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On the website
On the Videos on Art printed resource guide
On ARTSCOPE
On The Roland Collection
On films directed by Anthony Roland
Integral to film description:
* Video Rating Guide for Libraries, USA
** UNESCO
French Romanesque Series
English Romanesque Art*
Pisa, Story of a Cathedral Square**
And They Sang a New Song*
Antelami: The Baptistery of Parma**
Art in the Making: Italian Painting before 1400*
Michelangelo
Art in the Making: Rembrandt*
Rembrandt's Christ
Rembrandt - The Self-Portraits
Rembrandt - The Rebel
Rembrandt - The Success
Rembrandt - The Withdrawal
Rembrandt - The Bible
George Stubbs*
Constable: The Changing Face of Nature*
Turner**
Delacroix
Caspar David Friedrich*
Art in the Making: Impressionism*
Edvard Munch: the Restless Years*
I'm Mad, I'm Foolish, I'm Nasty*
Emil Nolde
Part of the Struggle*
Francis Bacon*
Vita Futurista*
Piet Mondrian*
Kandinsky**
El Lissitzky*
A Memory of Moholy-Nagy*
Howard Hodgkin: A Study*
Max Ernst: Journey into the Subconscious**
Kindness Week (Max Ernst)**
Marcel Duchamp in His Own Words*
A Mental State*
Henry Moore: London 1940-42**
The Spinney by Jean Dubuffet*
The Genesis of a Sculpture**
If Brains Were Dynamite*
Steinberg**
Eugène Ionesco: Voices, Silences*
Josef Herman Drawings**
Victory over Death: The Paintings of Colin McCahon*
Movable Steel Bridges*
Chichester Theological College*
Etching*
Photomontage Today: Peter Kennard*
Europa Nostra
Genesis*
Submarine
The press excerpts included below are often taken from illustrated full page articles.
Press comments on The Roland Collection website
... the unique marriage of art and technology by a film director.A creative crusade.
Anthony Roland's resulting compilation has been described as "the treasure of the 20th century". The "artway in the sky"...
... an encyclopedia of inspiration and creativity selected from more than 8,000 documentaries.
The Times, London
Time to download Delacroix.
Art lovers need not trek to galleries to see the great works ...
Now accessible at a screen near you: Monet ... Raphael ... Canaletto ... Millais ...
... a 33-year crusade to safeguard the art he loves for posterity has taken on a special dimension.
... an impressive undertaking.
One thing Roland has in common with his fellow collector, Microsoft chief Bill Gates, is an eye for the commercial potential of online art.
Berlin's Central Library, for example, recently purchased a copy of every film in the Roland Collection for public display. But the potential for generating additional sales revenue in cyberspace is considerable.
For Roland, amassing the collection was a labour of love, and he is mindful of his responsibility to the film-makers whose work is now under his stewardship.
The Financial Times, London
... an invaluable role in world culture ... taken steps to bring his collection to a world wide audience ... your launching it now, internationally, in a very special way ... a new, a very modern way of opening your collection up for sale and scrutiny ...
BBC World Service
... of lasting importance, including many rare films dating from the mid-20th century which would otherwise have been lost. The chosen films reflect the notion of art as life-integral and promises that it all interconnects and cross-fertilises in unexpected ways.
NET magazine
His belief is that films on art should be works of art in themselves, with attention given to the music, narration and direction as well as the intrinsic subject matter.
The indexes give a wealth of cross-references to allow searches by title of work, artist's name, country and place name, art form, art movement or style, and subject matter.
This long-awaited comprehensive guide to an impressive collection will be widely welcomed by teachers, art historians, galleries, museums and film-makers.
VIEWFINDER (The Magazine of the British Universities Film and Video Council)
Press comments on the "Videos on Art" printed resource guide to The Roland Collection
... an extraordinary testament to the diverse manifestations of art on the planet.The summaries of the videos, usually illustrated, are educations in a nutshell ...
Artists & Illustrators, London
The guide, extensively illustrated with (large) high quality colour photographs and with substantial, intelligent entries, could almost be used as a reference to the history of art, architecture and design from a wide range of cultures.
... sections give advice on educational levels and age suitability, programmes for deaf or multilingual audiences ...
... an indispensable resource for schools and colleges.
Artists' Newsletter, London
Press comments on ARTSCOPE, a huge circle of 16 open air cinemas presenting The Roland Collection
An art extravaganza on the Mall.Artscope's 100 art films create a living museum.
Magical mystery tour of art.
Space. Air. Dancing light.
Stratosphere beyond stratospheres.
It's a carnival, a festival, a bacchanal and a mass.
Washington Times
Uniquely suited to its site between the Air and Space Museum and the National Gallery of Art.
A campfire-circle for culture vultures.
The brainchild of a collector who accumulates on a large scale.
... the atmosphere is glorious.
Washington Post
Anthony Roland, filmaker and art expert has forged a unique amalgam of international talent ... spectacular ... dazzling
Technically superb film projection in this mobile museum of art films.
Smithsonian Associate
Don't miss the art sensation of the summer.
Corcoran Gallery
The best of all possible things to see and do in this best of all possible cities.
New York Magazine
One of the more intriguing parts of the "Britain Salutes New York" festival.
New York Times
... offers visual delights to the masses.
... a most unusual film festival that combines an open-air museum with an outdoor art gallery.
Daily News, New York City
I must urge everyone to visit the most extraordinary spectacle to be seen anywhere in the festival.
... this kinetic display magically reaches many layers of experience.
Strolling under the stars with headphone trained on sound-tracks, one becomes part of a Surrealist dream.
The Scotsman, Edinburgh
'Artscope', a unique event in art and film history.
... guaranteed to enthrall, astonish and entertain.
