Traces the development of fine American furniture, pointing out relationships with English styles. 27 slides, audiocassette (30 mins.), and text

This program explores Peto's art in the context of his native Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he trained. Live footage shows the artist's home and studio in Island Heights, New Jersey, which reveal the artist's temperament in their design and object collections—the very forms found in his paintings. A survey of the development of still-life painting in American art is also included. (28 mins., closed captioned)

This slide survey based upon a newly published guide provides information on more than thirty-five highlights from the Gallery's collections. Interspersed with commentaries on single objects are "Master Class" spreads, which offer in-depth looks at specific themes, artists, and works of art. Image CD with 80 images and 66-page book in English, French, and Spanish
(Slideset version with 80 slides also available)

Although Whistler is best known as a painter, his graphics are of equal importance. This program traces the development of Whistler's style and techniques, from his earliest French Set etchings of the 1850s through the images of Venice and Amsterdam completed toward the end of his career. Image CD with 27 works of art, audiocassette (50 mins.), and text (Slideset version with 27 slides also available)

Audubon documented the great variety of American birds and wrote extensively on nature and the American wilderness. Using quotations from his journals and his original drawings and engravings, this film tells the unique story of Audubon's artistic development and his uncompromising devotion to publishing The Birds of America. Works of art are interwoven with live-motion nature photography and footage of sites prominent in Audubon's life and work. (29 mins. with viewer's guide, closed captioned)