These are the videos for Humanites 1101 CIL. Click on the title for location, call number, and availability.
Spring 2011
Painting
- Frida Kahlo, 1910-1954
- Publication information: [S.l.] : Home Vision, c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (62 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Profiles Frida Kahlo's work, her interest in politics, and her tempestuous relationship with husband Diego Rivera, leader of the Mexican muralist movement
- Jasper Johns: ideas in paint
- Publication information: [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the life, work, and inspiration of artist Jasper Johns, whose rich images of maps, flags, and targets led the artistic community away from Abstract Expressionism towards Pop Art and Minimalism. Includes conversations with the painter and comments from various colleagues including John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and a trip to the 1988 Venice Biennale
- Paul Gauguin: te oviri rerioa = the savage dream
- Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision [distributor], 1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (45 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Portrays Gauguin's search for a savage alternative to his own culture in the islands of the South Seas
- That's what they call art
- Publication information: New York : Educational Video Center, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (31:30) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Presents a survey of the 1993 Whitney Museum biennial art show of contemporary American art much of the art focuses on racism, AIDS, violence, and sexism. Includes interviews with artists and curators
- Winslow Homer: the nature of the artist
- Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A biographical sketch of Homer focusing on the development of his art from his early illustrations of the Civil War and his picturesque and charming scenes in the country and at the shore to the powerful images of nature that characterize his mature and late work
- A passion for art: Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse and Dr. Barnes
- Publication information: Bellevue, WA : Corbis Publishing, 1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Presents a tour of the private Barnes Foundation collection of post-impressionist paintings
- History through art. Ancient Greece
- Publication information: Dallas, TX : Zane Pub., c1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Art treasures tell the story of Western civilization. Multimedia programs provide information on art, philosophy, and world history of Ancient Greece. Includes art of the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. Includes encyclopedia and dictionary
- History through art. Ancient Rome
- Publication information: Dallas, TX : Zane Pub., c1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Art treasures tell the story of Western civilization. Multimedia programs provide information on art, architecture, philosophy, and world history of Ancient Rome. Includes encyclopedia and dictionary
1995
- History through art. The Baroque
- Publication information: Chicago, IL : Clearvue/eav, Inc. Dallas, TX : ZCI Pub., 1994
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Journey to Rome, France, the Netherlands, and Spain to see outstanding examples of Baroque art and architecture. Contains works by Bernini, Caravaggio, El Greco, Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, Velazquez, and many others. Includes questions with explanations, automatic quizzes, student encyclopedia, over 800 photos, and a glossary
- History through art. The Enlightenment
- Publication information: Chicago, IL : CLEARVUE/eav, Inc. : Zane Pub., c1994-1996
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
- History through art. The Middle Ages
- Publication information: Dallas, TX : Zane Pub., c1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Art treasures tell the story of Western civilization. Multimedia programs provide information on art, philosophy, and world history. Discover the profound influence of Christianity on medieval art and architecture. Learn the characteristics of Romanseque and Gothic architecture. Includes encyclopedia and dictionary
Location: General
- History through art. The pre-modern era
- Publication information: Dallas, TX : ZCI Pub., c1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Discover the significant impact advances in engineering and technology had on the imagination during the pre-modern era of art. Includes works by Cézanne, Courbet, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Seurat, Van Gogh, and others. Includes over 600 photos, a student encyclopedia, interactive questions and explanations, quizzes, and a glossary
- History through art. The twentieth century
- Publication information: Dallas, TX : Zane Pub., c1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Discover the ways that accelerating technological changes during this century have affected how we live and focus on the world. See artistic works by Le Corbusier, Dali, Mondrian, Picasso, Pollock, Mies van der Rohe, Warhol, Wright, and many others. Includes question with explanations, automatic quizzes, over 550 photos, student encyclopedia, and a glossary
Sculpture
- Christo's Valley curtain
- Publication information: New York, NY : Maysles Films, 1974, c1973
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the construction of the Mammoth Valley curtain, a 500-foot-high veil stretched across Rifle Gap, Colo., by the Bulgarian artist Christo
- Into the twentieth century
- Publication information: Santa Barbara, CA : Annenberg/CPB Collection, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Covers the work of the Fauves, the Cubists, the International Style, and the Surrealists. Features experts Christopher Green and Margit Rowell
- Louise Bourgeois
- Publication information: New York : Inner-Tube Video, c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This tape covers two of her sculpture shows at the Robert Miller Gallery (1984 and 1986). Included is an interview with Bourgeois
- Sculpture of the human figure
- Publication information: San Diego, Calif. : Media Guild [distributor], [198-], c1978
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Analyzes works of art to demonstrate the changing attitude of sculptors toward the human figure. Drawn primarily from Athens, the works are single, free-standing figures, unless no example of a particular artist or period survives, in which case reliefs and pedimental structures were chosen
Architecture
- The building of Bath
- Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities [distributor], [1996], c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 26 min.) : sd., col. with b&w squences 1/2 in
Description: Shows the architectural design and construction of mainly 18th and 19th century Georgian buildings and other structures in Bath, England
- First person singular: I.M. Pei
- Publication information: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Architect I.M. Pei leads viewers through the Louvre, the National Gallery of Art, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Bank of China, the Meyerson Symphony Center, the Miho Museum and other examples of his life's work. He discusses his work in China his years at MIT and Harvard how he worked with such demanding clients as Jacqueline Kennedy, William Zeckendorf, Francois Mitterand and Paul Mellon and his innermost philosophy and principles
- Postmodernism
- Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This program looks at postmodernism as reflected in architecture and art. Using numerous examples drawn from the United States and Britain, this documentary seeks to define the movement through commentary by authors, architects and art critics. Looks at the contributions and influence of 20th century visionaries such as Robert Venturi, Andy Warhol, Jacques Derrida, and Kazuo Ishiguro to the development of Postmodernism
- 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
- 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
- Michigan Avenue: from museums to the Magnificent Mile
- Publication information: Wilmette, Ill. : Perspectives: Films/Videos, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 1 guidebook (41 p. : ill., map 19 cm.)
