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"From the U.S. Navy's 1934 confiscation of a painting of sailors on shore leave to contemporary culture wars over funding for the arts, conflicts surrounding homosexuality and creative freedom have shaped the history of modern art in America. Richard Meyer's Outlaws Representation tells the charged story of this strife through pioneering analysis of the works of gay artists and the circumstances under which these works have been attacked, suppressed,...
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[2010]
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1 online resource (1 video file (6 min., 43 sec)) : sound, color.
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Van Rijn Rembrandt lived from 1606-1669. The Dutch painter completedmany portraits in his young years; he wanted to capture the emotional experience and concentrated on self-portraits. In this Film Ideas video, explore Rembrandt's romanticlife, his zest for life, and his approach to painting.
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[2010]
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1 online resource (1 video file (7 min., 20 sec)) : sound, color.
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Gustav Klimt lived from 1862-1918. The "Poet of Viennese Sexuality" turned the capital of Austria into the laboratory of revelation. In this Film Ideas video, explore Klimt's early life,painting style, portrait themes, and artistic career.
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[2010]
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1 online resource (1 video file (7 min., 11 sec)) : sound, color.
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Pierre Auguste Renoir lived from 1841-1919. The French painter had an ability to see the world in bright colors despite hardships. In this Film Ideas video, explore Renoir's early life, education, painting styleromantic life,and artistic career.
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[2010]
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1 online resource (1 video file (6 min., 53 sec)) : sound, color.
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Sandro Botticelli lived from 1445-1510. The Early Renaissance Italian artist gainednotoriety three centuries after his death. In this Film Ideas video, explore Botticelli's early life, personality, education, works, and artistic success.
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[2010]
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1 online resource (1 video file (7 min., 6 sec)) : sound, color.
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Vincent Van Gogh lived from 1853-1890. The Dutch painter put his heart and sold into his work. In this Film Ideas video, explore Van Gogh's early life, personality, art studies, vocations, works, romantic life, mental health, and artistic career.
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[2010]
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1 online resource (1 video file (7 min., 7 sec)) : sound, color.
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El Greco lived from 1541-1614. The Spanish artist had an unusual artistic style that sparked controversy almost 400 years after his death. In this Film Ideas video, explore his early life, education, romantic life, and artwork.
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[2019]
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1 online resource (1 video file (49 min., 53 sec)) : sound.
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This episode sees actress Lily Cole examine four of the 20th century's greatest artists and writers. Lily explores the lives of Pablo Picasso, Virginia Woolf, Alfred Hitchcock and Andy Warhol - finding out what inspired their most celebrated works, and why they still resonate today. In the 20th century, history unfolded at a rate humanity could barely keep up with and helping us process these seismic shifts were a group of complex, sometimes dark...
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2005
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Thomas Eakins is widely considered one of the great American painters, an artist whose uncompromising realism helped move American art from the Victorian era into the modern age. He is also acclaimed as a paragon of integrity, one who stood up for his artistic beliefs even when they brought him personal and professional difficulty - as when he was fired from the Pennsylvania Academy of Art for removing a model's loincloth in a drawing class. Yet beneath...
55) The bird artist
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"My name is Fabian Vas," the titular bird artist introduces himself before confessing, "I murdered the lighthouse keeper, Botho August." Born in 1891, Fabian lives in the remote settlement of Witless Bay in Newfoundland, where amidst family dysfunction he discovers a talent for nature illustration--particularly birds. But when he gets involved with manipulative pilot's daughter Margaret Handle and Fabian's mother begins an affair with the local lighthouse...
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Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming a successful artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his artist mother's careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal. Nora Eldridge, a 37-year-old elementary school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts has become the 'woman upstairs', a reliable friend and tidy neighbor always...
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[2014]
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1 online resource (1 video file (59 min., 9 sec.)) : sound, color.
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In the final program of the series, Professor Amanda Vickery explores the explosion of creative opportunities for women as the 20th century dawned. Travelling from London and Paris to the remote Swedish countryside and the bleak desert landscape of New Mexico; this was a time where Western women were demanding ever increasing roles across society and female artists found the strength to push the boundaries of art even further.
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[2014]
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1 online resource (1 video file (59 min., 26 sec.)) : sound, color.
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Professor Amanda Vickery's journey to uncover the story of female creativity reaches the 18th century. The focus turns to the industrial powerhouse that is Britain and the glittering French court of Marie Antoinette. Despite being regarded as second class citizens when it came to art, this was an era when ingenious women seized a galaxy of fresh opportunities to stamp their creativity on the age; from a designer who would revitalize the British silk...
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[2014]
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1 online resource (1 video file (59 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color.
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Professor Amanda Vickery journeys from Renaissance Italy to the Dutch Republic and discovers a hidden world of female artistry. By digging in storerooms, convents, and basements she rescues dazzling female artists from the shadows, and reveal stories of courage and determination in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.





