National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC - Video Podcasts

Stay up to date with video podcasts from the National Gallery of Art, which include documentary excerpts, lectures, and other films about the Gallery's history, exhibitions, and collections. - source: NGA web site Subscribe to the Gallery's RSS feed. Help Video
	Vermeer: In the Light of Delft Vermeer's classic painting A Lady Writing inspired this evocative film. The exquisite skills of this 17th-century Dutch artist evoke nuances of light, texture, and reflection that describe both the artist's native city of Delft and the details of this much-loved work. Painted ermine, pearls, velvet, brass, and wood are illuminated by the sensitive touch of an unparalleled master.  Hi-Res | Lo-Res | iTunes | Watch on ArtBabble | RSS (6:30 mins.)
	Turner on the Tyne The moon rises high over water and becomes one with Joseph Mallord William Turner's evocative image of the sights and sounds on the River Tyne at Newcastle in his 1835 painting Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight. Time-lapse photography interweaves with close details of Turner's painting to capture both the stillness of the night and the work of loading coals by moonlight and torch. Hi-Res | Lo-Res | iTunes | Watch on ArtBabble | RSS (6:30 mins.)
	Arcimboldo: Nature and Fantasy Narrated by Isabella Rossellini and produced by the National Gallery of Art, this film traces the career of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, an artist whose work thrilled and delighted the Habsburg courts of the later 16th century. Arcimboldo was best known for his "composite heads"—faces composed of fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers, and beasts of all kinds. The film explores the connection between his paintings and the burgeoning natural sciences, the voyages of discovery, and the atmosphere of intellectual curiosity at the courts of Europe. The 30-minute version of the film is on view and for sale at the National Gallery of Art. The film is made possible by the HRH Foundation. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Arcimboldo, 1526–1593: Nature and Fantasy. Hi-Res | Lo-Res | iTunes | RSS (14:12 mins.)
	The Lions of Peter Paul Rubens This film captures the power of faith in the face of danger, illustrated in the famous Old Testament story of Daniel in the lions' den and in Peter Paul Rubens' full-scale painting at the National Gallery. Daniel's travail in a closed cave unfolds here through a series of comparative frames: Rubens' preparatory drawings, painted lions with human bones at their feet, and footage of actual lions, similar to those Rubens saw at the royal menagerie in Brussels. Hi-Res | Lo-Res | iTunes | Watch on ArtBabble | RSS (9:00 mins.)