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4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 97 pages ; 19 cm). |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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Great courses (DVD). Music & fine arts |
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Great courses (DVD). Music & fine arts.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Cast |
Professor William Kloss, independent art historian, The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution. |
| Credits |
Producer/editor, Jaimee M. Aigret ; content supervisor, Pamela Greer ; directors, Jonathan Leven, Wendy Scarbrough ; camera, Jim M. Allen, Alexis Doty, Robert Evans, Daniel Bloom. |
| Note |
Twenty-four lectures, 30 minutes each. |
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Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their qualities of uniqueness, impact, and emotional and intellectual resonance. The lectures are arranged chronologically, showing what painters of contrasting traditions and cultures were doing in the same period, thus following the progressive unfolding of each painter's art. These lectures open rich perspectives on Western civilization through encounters with some of the most significant, daring, and sublime paintings in Western art. |
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Disc 1. Greatness in painting ; Majesty of Duccio and Giotto ; Acts of faith : Masaccio, Van Eyck, Van der Weyden ; The Diversity of Piero, Mantegna, Botticelli ; Devotion of Bellini, Geertgen, Dürer ; Masterworks by Leonardo, Raphael, Correggio. |
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Disc 2. Great ensembles : Michelangelo and Grünewald ; Ideal and real : Giorgione, Titian, Holbein ; Living and dying : Bruegel, El Greco, Caravaggio ; Life stories by Ter Brugghen, Rubens, Steen ; Inside Vermeer, Velázquez, Rembrandt ; Spirit and thought: Hals, Rembrandt, La Tour. |
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Disc 3. Serenity of Poussin, Claude, Watteau ; In contrast : Chardin, Tiepolo, Gainsborough ; Dark images of David, Goya, Friedrich ; Worlds of Constable, Turner, Delacroix ; Dark to bright : Courbet, Church, Monet ; Alone and together : Whistler, Degas, Renoir. |
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Disc 4. Unlike any other : Sargent, Manet, Seurat ; Close observation : Cézanne, Van Gogh, Homer ; Human condition : Munch, Matisse, Schiele ; Art in time of war : Monet and Picasso ; Time and memory : Magritte, Hopper, Gorky ; Expressive abstractions : Pollock and Hofmann. |
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Duccio, di Buoninsegna, -1319?
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Giotto, 1266?-1337.
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Masaccio, 1401-1428.
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Piero, della Francesca, 1416?-1492.
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Geertgen, tot Sint Jans, approximately 1460-1495.
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
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Raphael, 1483-1520.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
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Giorgione, 1477-1511.
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Titian, approximately 1488-1576.
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Greco, 1541?-1614.
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669.
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Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440.
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Weyden, Rogier van der, 1399 or 1400-1464.
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Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506.
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Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 1445-1510.
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Bellini, Giovanni, 1426?-1516.
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Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.
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Correggio, 1489?-1534.
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Grünewald, Matthias, active 16th century.
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Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543.
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Bruegel, Pieter, approximately 1525-1569.
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Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610.
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Terbrugghen, Hendrik, 1588?-1629.
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Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.
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Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.
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Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675.
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Velázquez, Diego, 1599-1660.
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Hals, Frans, 1584-1666.
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La Tour, Georges du Mesnil de, 1593-1652.
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Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.
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Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682.
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Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721.
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Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon, 1699-1779.
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Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista, 1696-1770.
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788.
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David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825.
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Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828.
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Friedrich, Caspar David, 1774-1840.
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Constable, John, 1776-1837.
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.
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Delacroix, Eugène, 1798-1863.
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Courbet, Gustave, 1819-1877.
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Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900.
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Monet, Claude, 1840-1926.
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Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903.
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Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917.
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Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919.
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Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
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Manet, Édouard, 1832-1883.
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Seurat, Georges, 1859-1891.
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Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906.
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Gogh, Vincent van, 1820-1888.
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Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910.
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Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944.
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Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954.
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Schiele, Egon, 1890-1918.
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Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
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Magritte, René, 1898-1967.
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Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967.
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Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948.
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Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956.
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Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966.
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Masterpiece, Artistic.
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Painting.
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Art appreciation.
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Art, European.
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Art, American.
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Art, Dutch.
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Art, Flemish.
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Art, French.
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Art, German.
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Art, Italian.
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Art, Renaissance.
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Art, Baroque.
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Art, Modern.
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Abstract expressionism.
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Art nouveau.
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Cubism.
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Classicism in art.
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Fauvism.
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Impressionism (Art)
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Neo-impressionism (Art)
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Realism in art.
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Romanticism in art.
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Surrealism.
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Symbolism (Art movement)
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| Genre/Form |
Instructional films.
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Educational films.
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Filmed lectures.
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| Added Author |
Kloss, William. Teacher.
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Aigret, Jaimée M. Producer. Film editor.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598036599 |
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9781598036596 |
| Music No. |
7126 Teaching Co. |
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PD7126A Teaching Co. |
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ID7126A-01 Great Courses |
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