Season Two of
Emmy® Award Winning PBS Series Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop
2-DVD Set on of 8 half-hour PBS Programs of Season Two of Landscapes Through Time - As Seen on PBS
$99.95
Streaming Version of the 8 half-hour PBS Programs of Season Two of Landscapes Through Time This is purchased through a streaming service called Gumroad, similar to ITunes, and the purchase will be a on separate checkout page from any DVDs that you purchase. We are trying to find an integrated way to sell streaming programs and DVDs, but we haven't found it yet! Thank you for understanding!
J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) traveled to Venice three times and his experimentation in Venice served as a sensual catalyst for his future work. David discusses Turner’s watercolor techniques in front of the iconic baroque cathedral Santa Maria della Salute, overlooking the Grand Canal. He then paints an oil sketch overlooking the Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore, the same scenes immortalized in many of Turner’s transcendent paintings from Venice.
Program 202
Francesco Guardi’s Venice
David travels to many magical locations in Venice that were painted by the great 18th century Venetian landscape painter, Francesco Guardi (1712-1783). David creates a pen and ink drawing and wash of the beautiful baroque church, Santa Maria della Salute, discussing Francesco Guardi’s use and understanding of perspective. He then travels to Guardi’s home district of the Cannaregio and paints an oil demonstration of the same canal scene painted by Guardi and the famous painter, Canaletto, exploring Guardi’s spirited brushstrokes and expressive skies.
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) travels to Venice many times over a 40-year period and paints dazzling plein air watercolor landscapes, turning away from portraiture. David paints a watercolor demonstration at the famous Piazza dei Giovanni e Paolo, the same scene painted by Sargent and centuries of painters, exploring his color theory and painting technique.
David travels to beautiful Venetian locations that inspired provocative, iconoclastic artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) during his transformative trip in 1879-1880. Whistler’s fame from the etchings that he created in the backstreets of Venice helped rehabilitate his artistic reputation after a disastrous libel trial with noted art critic John Ruskin. David demonstrates a dry point on a copper plate alongside a canal, the Rio de San Barnaba, located near Whistler’s first studio at the Ca' Rezzonico, demonstrating Whistler’s brilliance in graphic design.
David travels to two iconic Venetian locations that inspired provocative artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) during his transformative trip in 1879-1880. Whistler’s pastels, along with his etchings, brought him increased fame when he returned to London. David demonstrates a pastel drawing using Whistler’s techniques and color palette while standing on the Giudecca overlooking the broad panorama of Venice.
David travels on the rocky shores of Prouts Neck, Maine, where the famously enigmatic Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived for the last 27 years of his life and painted some of his most recognizable, theatrical, and iconic seascapes. Battling the wind, David paints an evocative watercolor at the location of the famed Cannon Rock, and an oil sketch of the rocks and turbulent sea in front of Homer’s studio.
The Tidepools at Winslow Homer's Prouts Neck, Maine
David visits another location on the rocky shores of Prouts Neck, Maine, where the famously enigmatic Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived for the final 27 years of his life and painted some of his most recognizable, theatrical, and iconic seascapes. David explores the calm tide pools swirling around the rocky shores and discusses Homer’s techniques and palette as he paints an oil painting of the shores of Maine from the rocks.
David travels to a secluded woodland stream in New England, following in the footsteps of Hudson River painters such as Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and Asher Durand (1796-1886). David paints an oil study of the intimate stream in a setting of dense and dappled foliage, demonstrating techniques of painting water and woods used by the Hudson River painters to convey emotion as well as inspiration.
Special Edition Artist-Length DVD Set of 6 Programs of Season Two
(J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) traveled to Venice three times and his experimentation in Venice served as a sensual catalyst in his work. David demonstrates Turner’s watercolor techniques in a sketch of Santa Maria della Salute, overlooking the Grand Canal. He then paints an oil painting overlooking the Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore, the same scenes immortalized in many of Turner’s transcendent paintings.
Program 202
Francesco Guardi’s Venice (126 minutes)
David creates a pen and ink drawing and wash of the beautiful baroque church, Santa Maria della Salute, discussing Francesco Guardi’s (1712-1783) use and understanding of perspective. He then travels to Guardi’s home district of the Cannaregio and paints an oil demonstration of the same canal scene painted by Guardi and Canaletto, exploring Guardi’s spirited brushstrokes and expressive skies.
John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) travels to Venice and paints dazzling plein air watercolor landscapes, turning away from portraiture. David demonstrates a watercolor at the famous Piazza dei Giovanni e Paolo, the same scene painted by Sargent. We then travel across Venice to a balcony overlooking the bacino, the mouth of the Grand Canal, where a younger Sargent painted a view of the bacino and the street below, the Riva degli Schiavoni.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler's Venice (120 minutes)
David travels to three magical Venetian locations that inspired provocative, iconoclastic artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) during his transformative trip in 1879-1880. David demonstrates a drypoint on a copper plate alongside the Rio de San Barnaba, a pastel on the Giudecca overlooking the broad panorama of Venice, and a quick oil sketch of the Basilica di San Marco in the twilight, fading rapidly to night.
Winslow Homer’s Seas at Prouts Neck, Maine (85 minutes)
David travels on the rocky shores of Prouts Neck, Maine, where the famously enigmatic Winslow Homer (1836-1910) lived for the last 27 years of his life and painted some of his most recognizable, theatrical, and iconic seascapes. Battling the wind, David paints an evocative watercolor at the location of the famed Cannon Rock, and an oil sketch of the rocks and turbulent sea in front of Homer’s studio.
The Woodland Streams of the Hudson River Painters (105 minutes)
David travels to a woodland stream in New England, following in the footsteps of Hudson River painters such as Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and Asher Durand (1796-1886). David paints a preparatory watercolor of the intimate stream in a setting of dense and dappled foliage, and then creates an oil study of the woods and stream, demonstrating techniques of painting water to convey emotion as well as inspiration.
