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Courage, loyalty, justice, to name a few, are some of the abstract concepts expressed through associative images: a pining dog lying on his master's tomb, the blindfolded Justitia with her scales and sword. This program looks at a wide range of symbols, at allegory, and at larger symbolic works like a monument commemorating the victims of World War II.
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Art appreciation requires an understanding of the medium, the subject matter, and the subtexts inherent in the artists' techniques. In this program, correspondent Paul Solman and art historian Wen Fong visit an exhibit that is emblematic of Imperial China from the 8th century to the 17th. Styles discussed include the Imperial "propaganda" of the Sung and Ming dynasties; the wild spontaneity of Qwai Su's calligraphy, akin to the action painting method...
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This program spotlights 33 works of Chinese art seldom ever seen outside of the National Palace Museum. Spanning approximately 5,000 years of history, this diverse collection of pieces includes a Neolithic pottery jar; bronze fangzun and fangyi vessels from the late Shang-early Zhou period; a bronze ding vessel from the Late Western Zhou period; a Tang figurine in sancai glaze; a Ming cup in doucai enamels; and a Qing cylindrical curio cabinet. Displayed...
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This program takes a deep look into Hokusai's The Great Wave, interpreting the story it tells and scrutinizing formal aspects ranging from the perfect spiral that underpins the wave, to the spiritual balance between water and sky, to the fractal-like nature of the wavelets. Footage of artisans at work demonstrates how plates for The Great Wave were cut, inked, and successively impressed onto paper in vivid colors. Additional examples of Hokusai's...
5) The Louvre
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Before this film, no one else—including the French—was ever permitted to film the Louvre. The priceless treasures and incomparable art can be shared through the eyes of award-winning filmmaker Lucy Jarvis. Set against the panoramic history of France and hosted by Charles Boyer, the Louvre, regal palace and home to so many of the world's great gifts of art, becomes The Louvre, a film acclaimed and winner of 14 national and international awards—so...
8) Art
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The beauty of flowers have been captured by many artists such as Monet, Van Gogh, O'Keefe, Botanists, and flowers appear in paintings, portraits, designs, pots.
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Lang Lang is already an undisputed international star of the piano. A "Wunderkind" like Mozart, Lang Lang is a demi-god in China and a superstar in the rest of the world. Portrait of An Exceptional Artistreveals not only a piano prodigy, but also a deeply involved artist and mentor.From his lessons in China, to his master classes in France, the passing of his expertise to others is central to Lang Lang's life and work.This documentary lets us discover...
10) Digital Art
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The most significant artistic development of the 21st century. A new movement where artists create art through a computer called: Digital Art.
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In the second part of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," Mr. Collins arrives and proposes to Elizabeth who rejects him, to Mrs. Bennett's dismay. Elizabeth forms an acquaintance with militia officer Wickham, who relates his mistreatment by Darcy. At the Netherfield Ball, Darcy becomes aware of the expectation that Jane and Charles Bingley will marry. Mrs. Bennett is distraught when Mr. Collins proposes to Charlotte Lucas, who accepts, and the Bingleys...
12) Art Commentary
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Artists across Africa are using their imaginations and redefining the meaning of art, one piece at a time.
13) Kitsch
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Prevalence of Kitsch Taste in Culture. The fad of Kitsch is based on the ability to mass produce art. They were made with a limited shelf life. This is marketed towards middle class.
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As cuts in federal and state funding continue to erode support for public school fine arts programs and field trips, opportunities for children to experience the visual arts, music, dance, and theater are disappearing. In this documentary, Kerry Bennington, of the Krasl Art Center, and other concerned experts trace the evolution of the arts in America and enter into the debate over whether the fine arts are an educational asset or an elitist diversion...
15) Double vision
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From the multiple perspectives in Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Marriage to the multiple soup cans of Andy Warhol, Western art abounds with examples of "double vision." This program looks first at duplication within works of art via mirrors, naturally reflective surfaces, and shadows and then at stylized repetition, whether it be through patterns integral to a work or through patterns that in themselves constitute the work. More esoteric aspects, such...
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What do Piero della Francesca's Dream of Constantine and Edward Hopper's Summer Evening have in common with the films The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The Night of the Hunter? This program analyzes the lights that illuminate the night-from candles and street lights, to the moon, to Ingo Maurer's hologram of a neon-rendered light bulb-and the way artists make use of them to create revealing contrasts and to direct the viewer's gaze. Technical aspects...
17) Art and science
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Not so long ago it was fashionable to think of the arts and sciences as opposites, but recent developments are casting doubt on this point of view. Today's artists utilize a multitude of sophisticated technologies based on scientific principles. Cameras, for example, are much-simplified replicas of the human eye. Other artists make use of everyday, but nevertheless captivating, technology. Examples include neon lighting and even copy-art, which uses...
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Thanks to the efforts of dedicated visionaries, there is an intergenerational learning experience spreading across the country. This fine arts forum invites the creators and supporters of outstanding school and community programs to take center stage. Together they share the positive impact the programs are having on students and the public at large, promoting art education and helping to ensure that the nation's artistic reservoir will grow in vitality...
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Expressing a dead body, wrote Leon Baptista Alberti, in 1435, "is one of the most difficult things in the world." This program examines the portrayal of death in art, from ancient times to the post-World War II era. Sarcophagi, paintings, sculptures, funerary statuary, news photos, cinema, mixed media, and a living pieta reveal the intricacies and nuances of rendering incidents of natural, accidental, and violent death, including Jesus' crucifixion....
20) Slumber
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What is it about slumber that has beguiled artists and viewers alike, down through the centuries? This program focuses mainly on depictions of sleeping women-clothed, partially bared, and totally nude-in paintings, sculptures, engravings, art photos, and film, from the medieval period to mid-20th century. Topics include the latent eroticism and voyeurism inherent in such subject matter, symbolism such as entanglement in bedding, the use of veils as...