Description: Gives an architectural history of Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Includes comments by architects and historians
- The Greek temple
- Publication information: Indianapolis, IN : Kartes Video Communications, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Deals with the construction of the Greek temple, focusing on the evolution of the structure and decoration of temples in Magna Grecia through the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles. Includes scenes of temples at Delphi, Paestum, Agrigento, Sounion, and the Acropolis
- The Frank Lloyd Wright companion
- Publication information: [West Chicago, Il] : Prairie Multimedia, c1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's guide
Description: Presents the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright including coverage of every Wright building, over 700 floor plans, 1000 high-resolution photographs of structures and designs, and chronology of architectural events
- My architect: a son's journey
- Publication information: New York : New Yorker Video, [2005]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + booklet
Description: Nathaniel Kahn documents the life and works of his father, Louis Kahn, acclaimed 20th century architect
Music
- Brahms
- Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : MPI Home Entertainment, c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Built around Brahms ravishing music, this drama takes the viewer from the tavern brawls of his youth, through the agony of writing his 1st symphony, to the despair of his hopeless love for Clara Schumann, wife of his musical idol
- American roots music
- Publication information: New York : Palm Pictures [distributor], c2001
Physical description: 2 videodiscs : sd., col. & b&w 4 3/4 in
Description: Features historic and documentary footage of 20th century pioneering artists. Includes blues, country, gospel, folk, Cajun, sydeco, bluegrass, tejano and Native American music
- The guide to classical music
- Publication information: Chatsworth, CA : Cambrix Pub., c1996
Physical description: Computer program;1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's sheet
Description: Features over 60 composers, audio excerpts from over 200 works and video performances. Allows you to learn about great music while listening to it
- Strauss
- Publication information: Roswell, Ga. : Intersound Inc./Fanfare Records, Ltd., c1995
Physical description: 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Presents the music of Johann Strauss as well as biographical information and a score. Also allows user to compose and hear one's own melody
Dance
- Baryshnikov: the dancer and the dance
- Publication information: Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (82 min.) : sd., col., stereo. 1/2 in
Description: Profile of Mikhail Baryshnikov. Includes the complete ballet Configurations choreographed by Choo San Goh
- Five dances by Martha Graham
- Publication information: [Netherlands] : Philips New York : PolyGram Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (85 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + program notes
Description: A performance of five dances by Martha Graham and her dance troupe which exemplify diverse aspects of Graham's unique style of modern dance
- 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
- Classical art of ballet: basic positions and movements
- Publication information: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Distributed by American Home Treasures, c2002
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: A visual guide to the fundamentals of classical ballet featuring archive footage of dancers past and present, along with demonstrations by ballerina Véronique Saouter
Film
- The African American cinema.
- Publication information: New York : Unapix Consumer Products, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (80 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in. + 1 film guide ([4] p. : 18 cm.)
Description: Sissle and Blake: a short filmed in Lee De Forest's New York studio with his sound-on-film process in 1923, four years before Hollywood began to experiment with sound. Pianist Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle perform their jazz composition Affectionate Dan and a jazzed-up spiritual;Scar of shame: In no film was the racial theme more apparent than in this story about an ill-matched marriage between a black concert painist and a poor, lower class black woman. Secretly ashamed of her, the young man keeps his wife hidden from his socially-prominent middle-class mother. Despite the melodrama, it is a strong statement on the issues of class and the color caste system which existed within the African-American community. This was the first film of the Colored Players Film Corp. of Philadelphia
- The visual almanac: an interactive multimedia kit
- Publication information: [Cupertino, Calif.] : Apple Computer New York : Distributed by Voyager Co., c1993
Physical description: 1 computer optical disk 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (21 p.);1 videodisc : sd., col. 12 in;215 p. : ill. (some col.) 22 X 30 cm
Description: Offers over 7,000 basic image resources, including movies, image sequences, still images and sounds. Includes 108,000 frames and 1 hr. of 2-channel sound. Allows the user to browse as well as create one's own multimedia compositions
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