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| Choirs of Angels: Paintings in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500 (DVD Art Gallery plus Music CD) | 
 enlarge | Director: Frederick Renz
Actor: Early Music New York
Studio: Clipped Films
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $16.94
You Save: $8.05 (32%)
New (20) Used (6) from $14.45
Sales Rank: 24858
Format: Classical, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 62 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: 70010
UPC: 897937001015
EAN: 0897937001015
ASIN: B001IB63FQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
For millions of visitors, The Metropolitan Museumof Art is one of the top destinations in New York City,
where its unparalleled collection and special exhibits delight art lovers from around the world. This year,
visitors will fi nd new inspiration in the Met s upcoming
exhibition Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choir Books, 13oo 15oo.
Some of the most celebrated Renaissance and Gothic masters of their day created illuminations for the choir books, Psalters, and antiphonaries used in churches and monasteries across Italy. Springing from a unique, artful marriage of painting, text, and music, these
miniature paintings of singing angels, Hebrew prophets, heroic saints, and Renaissance princes glow with rich,
jewel-like colors and shine with gold.
The Museum experience comes home with this widescreen DVD, which features more than 4o images from the Met s superb collection of Italian Renaissance paintings and cuttings from choral manuscripts. Period
music performed by world-famous Early Music New York accompanies the more than 6o-minute gallery tour
of illuminations, which includes breathtaking closeups of exquisite details. Notes from curators provide
illumination of their own, offering insights into the lives and faith of medieval religious communities while
describing the paintings and their subjects. The medieval music heard on the DVD is also featured on a separate CD. Selections include chants, motets, and laude, whose unexpected tonalities have abiding
appeal today.
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