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How To Look At And Understand Great Art - Season 1 - Portraits—How Artists See Others (Episode 18)

Plot: In examining the diverse functions and types of portraits, study the important elements of facial presentation and the subject's position and gaze with relation to the viewer and the pictorial space. See how Rembrandt added dramatic power to his group "corporation" portraits, and how David carefully rendered Napoleon in symbolic terms
Episode Aired On:
Saturday, January 1 2010
14 years ago
Genres: Documentary