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20th-Century American Art
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The National Gallery of Art's East
Building 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 such as Calder, Smith,
de Kooning, Bearden, and Lichtenstein.
Titles on this compilation include:
Mobile by Alexander Calder (24 mins.)
David Smith, American Sculptor,
1906–1965 (28 mins.)
Willem de Kooning: Paintings (12 mins.)
The Art of Romare Bearden (30 mins.)
Roy Lichtenstein: The Art of
the Graphic Image (20 mins.)
All programs are closed captioned
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Mobile by Alexander Calder
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The first work of art placed in the National Gallery's East Building, this mobile is also one of the last major pieces by one of America's great artists,
Alexander Calder. The program takes viewers on an absorbing journey as Calder, architect I. M. Pei, artist/engineer Paul Matisse, craftsmen, and museum
officials face the challenges of producing this large, technically complex piece. (24 mins. with viewer's guide, closed captioned)
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The National Gallery Builds
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This film highlights the East Building's architectural conception and construction, beginning with the challenge initially faced by architect I. M. Pei. Documentation of construction includes footage of the works of art commissioned for the building from artists such as Henry Moore and Alexander Calder.(13 mins., closed captioned)
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National Gallery of Art, Washington
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This encyclopedic reference contains more than 1,500 paintings and sculpture by more than 600 artists in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art. High-quality color images and details permit close study of the works. Indexes allow the works to be searched thematically by author or period. Also included are biographies of individual artists, a dictionary of terms, and regional maps.
Note: Available for a nine-month loan period, permitting extended use in classroom or library settings.
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A Place To Be: The Construction of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art
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This film traces in detail the creation of
this impressive structure from idea to
completion. Various sequences show the
participation of artists Henry Moore,
Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Robert
Motherwell, James Rosati, and Alexander
Calder; architects I. M. Pei and Partners;
the builders; and Paul Matisse, who engineered
and fabricated Calder's mobile. (58 mins., closed captioned)
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A Place To Be: The Construction of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, 1968–1978
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This film traces in detail the creation of
this impressive structure from idea to
completion. Various sequences show the
participation of artists Henry Moore,
Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Robert
Motherwell, James Rosati, and Alexander
Calder; architects I. M. Pei and Partners;
the builders; and Paul Matisse, who engineered
and fabricated Calder's mobile. (58 mins.)
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