The Great Artists series trains its careful eye on the English Masters in this exquisite collection of brief biographies. Important events in the lives of William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, William Blake, J. M. W. Turner, and John Constable form a mosaic of informed splendor for both the casual observer and devoted student alike. Expert commentary and analyses are provided by leading authorities, art historians, and scholars. Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Blake, Turner, and Constable
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Tour one of the world's finest collection of historic sculptures in this seven-part documentary visit to the Louvre. From the magnificent Venus de Milo and ancient statue of Ramses II to the unfinished slaves of Michelangelo and the Winged Bulls of King Sargon II of Assyria, the journey samples some of the most famous sculptures from the Louvre's 35,000 art objects.
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The BBC takes a typically thorough approach to this television series, which reenacts the lives of many famous Impressionist painters. Actors playing Monet, Bazille, Manet, Cézanne, Renoir, Degas, and Bazille come together for a three-part program full of triumph and tragedy.
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Carhenge is a replica of Stonehenge Located in western Nebraska. Carhenge has become a huge tourist attraction and also a center of local controversy. "Sculptor" Jim Reinders challenges a community's definition of art and freedom of political expression.
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How Art Made the World: A Journey to the Origins of Creativity Book (Softcover)
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This documentary celebrates the art of quilting by featuring selections from the best 100 American quilts of the 20th century, the stories behind their creation and the quilters as they work. The program travels across America to capture the artists at work in their studios and homes and tells the stories behind the creation of these treasures.
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This authoritative and entertaining new series tells the stories of the artists who have captivated and thrilled people around the world for generations. It chronicles the life, times and works of each featured artist and explores their stylistic trademarks.
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Art: 21 enters its third season with an invigorating look at established artists and newcomers, from Laylah Ali, Ellen Gallagher, and Matthew Ritchie to Josiah McElheny, Jessica Stockholder, and Krzysztof Wodiczko. The popular PBS series features behind-the-scenes looks at groundbreaking artists of the new century.
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Art: 21 enters its third season with an invigorating look at established artists and newcomers, from Laylah Ali, Ellen Gallagher, and Matthew Ritchie to Josiah McElheny, Jessica Stockholder, and Krzysztof Wodiczko. The popular PBS series features behind-the-scenes looks at groundbreaking artists of the new century.
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Explore the lives of visual artists who made the Harlem Renaissance one of the 20th century's richest artistic moments. Archival footage, newsreels, and photographs recall the influential force of exhibitions, Harlem's vibrancy in the Roaring Twenties, and significant personalities such as William E. Harmon, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Alain Locke. Watch African-American artists triumph over formidable odds to create lasting beauty.
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This 6-part series opens with "Light in the Darkness," focusing on medieval works, and "A New Dream," which analyzes such Renaissance masters as Michelangelo and da Vinci. "The Age of Splendor" features Baroque masters such as Rembrandt and Rubens, while "Reason and Enlightenment" highlights Rococo artists. "Passion and Revolution" turns to Romantics and landscape artists and "A New Vision," studys Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.
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High on a granite cliff in South Dakota's Black Hills tower four huge carved faces of American presidents. But is Mount Rushmore a monstrosity, or a masterpiece? A temperamental artist, Gutzon Borglum, propelled the project by sheer talent and guts, even as his ego and obsession threatened to tear it apart. Relive the hucksterism and hyperbole of his massive public works project during the Great Depression. Narrated by Michael Murphy.
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Russia's State Hermitage Museum holds 3 million masterpieces of art collected over two and a half centuries. Touring its 6 buildings properly would take months, but this magnificent documentary offers the best brief overview outside St. Petersburg itself. From rare Rembrandts, da Vincis, and Picassos to ancient art from Egypt, Rome, Greece, and China, there is something for every taste. Digitally re-mastered, in 18 segments.
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Edgar Degas spent a lifetime indulging his artistic passion for the dance. This fascinating documentary examines both the French impressionist's work and his art, with dramatic re-creations of his Montmartre studio and a look at the comprehensive 2003 exhibit, Degas and the Dance. DVD extras include archival images of dancers in costume, a Degas time-line highlighting 30 of his best-known works, and commentary by art curators.
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William Segal died in 2000 at age 96, a prolific writer, painter, publisher, and philosopher whose interests attracted filmmaker Ken Burns. The two collaborated on an "interior trilogy," films on Segal's powerful themes. William Segal offers a poignant vignette of the artist working in his studio and garden. Vezelay, inspired by the French basilica, probes issues of identity, while In the Marketplace brings Segal forward into practice.
