this program include David (1501-04, Galleria
dell'Accademia, Florence), Frescoes, Sistine Chapel, (1508-12,
Vatican, Rome), Bacchus (1496-97, Museo Nazionale del Bargello,
Florence), Pieta (1499, St. Peter's, Vatican, Rome), Dying and
Rebellious Slaves (1513-16, Louvre, Paris) and The Last Judgement,
(1534-41, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome).

Raphael (1483-1520) 
Works featured in this program include La Belle Jardiniere (1507 or
1508, Louvre, Paris, ), The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna (1508, National
Gallery of Art, Washington), The School of Athens, Stanza della
Segnatura (1509-11, Vatican), Portrait of Pope Julius II (1512,
National Gallery, London), Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione
(1514-16, Louvre, Paris) and Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals
Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi (1513-19, Palazzo Pitti,
Galleria Palatina, Florence).

Great Artists DVD No. 3
Titian (1485?-1576) 
Works featured in this program include The Assumption of the Virgin
(1516-18, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice), The Pesaro
Altarpiece (1519-26, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice), Bacchus
and Ariadne 1523, The National Gallery, London), Portrait of Charles V
with Hound (1533, Prado, Madrid), The Venus of Urbino (1538, Uffizi
Gallery, Florence) and Diana and Callisto (1556-59, National Gallery,
Edinburgh).

Bruegel (1525/30-1569) 
Works featured in this program include The Netherlandish Proverbs
(1559, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin), The Triumph Of Death (1562-63, Prado,
Madrid), The Hunters In The Snow, Gloomy Day, Return Of The Herd
(1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna), The Massacre Of The
Innocents (1566, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) and The Wedding
Feast (1567, Kuntshistorisches Museum, Vienna).

El Greco (1541-1614) 
Works featured in this program include The Purification of the Temple
(1568-1570, National Gallery of Art, Washington), The Disrobing of
Christ (1577-79, Toledo Cathedral), Martyrdom of St Maurice (1580-82,
Nuevos Museos, El Escorial), The Burial of Count Orgaz (1586-88, San
Tomé, Toledo) and Laocoon (1610-14, National Gallery, Washington).

Great Artists DVD No. 4
Rubens (1577-1640) 
Works featured in this program include Samson and Delilah (1609,
National Gallery, London), Self portrait with Isabella Brant (1609-10,
Alte Pinakothek, Munich), The Descent from the Cross (1611-14, Antwerp
Cathedral, Antwerp), The Life of Marie de'Medici (1621-25, Louvre,
Paris), Peace and War (1630, National Gallery, London) and Het Pelsken
(The Little Fur) (c.1635-40, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

Velàzquez (1599-1640) 
Works featured in this program include The Waterseller of Seville
(1620, Wellington Museum, London), The Forge of Vulcan (1630, Prado,
Madrid), The Surrender of Breda (1635, Prado, Madrid), Juan De Pareja
(1650, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York) and Las Meninas (1656,
Prado, Madrid).

Rembrandt (1606-1669) 
Works featured in this program include Self-Portrait (1629, Alte
Pinakothek, Munich), The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Nicolaes Tulp (1632,
Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague), The Descent from the Cross (1633, Alte
Pinakothek, Munich), Self-Portrait (1640, National Gallery, London)
The Night Watch (1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) and Hendrickje Bathing
in a River (1654, National Gallery, London)

Great Artists DVD No. 5
Vermeer (1632-1672) 
Works featured in this program include View of Delft (1660-1661,
Mauritshuis, the Hague), Street in Delft (1657-1658, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam), The Milkmaid (1658-1660, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Girl
Asleep at a Table (1657, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), Girl
with a Pearl Earring (1665, Mauritshuis, the Hague) and The Art of
Painting (1666-1673, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

Turner (1775-1851) 
Works featured in this program include Fishermen at Sea (1796,
TateGallery, London), The Shipwreck (1805, Tate Gallery, London), Snow
Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps (1812, Tate Gallery,
London), Dido Building Carthage (1815, The National Gallery, London),
Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (1842, Tate Gallery,
London) and Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway (1844,
The National Gallery, London).

Van Gogh (1853-1890) 
Works featured in this program include The Potato-Eaters (1885, Van
Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), Sunflowers (1889, Van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam), Vincent's House in Arles (The Yellow House) (1888, Van
Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889,
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London) The Starry Night. Saint-Rémy.
(1889, The Museum of Modern Art, New York) and Wheat Field with Crows
(1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).

Ambrose Video
http://www.ambrosevideo.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=1046

If I learn of any other DVDs that would meet your needs, I will post
the information here for you.

~pinkfreud

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 14 Jun 2003 12:47 PDT

I've received a response from one of the home theater experts I
contacted. He says he is not aware of any DVD which is exclusively a
slideshow of art masterworks, but suggests that such a slideshow could
easily be created with multimedia software, then burned to a DVD.

The other expert has not yet answered my email; I'll keep you posted.

~pinkfreud

Thanks for a good service! pinkfreud

There are a few companies like RGBLABS who make a special computer
that you hook to your TV that will display art. Another company that
makes DVDs to display fine art on a plasma TV is www.plasmawindow.com

There's also a store on Yahoo that sells image DVDs.