Illuminating the night
By: written and directed by Pascal Bouhenic ; co-produced by le Musee du Louvre, le Musee d'Orsay, Le Centre Pompidou, la Reunion des musees nationaux, la Cinquieme, les Films du tambour de soie
Contributors: Bergala, Alain; Gibrail, Dominique; Musee du Louvre; Musee d'Orsay; Centre Georges Pompidou; Reunion des musees nationaux (France); Films du tambour de soie; Cinquieme (Firm); Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Every picture tells a story; The scenarios of art; Scenarios of art
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Art; Themes, motives; Light in art
Description: "This program analyzes the lights that illuminate the night--from candles and street lights, to the moon, to Ingo Maurer's hologram of a neon-rendered light bulb--and the way artists make use of them to create revealing contrasts and to direct the viewer's gaze. Technical aspects of light manipulation in the visual arts, such as the use of chiaroscuro and sfumato in painting and the cinematic night effects by underexposing film, are considered as well."--Container.
Notes: Disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.

Series devised by Alain Bergala ; series producer, Dominique Gibrail.

Narrated by Sharon Mann.

DVD-R.