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Through painting, architecture, sculpture, theater, film, and
fashion, the avant-garde of the arts in Russia explored
primitivism, cubo-futurism, and productivism. The optimism and
vitality of Russia's artists were soon crushed by Social Realism,
the official style of Soviet Message Art. This program presents
examples of art produced before and after the controls and
restrictions were placed on creative artists, and explores the
effects and impact of state-controlled art. (89 minutes, color)
Item #BBK751 VHS Format Purchase: $89.95 Includes public
performance rights
Painting America was his life’s work, and Thomas Hart Benton was at the apex of his career when he painted Social History of the State of Missouri. This program explores this, the most ambitious mural by America’s foremost muralist, and its depiction of Missouri’s history from pioneer days to the Depression era. The program is narrated by Benton (using recorded interviews), with additional commentary by historian Bob Priddy. (28 minutes, color) Item #BBK3710 VHS Format Purchase: $149.00 Includes public performance rights
This program provides a portrait of one of America’s
foremost 19th-century painters, whose vivid work provides us with
an unrivaled view of life along the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers. The program also covers Bingham’s role as the
creator of political genre painting. (24 minutes, color)
Item #BBK3711 VHS Format Purchase: $149.00 Includes public
performance rights
A definitive survey of Korean art and culture, this program
spans the ages from 3000 B.C. to the 20th century. Views of
burial mounds, temples, ancient cities, and other historical
sites are interwoven with footage of recovered art treasures such
as gold crowns and jewelry, celadon pottery, landscape and genre
paintings, and Buddhist relics including the gilt bronze Maitreya
(Buddha of the Future). The program also shows art objects from
the National Museum of Korea exhibition “5000 years of
Korean Art.” (58 minutes, color) Item #BBK149 VHS Format
Purchase: $89.95 Includes public performance rights
Peggy Guggenheim acts as tour guide through her Palazzo Venier dei Leoni on Venice's Grand Canal which houses a superb collection of 20th century art. This program, effectively a summary of the art of this century, presents some of the best examples of the work of Picasso, Arp, Ernst, Klee, Leger, Bracque, Miro, Dali, De Chirico, Kandinsky, Moore, Lipchitz, Giacometti, Matini, Brancusi, and others. (44 minutes, color) Item #BBK134 VHS Format Purchase: $89.95 Includes public performance rights
A unique, powerful, first-rate painter overshadowed by her lionized painter-husband, a bisexual woman torn apart by her obsessive love for her faithless husband, Frida Kahlo lived a life of physical and spiritual torment. This program provides personal insights into her work and her torment; it offers a portrait of the woman and the roots of her work in the meaning of her gender. (20 minutes, color) Item #BBK3191 VHS Format Purchase: $129.00Includes public performance rights
The Shahnameh, Iran’s national epic, has been
illustrated again and again over the course of Persian history.
This epic poem, written by the poet Firdausi in the early 11th
century, recounts Persia’s mythological and historical past.
This program traces the development of Shahnameh painting
over three centuries and under the patronage of three distinct
Persian dynasties. Parallels between miniature painting and other
art forms of the time are drawn, and the cultural settings in
which this art flourished are examined. This fascinating look at
a unique art form was produced with the assistance of the Fogg
Art Museum. (30 minutes, color)Item #BBK148
VHS Format Purchase: $89.95 Includes public performance rights
If no other cathedral remained standing to testify to the
development of Western civilization, the Basilica of St. Mark in
Venice could alone communicate the growth and flowering of
European achievement over many centuries. This program, a work of
art in itself, presents the artistic and architectural splendors
of the basilica within the context of the opposing and evolving
cultures that forged the city of Venice. (40 minutes, color) Item
#BBK133 VHS Format Purchase: $89.95
Includes public performance rights