Every picture tells a story
By: a ZCZ production for Five ; writer & presenter, Waldemar Januszczak ; producer, Mike Lerner ; director, James Bluemel
Contributors: ZCZ Films; Channel Five (Great Britain); Athena (Firm); Acorn Media (Firm)
Publisher: Athena; Distributed by Acorn Media U.S.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [United States]; Silver Spring, MD
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781598282221
Subjects: Painting
Description: Art critic Waldemar Januszczak unravels the secrets behind eight masterpieces of European painting, searching out art experts, literary and artistic allusions, and historical records to expose long-held secrets within the gilded frames.
Notes: Originally broadcasted as on television as individual episodes in 2003.

Bonus features: 20-page viewer's guide includes key points, discussion questions, avenues for further learning, and featured artwork; The rest of the story: stories behind the story; artist biographies; exclusive web extras.

Camera, Billy Rich, Lynn Mitchell ; music, Simon Russell.

Not rated.

DVD; widescreen; Dolby digital stereo.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Table of contents: title: ep. 1.; title: Mr. and Mrs. Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough -- -- ep. 2.; title: The anatomy lesson of Dr. Tulp by Rembrandt -- -- ep. 3.; title: The tempest by Giorgione -- -- ep. 4.; title: The birth of Venus by Botticelli -- -- ep. 5.; title: Boy bitten by a lizard by Caravaggio -- -- ep. 6.; title: Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci -- -- ep. 7.; title: Le déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard Manet -- -- ep. 8.; title: The Arnolfini marriage by Jan van Eyck.