Box set: Sister Wendy: The Complete Collection
Barcode 794051169020
Release Date 10/15/2002

Sister Wendy: The Complete Collection
BBC Home Video (1992)
TV Series  /  Special Interest, Documentary
In Collection
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Seen ItYes
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IMDB   8.0
520 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Sister Wendy Beckett Presenter
Director
Allan Palmer
Producer Allan Palmer

Sister Wendy Beckett, a cloistered nun and Oxford-educated art scholar who became a most unlikely TV personality in Britain, takes an art appreciation tour across America, visiting six major art museums in this series from PBS
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    6/30/1996  1.  S1E1: The Mists of Time
Sister Wendy Beckett examines early visual art, from cave paintings and ancient Egyptian art, to the Book of Kells
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    7/7/1996  2.  S1E2: The Hero Steps Forth
The pioneering work of 14th and 15th-century artists, Giotto, Duccio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Simon Martini, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden and Hieronymus Bosch, from whose paintings emerged a sense of depth, character and perspective
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    7/14/1996  3.  S1E3: The Age of Genius
Renaissance Florence, the Sistine Chapel and the history of the Mona Lisa come to light as Sister Wendy Beckett examines the art of 15th-century Italy
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    7/21/1996  4.  S1E4: Two Sides of The Alps
The Renaissance in Venice and northern Europe comes under the spotlight as Sister Wendy Beckett examines works by Bellini, Titian, Giorgione, Veronese, Durer, Holbein and Brueghel
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    8/4/1996  5.  S1E5: Passion & Ecstasy
The story of the Catholic church fighting back against the Reformation comes to light as Sister Wendy Beckett explores how art was used to reclaim the devout during the baroque period
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    8/11/1996  6.  S1E6: Three Golden Ages
The golden age of 17th-century portraiture comes under the spotlight as Sister Wendy travels to Spain, France and the Netherlands. The art-loving nun journeys from Rembrandt's Amsterdam to study the works of Velazquez at the Spanish court
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    8/18/1996  7.  S1E7: Revolution
English painting during the Industrial Revolution, Goya's romantic Spain, and art during the French Revolution come under the spotlight as Sister Wendy Beckett visits galleries worldwide
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    8/25/1996  8.  S1E8: Impressions of Light
The art-loving nun examines the work of Manet and other impressionists, taking a journey through France to Monet's garden at Giverny and to the field where van Gogh took his own life
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/1/1996  9.  S1E9: A New Pair of Eyes
The art-loving nun travels to Paris and the south of France as she traces the beginnings of modern art, from Cezanne to Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Dali and Klee
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/8/1996  10.  S1E10: The Never-Ending Story
An examination of the growth of modernism and the avant garde through painters such as Jackson Pollock, Lucien Freud and Lichtenstein. Plus, the work of Andy Warhol - creator of pop art such as Consomme Soup and Marilyn
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins  11.  Kimbell Art Museum Ft. Worth Texas
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    6/30/1996  12.  The Mists of Time
Sister Wendy Beckett examines early visual art, from cave paintings and ancient Egyptian art, to the Book of Kells
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    7/7/1996  13.  The Hero Steps Forth
The pioneering work of 14th and 15th-century artists, Giotto, Duccio, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Simon Martini, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden and Hieronymus Bosch, from whose paintings emerged a sense of depth, character and perspective
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    7/14/1996  14.  The Age of Genius
Renaissance Florence, the Sistine Chapel and the history of the Mona Lisa come to light as Sister Wendy Beckett examines the art of 15th-century Italy
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    7/21/1996  15.  Two Sides of The Alps
The Renaissance in Venice and northern Europe comes under the spotlight as Sister Wendy Beckett examines works by Bellini, Titian, Giorgione, Veronese, Durer, Holbein and Brueghel
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    8/4/1996  16.  Passion & Ecstasy
The story of the Catholic church fighting back against the Reformation comes to light as Sister Wendy Beckett explores how art was used to reclaim the devout during the baroque period
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    8/11/1996  17.  Three Golden Ages
The golden age of 17th-century portraiture comes under the spotlight as Sister Wendy travels to Spain, France and the Netherlands. The art-loving nun journeys from Rembrandt's Amsterdam to study the works of Velazquez at the Spanish court
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    8/18/1996  18.  Revolution
English painting during the Industrial Revolution, Goya's romantic Spain, and art during the French Revolution come under the spotlight as Sister Wendy Beckett visits galleries worldwide
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    8/25/1996  19.  Impressions of Light
The art-loving nun examines the work of Manet and other impressionists, taking a journey through France to Monet's garden at Giverny and to the field where van Gogh took his own life
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/1/1996  20.  A New Pair of Eyes
The art-loving nun travels to Paris and the south of France as she traces the beginnings of modern art, from Cezanne to Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Dali and Klee
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/8/1996  21.  The Never-Ending Story
An examination of the growth of modernism and the avant garde through painters such as Jackson Pollock, Lucien Freud and Lichtenstein. Plus, the work of Andy Warhol - creator of pop art such as Consomme Soup and Marilyn
Edition Details
Edition Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass
Series Sister Wendy's American Collection
Distributor BBC Home Video
Release Date 10/15/2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 4

Features
Disc 01 Interactive Art Gallery: Pause the program to zoom in on the paintings! Pop-up Notes on the artists and their work Artists' Biographies by Sister Wendy Beckett Personal Interview with Sister Wendy 35 Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage!