Fall 2011
These are the videos for Humanities 1101 CIL.
Painting
- Faith Ringgold;the last story quilt
- Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A profile of the life and work of Faith Ringgold, noted Afro-American woman artist who specializes in painting on quilts and other cloth surfaces
- In our own time
- Publication information: Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Examines abstract expressionism and art since World War II. Discusses works of various artists including Jackson Pollack, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Joseph Beuys, and Yves Klein. Also discusses large-scale environmental works, such as James Turrell's reshaping of a huge volcanic cone in the Painted Desert of Arizona
Contents: pt. 1. Abstract expressionism, Pollack, Warhol, Lichtenstein and Oldenburg -- pt. 2. The international art world
- Monet;legacy of light
- Publication information: [Chicago?] : Home Vision [distributor], c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Presents Monet's story as an artist and a giant of the Impressionist movement. Uses his own words, with excerpts from journals, personal interviews, and of course his magnificent paintings
- Romare Bearden;visual jazz
- Publication information: Chappaqua, NY : L & S Video Enterprises, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A bold brilliant artist, Romare Bearden created collages and paintings of stunning humanity in which he aimed to do nothing less than to redefine the image of man in terms of the African-American experience
- The shock of the new.
- Publication information: New York : Ambrose Video Pub. [distributor], [1988], c1979
Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explores Western art during the period 1870-1914 and shows how the artists of this period reflected the fragmentation and mechanization of urban life
- 20th century art at the Metropolitan Museum;the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing
- Publication information: [New York] : The Museum [Ill.] : Home Vision [distributor], c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Museum director, Philippe de Montebello, hosts an inaugural installation tour of the Museum's new wing devoted to 20th century art. Displays selections from more than 8,000 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and objects of design and architecture created by American and European artists in this century
Contents: pt. 1. 1900-1940 (30 min.) -- pt. 2. 1940-1987 (30 min.)
- Great artists;in association with the National Gallery, London
- Publication information: Oxford : ATTICA Cybernetics Ltd. London : Marshall Cavendish Ltd., 1994
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 User guide (32 p)
Description: Presents the works and lives of forty major artists
Contents: Home -- Artists -- Painting -- Topics -- Art atlas -- Timeline -- Workshop -- Search -- Trail -- Step back
Sculpture
- Alexander Calder
- Publication information: [New York] : WinStar Home Entertainment, [1999]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Presents a portrait of the internationally acclaimed sculptor and mobile artist
- Frank Cessna, sculptor [videorecording]
- Publication information: Learning Resources Center, College of DuPage [1973]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (45 min.) sd. b&w. 1/2 in.
Description: An interview with Frank Cessna upon the occasion of his sculpture exhibition in the Learning Resources Center, College of DuPage, 1973
- Islands
- Publication information: New York, NY : Maysles Films, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (57 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Documentary of Christo's project to surround for two weeks several islands in Biscayne Bay in a pink plastic fabric. Includes footage of two other projects, the Pont Neuf and the Reichstag
- Realms of light;The Baroque
- Publication information: Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the divergent themes of the baroque period, including a new emotional appeal as seen in Bernini's The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Caravaggio's naturalism, Velasquez's multilayered works, and the rise of bourgeois values as seen in Rembrandt's works. Features experts Irving Lavin and Simon Schama
Contents: pt. 1. Caravaggio and Bernini -- pt. 2. Velázquez and Rembrandt
- Ancient Egyptian art;the Brooklyn Museum
- Publication information: Berkeley, CA : Digital Collections, c1995
Physical description: Computer data and program;1 computer optical disc : col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's guide (10 p.) + 1 installation guide ([4] p.)
Description: Contains an overview of 100 works from the Museum, accompanied by descriptive information contributed by the Museum's staff of Egyptologists. Items described include dynastic and ritual objects such as human statues, mummies, funerary cartonnages, and carved stellae. Also includes jewelry, a mirror and animal figurines
Contents: Masterworks -- Selected large images
Architecture
- Alvar Aalto, technology and nature
- Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities [distributor], c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Looks at the life and work of Alvar Aalto and examines his creative style in the context of his time, the traditions he inherited, and the country and climate in which he lived
- Chartres Cathedral
- Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corp., [198-]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Illustrates the fusion of the three seemingly incompatible elements of intellect, faith, and engineering in one of the best examples of Gothic art
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
- Publication information: Van Nuys, CA : AIMS Media, 1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 study guide
Description: Wright sought to bring the beauty of nature into his designs. This tour of Fallingwater, Wright's home built over a waterfall in the Pennsylvania mountains, illustrates his organic use of space and materials. Includes a running commentary on his life
- Pride of place;building the American dream a personal view
- Publication information: c1986
Physical description: 8 videocassettes (VHS) (464 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Summary: Examines American architecture in its historical and cultural context, focusing on what makes it American and on how both the problems and their solutions are distinctly American. The programs travel from the urban renewal of the South Bronx to San Simeon, from Houston's Galleria to the planned industrial village of Pullman, Illinois, to houses, campuses, villages and cities across the land. Host Robert Stern talks to fellow architects, historians, developers and critics, highlighting the differences between theorists and engineers, between the dreamers and those who finance the dreams. Seeks to show how the promise of the future is contained in the best of the past
Contents: Contents: pt. 1. The search for a usable past -- pt. 2. The campus, a place apart -- pt. 3. Dream houses -- pt. 4. Suburbs, arcadia for everyone -- pt. 5. Resorts, paradise reclaimed -- pt. 6. The places within -- pt. 7. Proud towers -- pt. 8. The garden and the grid
- Roman City
- Publication information: Washington, DC : distributed by PBS Video, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in. + 1 guide (8 p. : ill. 43 cm.)
