Voices at an Exhibition: George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
Series: Voices at an Exhibition
From: David Schulman
Length: 00:01:54
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Piece Description
Each piece in this pilot series presents, rapid-fire, viewers' responses to a work of art. The piece of art (or whatever it is ...) is not revealed until the end, so that listeners form a mental image as they listen to, and respond to, others' descriptions and interpretations. The subject is revealed at the end.
A LINK TO THE IMAGE:
http://npgportraits.si.edu/eMuseumNPG/code/emuseum.asp?style=Text¤trecord=1&page=search&profile=CAP&searchdesc=QuickSearch%20contains%20George%20WASHINGTON%20STUART%20On%20View&searchstring=QuickSearch/,/contains/,/George%20WASHINGTON%20STUART/,/false/,/false/,/OnView/,/is/,/1/,/false/,/true&newvalues=1&newaction=newpage&newstyle=single&newcurrentrecord=2
Timing and Cues
AUDIO: 1:54
WITH INTRO/OUTRO: 2:45
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Even when we’re looking at exactly the same thing, what we see is often a bit different. Or a lot different.
For the series “Voices at an Exhibition,” producer David Schulman visited the National Portrait Gallery — part of the Smithsonian INstitution in Washington DC. Over the next minute and 54 seconds, we’ll hear what visitors there saw in a portrait from 1796. It’s a face familiar to anyone with a dollar in their pocket …
TAPE IN: "Sit very still, George ..."
OUTRO:TAPE OUT: " ...cause it's not finished."
Did the painter really pull a fast one?
We heard visitors to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, reacting to Gilbert Stuart’s unfinished 1796 portrait of president George Washington.
It's part of the “Voices at an Exhibition” series produced by David Schulman
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