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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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20th-Century European Art
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Among the collections of the National
Gallery of Art are outstanding paintings
and sculpture by twentieth-century
European artists Rousseau, Matisse,
Picasso, and Moore. These five documentary
programs were produced in conjunction
with major retrospective exhibitions
organized by the Gallery. Each
video incorporates biographical information,
in-depth looks at individual works of
art, archival photographs, and interviews
with curators and scholars.
Titles on this compilation include:
Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris (30 mins.)
Matisse in Nice (28 mins.)
Picasso and the Saltimbanques (29 mins.)
Picasso and the Circus (7 mins.)
Henry Moore: A Life in Sculpture (25 mins.)
All programs are closed captioned
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American Art, 1785–1926: Seven Artist Profiles
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This DVD contains seven video presentations
on American artists of the nineteenth
century. A thirty-two-page viewer's
guide includes a biography of each artist
and reproductions of featured works.
Titles on this compilation include:
John James Audubon: The Birds of America (29 mins.)
American Impressionist: William Merritt Chase at Shinnecock (26 mins.)
The Landscapes of Frederic Edwin Church (29 mins.)
Winslow Homer: The Nature of the Artist (29 mins.)
Thomas "Yellowstone" Moran (12 mins.)
Important Information Inside: John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting (28 mins.)
James McNeill Whistler: The Lyrics of Art (19 mins.)
All programs are closed captioned
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Ancient Egyptian and Greek Art
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This DVD comprises four video programs made in conjunction with special exhibitions on art and cultures of ancient Egypt and Greece. Location footage
includes the Great Pyramids, the Valley of the Kings, and Deir el-Bahari in Egypt; and several major Greek archaeological monuments including the Parthenon.
Titles are:
Of Time, Tombs and Treasure: Treasures of Tutankhamun (29 mins.)
The Quest for Immortality in Ancient Egypt (27 mins.)
The Quest for Immortality (12 mins.)
The Measure of All Things (16 mins.)
All programs are closed captioned
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Art from Asia
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This DVD comprises four programs made in conjunction with special exhibitions on the art and cultures of China, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Japan. They explore an array of subjects: architecture, landscape gardening, archaeology, music, poetry, storytelling, and sculpture.
Titles include:
Beyond the Yellow River:
Recent Discoveries from Ancient China (20 mins.)
Art of Indonesia (28 mins.)
Sacred Art of Angkor (18 mins.)
Daimyo (28 mins.)
All programs are closed captioned
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Edward Hopper
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Edward 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. Hopper's influences, which vary from French impressionism to the gangster films of the 1930s, are explored through archival photos, footage of locations he painted in New York and along the New England coast, and interviews with artists Eric
Fischl and Red Grooms. (30 mins., closed captioned)
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European Art
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Among the 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. Five programs look at each of these artists and their works; a sixth introduces the European painting collection.
Titles include:
European Art from the National Gallery of Art (30 mins.)
The Feast of the Gods (27 mins.)
Ginevra's Story (58 mins.)
Raphael and the American Collector (18 mins.)
Anthony van Dyck (21 mins.)
Vermeer: Master of Light (57 mins.)
All programs are closed captioned
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J.M.W. Turner
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One of the greatest landscape painters of all times, Joseph Mallord William Turner rendered the subtle effects of light and atmosphere in revolutionary ways. A barber's son, he entered the Royal Academy art school at age fourteen and became, over the course of six decades, the leading British artist of his time. This overview of Turner's career and influences includes footage of locations important to him in Wales, England, and Switzerland, and readings from writers
and artists of the era, including John Ruskin and Lord Byron. (30 mins., closed captioned)
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Late 19th-Century European Art
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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. This DVD contains four video presentations about 19th-century European painters and related art movements.
Titles include:
Paul Gauguin: The Savage Dream (45 mins.)
Toulouse Lautrec and Montmarte (30 mins.)
Édouard Vuillard (30 mins.)
Art Nouveau 1890–1914 (30 mins.)
All programs are closed captioned
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Making Art
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This DVD collection of six video presentations filmed in studios, laboratories, and museum galleries provide rare behind-the-scenes experiences. It introduces art elements, such as color and perspective; demonstrates artistic techniques ranging from sculpture to printmaking; and addresses conservation issues that relate to art objects. Artists interviewed include Sam Gilliam, Roy Lichtenstein, and Sean Scully.
Titles include:
Seeing Color: Object, Light, Observer (27 mins.)
Masters of Illusion (30 mins.)
Art + Science = Conservation (19 mins.)
Introduction to Sculpture (11 mins.)
James McNeill Whistler: His Etchings (22 mins.)
Roy Lichtenstein: The Art of the Graphic Image (20 mins.)
All programs are closed captioned
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