Description: Through a combination of documentary footage and animated story sequences, Roman City examines how cities helped maintain the Roman Empire. This program explores the role of the built environment in meeting and shaping people's needs. In the live-action segments, Macaulay visits many sites throughout the former Roman Empire including the Colosseum in Rome, the Pont du Gard in France, and the ruins of Pompeii and explains how various structures were built and how they were used. The animated segments tell the story of the construction of a fictional Roman city in the newly conquered territory of Gaul, visualizing both the ingenuity of Roman technology and the resistance of the local inhabitants
- The Loop;where the skyscraper began
- Publication information: Wilmette, Ill. : Perspectives Films/Videos, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 architectual guide (39 p. : ill., maps 19 cm.)
Description: Explains how the route of street-running cable cars led to the development of Chicago's commercial core, the Loop. Helmut Jahn, Bruce Graham, Thomas Beeby, and Adrian Smith discuss their work
- The Mystery of the master builders
- Publication information: Northbrook, Ill. : distributed by Coronet Film & Video, c1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min., 28 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 teacher's guide
Description: Modern engineering technology is now being used to perform structural analysis of ancient buildings. This examination of ancient and modern buildings reveals how the interaction of structural and aesthetic considerations have influenced architectural style through the ages
- Architectures 2
- Publication information: [Paris] : Arte Video : RMN Chicago, Ill. : Distributed by Facets Video, 2003, c2001
Physical description: 1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Highlights milestones of world architecture including Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax building, the innovations of the Galleria Umberto 1, the luxurious stone thermal baths, and a high-speed train station in Satolas
Contents: The Johnson Building / a film by Frédéric Compain -- The Galleria Umberto 1er / a film by Stan Neumann -- Satolas-TGV / a film by Catherine Adda -- The stone thermal baths / a film by Richard Copans -- The Paris Fine Art School / a film by Catherine Adda
Music
- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
- Publication information: [United States] : Shanachie, [2005], c1982
Physical description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: In this 1982 concert Art Blakey introduces trumpet prodigy Wynton Marsalis to the jazz world, who is featured along with brother Branford in this sizzling hard bop concert
- Copland portrait;Aaron Copland e sua música
- Publication information: Culver City, Calif. : Zenger Video, [198-?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Features American composer Aaron Copland and his insights and reflections on American musical history. Illustrates his achievements in writing symphonic music
- Jazz;what it is a primer with Randy Sabien
- Publication information: Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A great jazz clinic by one of America's finest musicians, Randy Sabien, who introduces viewers to all the special elements about jazz that sets it apart from other kinds of music. Randy's uncomplicated, down-to-earth style is so engaging that beginning musicians will be improvising rhythms and swing with the blues in minutes
- Sousa to Satchmo;Marsalis on the jazz band
- Publication information: New York : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (54 min., 46 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Uses music by Sousa, Joplin, and Armstrong to explain the development of Sousa's European-style orchestra into the American jazz band
- Bach
- Publication information: Roswell, Ga. : Intersound Inc./Fanfare Records, Ltd., c1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Presents Bach's music as well as biographical information and a score. Also allows user to compose and hear one's own melody
Contents: Toccata and fugue (8:10) -- Orchestral suite no. 3. Air for the G string (3:15) -- Brandenburg concerto no. 3. Allegro (6:50) -- Jesu, joy of man's desiring (3:51) -- Orchestral suite no. 2. Minuet and badinerie (2:44) -- Brandenburg concerto no. 5. Alegro (9:54)
Dance
- Anna Pavlova;a woman for all time
- Publication information: West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, 2000 (?)
Physical description: 1 videocassette (135 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Filmed on location in Russia and England, this colorful and entertaining feature film re-creates in glorious detail the fascinating life story of the legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova
- Dancing
- Publication information: W. Long Beach, NJ : Distributed by Kultur International Films, c1993
Physical description: 8 videocassettes (58 min. each) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Probes the traditions of dance in communities around the world--from the often misunderstood waltz to the eloquent gestures of an Asante court dancer in Ghana, and from the latest hip-hop in Morocco to a ballet class in Russia and a modern dance rehearsal in New York
Contents: program 1. The power of dance -- program 2. Lord of the dance -- program 3. Sex and social dance -- program 4. Dance at court -- program 5. New worlds, new forms -- program 6. Dance centerstage -- program 7. The individual and tradition -- program 8. Dancing in one world
- Giselle
- Publication information: New York : MGM/CBS Home Video W. Long Branch, NJ : Kultur [distributor], 1980, c1974
- Spartacus
- Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Video Arts International, 1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Presents the story of the Roman slave uprising, led by Spartacus, in a film ballet
- The Nutcracker
- Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur Video, [2004]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 79 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: On Christmas Eve, after a day of festivities, a young girl on the verge of growing up sleeps and dreams about the transformation of her toy soldier into a handsome prince, his battle and victory over a wicked Mouse King, beautiful puppets, a giant Christmas tree and a kingdom of sweets
Film
- The American Film Institute salute to Henry Fonda
- Publication information: New York : Worldvision Home Video, [1989], c1978
Physical description: 1 videocassette (97 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Jane and Peter Fonda, Lucille Ball, Richard Burton, Jack Lemmon, Gregory Peck and others salute Henry Fonda. Film clips include scenes from Grapes of wrath, Young Mr. Lincoln, Jezebel, and Mr. Roberts
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