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Van Gogh & Japan / Seventh Art Productions for Exhibition on Screen ; filmed and directed by David Bickerstaff ; produced by Phil Grabsky ; co-written by David Bickerstaff, Phil Grabsky.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: SEV206 | Seventh Art ReleasingLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish Series: Exhibition on Screen ; 22.Publisher: [Brighton, England] : Seventh Art Productions, [2019]Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Van Gogh and Japan
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Original music, Asa Bennett.
Narrator, Jaye Griffiths.Summary: Though Vincent Van Gogh never visited Japan it is the country that had the most profound influence on him and his art. Through journeying from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, to Van Gogh's adopted home of Provence, France and eventually to Japan itself, this film provides a fascinating look at just how profound this influence proved to be. One cannot understand Van Gogh without understanding how Japanese art arrived in Paris in the middle of the nineteenth century.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD 759.9492 V253 Available 33111009524568
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Though Vincent van Gogh never visited Japan it is the country that had the most profound influence on him and his art. Through journeying from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, to Van Gogh's adopted home of Provence, France and eventually to Japan itself, this film provides a fascinating look at just how profound this influence proved to be. One cannot understand Van Gogh without understanding how Japanese art arrived in Paris in the middle of the nineteenth century.

DVD; NTSC, 16:9 widescreen presentation; all regions.

Documentary.

In English with optional subtitles in Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish.

Narrator, Jaye Griffiths.

Original music, Asa Bennett.

"Based on the exhibition 'Van Gogh & Japan'."

Program content: ©2019.

Widescreen (Aspect ratio 16:9)

Though Vincent Van Gogh never visited Japan it is the country that had the most profound influence on him and his art. Through journeying from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, to Van Gogh's adopted home of Provence, France and eventually to Japan itself, this film provides a fascinating look at just how profound this influence proved to be. One cannot understand Van Gogh without understanding how Japanese art arrived in Paris in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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