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This authoritative and beautiful book, which accompanies a major retrospective opening at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., provides a provocative and absorbing look at a beloved artist. The Art of Romare Bearden showcases compelling examples of his pioneering work: complex collages and photostats; watercolors, gouaches, and oils; little-known landscapes; his only known sculpture; costume designs; and book illustrations.
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His art became the most admired--and often, the least understood--of the twentieth century. What secrets fueled Pablo Picasso's remarkable genius? Themes of eroticism, madness, and the supernatural played their parts.
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The second season book interviews Trenton Doyle Hancock, Do-Ho Suh, Kara Walker and Kiki Smith ("Stories"); Gabriel Orozco, Martin Puryear, Collier Schorr, and Janine Antoni; ("Loss and Desire"); Elizabeth Murray, Raymond Pettibon, Eleanor Antin, and Walton Ford ("Humor"); and Vija Clemins and Paul Pfeiffer ("Time"). In texts taken from sessions with producer Susan Sollins, the artists talk about their work in home or work environments.
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Long the most celebrated--and controversial--subject of the artists's eye, the human nude has fascinated artists for millennia. Writer and broadcaster Tim Marlow's four-video series examines the naked truth about artistic portrayals of the human body, from Venus de Milo to the silver screen.
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Few American artists have enjoyed more widespread popularity while alive than Ansel Adams. A visionary photographer, pioneer in technique, and environmental crusader, Adams took part in a revolution in photography, and in the ways he saw "the continuous beauty of the things that are." Ric Burns' film biography of Adams is an intimate portrait of a man for whom life and art were inextricably connected with photography and wilderness.
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Sister Wendy Beckett blends history, culture, and scholarship into one delightful experience. Sister Wendy shares her contagious enthusiasm, poetic descriptions, and warm humor as she guides you through Chicago's Art Institute, Cleveland's Museum of Art, Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum, Los Angeles County's Museum of Art, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
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To view a Picasso is to approach genius, in all its majesty and mystery. But to understand Picasso requires a devotion to the truth behind the public facade. Filmmaker Edward Quinn's monumental biography of Picasso is that rare mixing of art and observation, of textures and secrets, filmed with the collaboration of the artist. "A true stroke of genius," writes the New York Times.
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They say a good picture is worth a thousand words. In Norman Rockwell's case, the value would require a vocabulary in the millions. The genial, gifted artist who decorated Saturday Evening Post covers for five decades bridged the 20th century, from horse-and-buggy days to the first moon landing. This notable documentary recreates the life of a simple but memorable American icon.
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A group of young, untrained African American landscape painters emerged from central Florida's Fort Pierce in the late 1950s and early '60s. Segregation and racial attitudes of the time kept their work out of traditional art galleries, so they traveled throughout the state selling paintings from the trunks of cars. Today those paintings may bring thousands, and are considered an important part of Florida's 20th-century cultural history.
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In this engaging 14-part series, art historian Tim Marlow explores the lives and works of history's greatest artists. Filmed throughout the world, THE GREAT ARTISTS offers candid appraisals of familiar names Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh. Other artists studied include Giotto di Bondone, Albrecht Durer, Raphael, Titian, Pieter Bruegel, El Greco, Rubens, Velazquez, Vermeer, and J. M. W. Turner. With English subtitles.
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This documentary traces the different ways artists have depicted Jesus throughout history. Narrated by Mel Gibson, Ricardo Montalban, Bill Moyers, Edward Herrmann, and Patricia Neal, the program uses state-of-the-art digital technology and motion control photography to reconstruct and relocate works into original locations.
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Three hundred color illustrations fill this unique tribute to the art of six American museums, all under the watchful eye of Sister Wendy Beckett. The British Carmelite nun and art expert extraordinaire has selected 150 paintings, sculptures, ceramic pots, stained glass panes, furniture, and costumes to complete her American Collection. This 288-page hardback book is companion to the video series.
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This richly illustrated series companion book introduces America's most interesting artists. Four sections-Identity, Place, Consumption, and Spirituality-explore such provocative issues as how artists address sexual or racial identity, and how creativity is affected by changing notions of place in the era of transnationalism and cyberspace. Artists represented include Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, Maya Lin, Matthew Barney, and Barbara Kruger.
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Take an in-depth look at the life of the fabled Dutch artist, Rembrandt van Rijn, whose masterpieces still hold the imagination of viewers centuries after his death. Revisit the private life of the Dutch master, from impressionable childhood to turbulent love life and international acclaim. Follow Rembrandt's footsteps through Leiden and Amsterdam in this two-disc set, featuring rare maps and a "printstudio" of his most famous work.
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