Barbara Hepworth - Figures in a Landscape (1953)

Barbara Hepworth - Figures in a Landscape (1953) - extract

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13 жыл бұрын

Narrated by future Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis, 'Figures in a Landscape' offers a poetic portrait of sculptor Barbara Hepworth and the otherworldly Cornwall landscapes that inspired her work. Priaulx Rainier's haunting score beautifully complements the extraordinary works of art, placed in the Cornish spaces that influenced them. Hepworth had been commissioned to design sculptures for the Festival of Britain two years before this film, and remains one of Britain's most celebrated sculptors - she was made a Dame in 1965. She died during a fire at her St. Ives studio in 1975. (Alex Davidson)
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@RoweFilms 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Barbara's Great Nephew here, from Cornwall. She passed away before my time but my mum remembers her well. Wish I had the opportunity to meet her! Inspirational.

@ivegotafullmoon 13 жыл бұрын

The qualities of the sculpture, narration, camera work and music are entirely of their time and authentic. A great little film.

@ibanitza 9 жыл бұрын

i cannot thank you enough for this incredible posting of brilliance

@chadwicksmartensup7071 11 жыл бұрын

wonderful

@noelfrancois3591 4 жыл бұрын

Exceptionnel . j'aime la voir travailler la matière avec une volupté évidente à l'ombres des palmiers . J'aime le chat sur le socle & le dialogue des sculptures "percées" avec le clocher . BRAVO

@breezerhouse 10 жыл бұрын

her work is such a wonder

@wishythenwashy 10 жыл бұрын

delightful

@caminanteh9444 Ай бұрын

one of my favorite sculptors

@downhill240 13 жыл бұрын

Such beauty!

@whiffofbrine920 10 жыл бұрын

brilliant

@traditionalflack9919 9 жыл бұрын

just the ticket for inspiration

@timbum1000 12 жыл бұрын

Wow.. This is really interesting and in colour!!!

@valentinemcguire8772 4 жыл бұрын

Very very good!!!!🔴🔴🔴🔴

@CosmoWenman Жыл бұрын

Everything about this video is pure nightmare fuel.

@christineelliott7395 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous and - love it

@amandajstar 5 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a children's story!

@mujawooja 13 жыл бұрын

facinating though the music is very distracting bernie

@frankem51 9 жыл бұрын

That is not the voice of Cecil Day Lewis narrating, though that is what the BFI's Explore website says. The BFI says words were by Jacquetta Hawkes. I wonder whether the credits have been swopped round by mistake, so that the words were written by Lewis and the narration spoken by Hawkes.

@willgeorge7203 Жыл бұрын

Great score. Did Rainier compose that for the film or was it an existing piece?

@dianafernandes4594 3 ай бұрын

whats the name of the first sculpture?

@frankem51 9 жыл бұрын

That is not Cecil Day Lewis narrating. It's probably Jacquetta Hawkes.

@scottbookman 6 жыл бұрын

is making sculptures as scary as this music would make you think ????

@franciscoeme Жыл бұрын

She didn’t use any machines ? Everything by hand ?

@christianegonbarnthaler1426 6 жыл бұрын

super 1

@silverapples75 4 жыл бұрын

To me, Barbara's works are like symbols, ciphers from a place of deeper, subtler meaning. The feelings they invoke are ineffable, maybe too delicate to verbalise.