George Bellows
Arriving in New York in 1904, George Bellows depicted America on the move. In a twenty-year career cut short by his untimely death at age forty-two, he painted the rapidly growing city of New York.

Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape
Celebrated as one of the greatest modern artists, Joan Miró developed a visual language that reflected his vision and energy in a variety of styles across many media.

20th-Century American Art
The East Building of the National Gallery of Art is a constantly changing mosaic where the expanding collection of twentieth-century art on view includes paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by American artists.

20th-Century European Art
Among the collections of the National Gallery of Art are outstanding paintings and sculpture by twentieth-century European artists Rousseau, Matisse, Picasso, and Moore. 

American Art, 1785–1926: Seven Artist Profiles
This DVD and viewer's guide focuses on seven American artists of the nineteenth century, including Audubon, Chase, Church, Homer, Moran, Peto, and Whistler. 

Ancient Egyptian and Greek Art
This DVD comprises four programs with location footage made in conjunction with special exhibitions on art and cultures of ancient Egypt and Greece.

Art from Asia
This DVD comprises four programs made in conjunction with special exhibitions on the art and cultures of China, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Japan exploring their architecture, landscaping, archaeology, music, poetry, storytelling, and sculpture. 

European Art
Among outstanding European paintings at the National Gallery of Art are Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and masterworks by Giovanni Bellini, Raphael, Vermeer, and Van Dyck.

Late Nineteenth-Century European Art
The final decades of the nineteenth century witnessed the development of new art forms and styles as a reaction to the academic traditions that have prevailed for over a century. 

Making Art
This DVD collection of six presentations filmed in studios, laboratories, and museum galleries provide rare behind-the-scenes experiences. It introduces art elements, demonstrates artistic techniques, and addresses conservation issues. 

New World Archaeology
This DVD includes two programs—on the ancient Olmec and Maya—including live footage of major sites in Mesoamerica. 

Programs about the National Gallery of Art
These four programs provide detailed views about the National Gallery of Art, and its history, development, and construction; founder Andrew W. Mellon; and architects John Russell Pope and I. M. Pei. 

All About Prints
All About Prints invites novices and experienced collectors alike to explore the art of printmaking from the perspective of influential curators, collectors, dealers, artists, and printers. 

Arcimboldo: Nature and Fantasy
Giuseppe Arcimboldo's imaginative combinations of fruits, vegetables, and flowers create allegorical portraits of emperors and witty caricatures of their courtiers, which won him the highest artistic honors bestowed by the Holy Roman Empire. 

From Impressionism To Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection
A shrewd businessman, Chester Dale earned the fortune that enabled him and his wife Maud to assemble one of the finest art collections in America during the early twentieth century that was later gifted to the National Gallery of Art. 

Gauguin: Maker of Myth
More than one hundred works by Paul Gauguin—including many of his most sumptuous, appealing colorful images—appear in Gauguin: Maker of Myth, the first major exhibition of his work in the United States in twenty years. 

Edward Hopper
Hopper, one of America's most admired artists, captured the shared realities of American life with poignancy and enigmatic beauty. His iconic images, set in unexceptional places, reveal the poetry of quiet, private moments. 

A Place To Be: The Construction of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, 1968–1978
This film traces in detail the creation of this impressive structure from idea to completion by architects I. M. Pei and Partners with participation from various contemporary artists. 

Pompeii and the Roman Villa
This film explores art and culture around the Bay of Naples before Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Artists created frescoes, sculpture, and luxurious objects in gold, silver, and glass for villa owners as well as residents of Pompeii and nearby. 

Seeing Color: Object, Light, Observer
The DVD includes the film Seeing Color, plus additional background information about the artists featured, pigments, optics, the physiology of color vision and perception, and the history of color theory from Aristotle to the twentieth century.

J. M. W. Turner
One of the greatest landscape painters of all times, Joseph Mallord William Turner rendered the subtle effects of light and atmosphere in revolutionary ways. 

Adoration of the Magi
Close-ups of the Florentine painting The Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi are accompanied by verses from the Coventry-cycle miracle plays and medieval and Renaissance music.

Adventures in Art
A tour through an art museum can be an adventure in perception. This film offers such a tour, guided by actress Julie Harris, who discusses color, composition, and light and shade, along with pertinent historical facts.

American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850–1875
Notable for their poetic light and dramatic color, luminist landscapes are also fascinating reflections of American attitudes at a crucial period in the nation's history.

Awareness Series: American Art
Short, evocative studies of works by major artists represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Art—Copley, Catlin, Cassatt, and American naïve painters—are designed as starting points for group discussion of the art and artist.

Awareness Series: Modern Masters
Short, evocative studies of works by seven major artists represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Art—Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Gauguin, Cezanne, and Picasso—are designed as starting points for discussion of the art and artist.

Awareness Series: Old Masters
Short, evocative studies of works by old masters in the collections of the National Gallery of Art—Rembrandt, Rubens, El Greco, Fragonard, Goya, Blake, and Turner—are designed as starting points for group discussion of the art and artist.

The Christmas Story in Art
From the Annunciation through the Flight into Egypt, the story of Christ's birth is seen in paintings by Italian and Flemish masters of the Renaissance.

The Eye of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a man of remarkable achievements. This film surveys his artistic interests and creative accomplishments.

Femme/Woman: A Tapestry by Joan Miró
One of the works commissioned for the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Joan Miró's tapestry Femme, was made in Tarragona, Spain.

Leonardo: To Know How to See
This film reveals the genius and accomplishments of the Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. His best-known paintings are shown, including the Mona Lisa and the National Gallery's Ginevra de' Benci.

Picasso: The Early Years
Take a behind-the-scenes tour through the exhibition Picasso: The Early Years, 1892–1906 with the curator, conservator, and museum educators. Discussion touches on the themes in Picasso's art and changes in his style.

Reflections: The Treasure Houses of Britain
This is the behind-the-scenes story of the creation of The Treasure Houses of Britain, one of the most ambitious exhibitions undertaken at the National Gallery of Art.

The Shaw Memorial: Power and the Glory of Public Art
Augustus Saint-Gaudens's Shaw Memorial, which memorializes the North's first African American regiment, is the focus of discussions among historians, curators, educators, and descendants of the Civil War soldiers.