Landscape Through Time with David Dunlop: Season Two

Aired on public television, this 2016 eight-episode second season continues to follow classically trained artist, teacher, and lecturer David Dunlop as he explores a variety of locales made famous by some of the world's best painters. As in the previous season (VL-5/09), Dunlop visits locations tied to certain artists, where he talks about their history, careers, and geographical ties—with notated art and archival materials—while working on his own canvasses and offering tips on capturing the same colors, lighting, and nuances of the masters. Here, Dunlop spends the bulk of the season in Venice, Italy, with an emphasis on J.M.W. Turner, Francesco Guardi, John Singer Sargent, and two episodes devoted to James Abbott McNeil Whistler. The American stops here include two segments spotlighting Winslow Homer's work from Prouts Neck, ME (where Homer spent much of his time, but still produced art inspired by his travels to places such as Cuba, Quebec, and the Adirondacks), as well as “The Woodland Streams of the Hudson River Painters,” where Dunlop demonstrates backlighting perspective while standing in rushing water in the Stonebridge Preserve in the Saugatuck River. A well-produced addition to this series aimed at budding artists and art history aficionados, this is recommended. Aud: H, C, P. (J. Williams-Wood)