Art
Mary Cassatt: Impressionist from Philadelphia
VHS, 30 min., 1975
The first film devoted to this major American artist is a vivid, many-faceted portrait of the woman and her work. Cassatt is the only American to exhibit in four major Impressionist shows and is now recognized as one of the five great American artists of the 19th century.
The first film devoted to this major American artist is a vivid, many-faceted portrait of the woman and her work. Cassatt is the only American to exhibit in four major Impressionist shows and is now recognized as one of the five great American artists of the 19th century.
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Dorothea Lange: A Visual Life
VHS, 48 min., 1994
A tapestry of candid, often conflicting insights into the photographer Dorothea Lange’s life and art. Lange reveals her philosophical approach to photography, her passion for her medium and the conflicts in her work and family life. We are taken into Lange’s confidence as she strives to maker photographs emotionally charged as well as historically accurate. The result is an engaging portrait of this extraordinary and complex visual artist.
A tapestry of candid, often conflicting insights into the photographer Dorothea Lange’s life and art. Lange reveals her philosophical approach to photography, her passion for her medium and the conflicts in her work and family life. We are taken into Lange’s confidence as she strives to maker photographs emotionally charged as well as historically accurate. The result is an engaging portrait of this extraordinary and complex visual artist.
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O'Keeffe
VHS, 60 min., 1977
A visually arresting documentary on American painter Georgia O'Keefe. This sensitive presentation looks behind the legend to reveal a woman who was also full of warmth, humor, and practical wisdom. The film lets the artist speak for herself. In doing so, it balances facts with her own impressions of her life and art. The picture fills the screen with lesser-known paintings, early sketches, and her large desert images.
A visually arresting documentary on American painter Georgia O'Keefe. This sensitive presentation looks behind the legend to reveal a woman who was also full of warmth, humor, and practical wisdom. The film lets the artist speak for herself. In doing so, it balances facts with her own impressions of her life and art. The picture fills the screen with lesser-known paintings, early sketches, and her large desert images.
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
VHS, 29 min., ND
Sidney Portier's narration underscores rare film footage of Robeson at home and abroad, and highlights of his accomplishments from the theater, the concert stage, and the movie studio.
Sidney Portier's narration underscores rare film footage of Robeson at home and abroad, and highlights of his accomplishments from the theater, the concert stage, and the movie studio.
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Seminars in Modern Art
DVD, 21 min. each or Slide/tapes, 19 min. each, 1975, Teacher's guide available
Seminars in Modern Art introduces audiences of varying educational backgrounds to modern art. It is the next best thing to a guided tour through the best art museums of the world.
1-The Break With Tradition - Explains one of the most revolutionary aspects of impressionistic painting the use of color as seen in the works of Manet, Pissaro, and Renoir.
2-The Reconstruction of Space - Highlights Cubism and traces the influence of Cezanne's cubist style on Braque and Picasso.
3-Exploring the Heart and the Mind - Discusses the Expressionist and Surrealist artists who sought to reveal deep feelings and subconscious thoughts in their paintings. Includes works by Rousseau, Redon, Rouault, Matisse, Nolde, Kirchner, Kandinski, and others.
4-Contemporary Trends - Describes the American art scene in the 1940's, when painters in New York developed Abstract Expressionism. Among the artists represented are Jackson Pollock, Willem deKooning, Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko.
Seminars in Modern Art introduces audiences of varying educational backgrounds to modern art. It is the next best thing to a guided tour through the best art museums of the world.
1-The Break With Tradition - Explains one of the most revolutionary aspects of impressionistic painting the use of color as seen in the works of Manet, Pissaro, and Renoir.
2-The Reconstruction of Space - Highlights Cubism and traces the influence of Cezanne's cubist style on Braque and Picasso.
3-Exploring the Heart and the Mind - Discusses the Expressionist and Surrealist artists who sought to reveal deep feelings and subconscious thoughts in their paintings. Includes works by Rousseau, Redon, Rouault, Matisse, Nolde, Kirchner, Kandinski, and others.
4-Contemporary Trends - Describes the American art scene in the 1940's, when painters in New York developed Abstract Expressionism. Among the artists represented are Jackson Pollock, Willem deKooning, Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko.
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The Stone Carvers
VHS, 29 min., 1987
This award-winning documentary captures the work and the infectious spirit of a small group of Italian American artisans who have spent their lives carving designs on The Washington Cathedral, a gothic monument begun in 1907 and still under construction.
This award-winning documentary captures the work and the infectious spirit of a small group of Italian American artisans who have spent their lives carving designs on The Washington Cathedral, a gothic monument begun in 1907 and still under construction.
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The Treasures of Tutankhamun
VHS, 56 min. or Slide/tapes (2 parts), 40 min., 1979
A former Metropolitan Museum director narrates the unfolding of the dramatic discovery of priceless Egyptian treasures the story of King Tut. This program features slides of the treasures with rare photos from Howard Carter's 1932 expedition when King Tut's tomb was first uncovered.
A former Metropolitan Museum director narrates the unfolding of the dramatic discovery of priceless Egyptian treasures the story of King Tut. This program features slides of the treasures with rare photos from Howard Carter's 1932 expedition when King Tut's tomb was first uncovered.
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Why Man Creates
DVD, 45 min., 1971, Teacher's guide available
This series deals with our varying self-images which are reflected in our artworks from early cave art to free expression in 20th-century art.
1-Man Creates: In His Own Image - Explores the origins of the need to create. Many of the earlier images represented gods, often gods which took the more adaptable form of animals. We also made magical images of ourselves, to proclaim and perpetuate our own existence.
2-Man Creates: For God & Country - Artists in Ancient Egypt created great tombs to ensure the immortality of power. In Greece, the center of art was humanity and idealistic beauty. The anonymous Middle Ages artists raised our minds from the earthly self to the heavens with liturgical objects and great cathedrals.
3-Man Creates: For Love or Money - The Renaissance ushered in a radically different and challenging era for artists. The legacy of Greece and Rome became the humanistic model and with the support of the upper-middle-class patrons came a new freedom of creation. By the 20th century, the artist found inspiration outside the bounds of patronage and tradition though artists continue to create for money.
This series deals with our varying self-images which are reflected in our artworks from early cave art to free expression in 20th-century art.
1-Man Creates: In His Own Image - Explores the origins of the need to create. Many of the earlier images represented gods, often gods which took the more adaptable form of animals. We also made magical images of ourselves, to proclaim and perpetuate our own existence.
2-Man Creates: For God & Country - Artists in Ancient Egypt created great tombs to ensure the immortality of power. In Greece, the center of art was humanity and idealistic beauty. The anonymous Middle Ages artists raised our minds from the earthly self to the heavens with liturgical objects and great cathedrals.
3-Man Creates: For Love or Money - The Renaissance ushered in a radically different and challenging era for artists. The legacy of Greece and Rome became the humanistic model and with the support of the upper-middle-class patrons came a new freedom of creation. By the 20th century, the artist found inspiration outside the bounds of patronage and tradition though artists continue to create for money.
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Art