Bloomsbury Video Library - Images of Heaven
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{"isbn":9781350902398,"description":"Part 2 of the series Judgement Day. Tim Marlow, leading art historian and writer, explores the relationship between art and the afterlife, from the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead to Stanley Spencer\u2019s vision of heaven as a small English town. In the second programme, Heaven, Tim reveals that the idea of a blissful realm beyond death appears in many religions around the world, and has been a subject for artists since the time of the Egyptians right up to the work of Tracey Emin. The promise of heaven and the threat of hell have, for some societies, been a carrot-and-stick device to aid the maintenance of the status quo. Throughout the series, Tim asks whether artistic depictions of the afterlife are the expression of deep spirituality, or the product of society\u2019s need to police individual behaviour. Above all, the series provides a new fresh look at some of art\u2019s greatest works. Presented by Tim Marlow Directed by Ben Harding Produced by Phil Grabsky Language - English","videoId":6312190561112,"episode":2,"subscription":"bvl_visartssch","title":"Images of Heaven","xml_source":"bvl_visartssch_video-vra.xml","facets":"appliedArt , Applied art , fineArt , Fine art , historyOfArt , History of art , documentaryFilm , Documentary film , art , Art , religion , Religion , beliefRitualsAndWorship , Belief, rituals and worship , death , Death , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , made_20002009 , 2000\u20132009 , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present , english , English , origin_europe , Europe , origin_unitedKingdom , United Kingdom , video , Video , filmAndCinema , Film and Cinema , anthropology , Anthropology ,","contenttypeorder":3,"productname":"bvl_all","contentType":"video","identifier":"SEV-JudgeHeaven_6312190561112","browse_author":"Ben Harding (Director), Tim Marlow (Presenter), Phil Grabsky (Producer) and Seventh Art Production (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_visartssch"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","browse_search":"SEV-JudgeHeaven","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/67be21d1-59ff-4456-a788-020966c6b92a/74d04a43-a0fa-47eb-b903-f8e649209058/1280x720/match/image.jpg","series_id":"series_judgementDayImagesOfHeavenHell","series":"Judgement Day: Images of Heaven & Hell","date_of_publication":2004,"publisher":"Seventh Art Production","id_search":"SEV-JudgeHeaven","facet":["anthropology","appliedArt","art","artsAndLiterature","beliefRitualsAndWorship","death","documentaryFilm","english","filmAndCinema","fineArt","historyOfArt","made_20002009","made_2000Present","origin_europe","origin_unitedKingdom","religion","video"],"authors":"Ben Harding~Tim Marlow~Phil Grabsky~Seventh Art Production"}
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