... another cultural leap forward in providing art appreciation for all.
Edinburgh Festival News
... guaranteed to make even the most jaded of event producers, sponsors and participants sit up and take notice.
Special Events Report
Press comments on films from The Roland Collection
... a living museum.
Washington Times
... inspiring survey of some of Man's greatest achievements assembled with exquisite taste and perception.
TIME-LIFE, New York City
... only films of the very highest quality.
The Teacher, London
... quality all the way. This one man UNESCO.
The Sunday Times, London
That it required the enterprise and courage of one individual to bring such a concept into being is a matter for amazement.
Telegram in The Times, London
... has fulfilled a worthy ambition ...
Art & Artists, London
... the magnitude of Anthony Roland's faith.
The Guardian, London
Enthusiasm for art ... such a success ...
The Daily Telegraph, London
... exposed to public view in a way no exhibition, however ambitious, could match.
Art & Antiques Weekly, London
... extending the specialised cinema circuit and enlarging the periphery of the London art scene.
Arts Review, London
... beautifully produced ... educationally valuable ... a wonderful collection ... was very much impressed.
The aspects of many art treasures were brought out in extremely beautiful settings and with remarkable perception and imagination ... many art teachers found it very rewarding to take their students.
Visual Education: Nat. Commit. for A.V. Aids in Education
... most discriminating ... Anthony Roland is one of the rarities in the film industry, and out-and-out intellectual ... remarkable success.
Evening Standard, London
... welcomed by all art lovers.
Art & Artists, London
... headed for success ... the world's first art museum presented in film form.
The Christian Science Monitor, Boston
Press comments on films directed by Anthony Roland
... really distinguished ...... stimulant to appreciation ... intensifies the emotional experience that masterpieces can give ... marvellous means of getting the feeling of a work of art, even when the spoken word is dispensed with altogether.
The Times, London
... meticulously composed ...
Nottingham Guardian
I must say I was mesmerised.
... compelling ...
... a relevation: a strength and force disclosed, a mastery made clear.
The Sunday Times, London
... of universal interest .. penetrates very deeply ... the mystery of creative activity in an artist of genius. And the result is a masterly film which can, like a poem by Andrew Marvell or a sonata by Scarlatti, bear endless repetition, each time yielding something fresh and valuable to the spirit.
Arts Review, London
... matching the moments of artistic creation.
The Sunday Telegraph, Sydney
... most ambitious ... relentlessly highminded ... a tone poem ... quiet and imaginative.
The Burlington Magazine, London
... valid and valuable.
Canadian Art, Canada
... the effect is very powerful.
Film News, Sheffield
... a very strong feeling for the artist's style, ideas, and moods ... notable for unity of purpose and coherence, for synchronization of visuals and music.
... shows real feeling for the artist.
Vancouver International Film Festival
... excellent and imaginative ... sensitively made ... musical score always in perfect harmony.
Edinburgh International Film Festival
... taste and restraint ... and wonder.
Sun, London
... impeccably serious ... perceptive and moving.
Sunday Telegraph, London
... remarkable sureness of expression.
La Cinematographie Francaise, Paris
... producing precisely the effect he set out to achieve ... most interesting .. very powerful ... directness and intensity ... an unquieting and fascinating experience in art.
St Louis Globe-Democrat, St Louis
For art lovers and art historians, and many others ...
The Illustrated London News, London
... the rhythm of the images is very beautiful.
Her Vaderland, The Hague
... an air of reality that was uncanny ... brings the experience of drawings by master artists into the consciousness of the spectator ... highly successful ... fresh aspects of art, capable of discussion and evaluation by students and school classes.
Studio International Art, London
... bold ... illuminating and fresh in approach ... so memorable.
London Life, London
In this vivid and startling treatment still pictures become moving scenes, and the style and dynamic spirit of the artist are revealed. It is an experience to see the sketch book of a great artist come to life.
Anglia Television, Great Britain
... a real feeling for the material .. the picture comes alive as it does to only the most sensitive naked eye ... especially valuable ... lucid and moving ... in the hands of Mr Roland art criticism becomes in itself an art as it does only occasionally in the hands of writers ... compelling impact ... an imaginative experience invaluable to the training of deeper responses to art.
Times Educational Supplement, London
Startling musical score; excellent photography; unusual treatment of subject; artistically authentic ... turned stills into a moving scene showing the art and genius of the artist ... editing excellent, especially use of drawings for story ... exciting ... brilliant use of drawings ... intimate; unity - like a poem.
7th Biennial Documentary Film Festival, Canada
The continuity of such an art movie is poetic, in terms of the aesthetics of the motion picture, rather than factual in terms of what it depicts. As a work of art in itself, such a film helps understand and appreciate an artist's work far more subtley and dramatically than any more traditional art-documentary.
Art Voices, New York City
Anthony Roland is an artist. We seem to be sharing the artist's most intimate thoughts in a strange land where the creativity of Delacroix is perfectly matched with the equally creative powers of the film maker. It's uncanny. Anthony Roland, the master of the montage and dissolve ... Henry Moore, London 1940-42 ... The film melts moment by moment into a living and breathing homage to the people of London ... these films will be studied.
Michigan Education Journal
Films on art become art ... most exciting ... the heightened sense of dimension Roland brings to black and white drawings. In preparing his films Roland has gone through thousands of private and museum collections and has brought into pictures of 15 and 50 minute length works of art which would be almost impossible for most persons to seek out. Many of the drawings are not available for public view and in each film there are many surprises ... won many film festival prizes. Here is a new expression engendered, worthy of many more awards to come.
Des Moines Register, Des Moines
... a work that deserves to be seen everywhere.
Le Figaro, Paris
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