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- Everyday creativity
- Call Number: BF408 .E94 1999
Publication information: St. Paul, MN : Distributed by Star Thrower, c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 leaders guide (29 p.) + 1 workbook (29 cm.) + 12 concept cards + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Description: Uses inspirational stories, memorable locations and Jones' vivid photography to apply simple yet powerful creativity techniques to all aspects of life
- Inspirations
- Call Number: BF408 .I576 2002
Publication information: [Chicago] : Home Vision Entertainment, [2002]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: A 100-minute exploration of the creative process which starts with the essential question how do artists get ideas? and continues into the fascinating world inhabited by seven artists
- Why man creates
- Call Number: BF408 .W4 1968
Publication information: Santa Monica, CA : Pyramid Film & Video [distributor], 1968
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Demonstrates in its form and content, the nature of the creative process and discusses the variety, richness, and importance of creative vision
- Why man creates
- Call Number: BF408 .W4 2003
Publication information: Santa Monica, CA : Pyramid Media, [2003]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Demonstrates in its form and content, the nature of the creative process and discusses the variety, richness, and importance of creative vision
- Aesthetics
- Call Number: BH39 .A478 2005
Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2005, c2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: This program presents the ideas of key figures in the shaping and understanding of aesthetics-from Plato, Francis Hutcheson, and Kant to Leon Battista Alberti, Stendhal, and Tolstoy-and addresses pivotal writings, including Aristotle's Poetics and Morris Weitz's "The Role of Theory in Aesthetics." Columbia University's Arthur Danto and Princeton University's Alexander Nehamas offer keen insights into the interactions between artist, artwork, and audience as they have evolved over the centuries
- Six great ideas. II, Beauty
- Call Number: BH39 .S56 1982x
Publication information: Wilmette, IL : Films Inc., 1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
Description: Journalist Bill Moyers and a panel discuss the concept of beauty with philospher Mortimer J. Adler. Dr. Adler defines beauty as that which pleases upon being contemplated, showing as examples a Zen garden, fireworks, a Beethoven symphony, and a baseball triple play
- How to visit an art museum
- Call Number: N410 .H68 1993
Publication information: Evanston, IL : Tellens, Inc., 1992, [distributed 1997]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28:35 min.) : col., sd. 1/2 in
Description: Designed to help viewers learn how to make the most of every visit to art museums includes tips on techniques to see more of what is in a painting, to appreciate gallery walks, to look at art in different ways, and more
- Adventures in art
- Call Number: N 856 .A5132 1979
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : The Gallery, c1979
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Julie Harris discusses color, composition, light and shade, along with pertinent historical facts about the artists and works shown in the National Gallery of Art
- Le reveil d'Apollon;Awakening Apollo
- Call Number: N2030 .L689 2006
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Facets Multimedia, [2006]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: In the heart of the Louvre Museum, the Apollo Gallery offers a dazzling display of rich tapestries, monumental paintings, gilded ornamentation, and even the French crown jewels. Over time, water damage had ruined parts of the vaulted celing, and years of grime had dulled the magnificent paintings. Awakening Apollo chronicles the efforts of a team of 60 specialists who embarked on a three-year restoration project, which returned the Apollo Gallery to its former splendor
- Composition
- Call Number: N7429.7 .C66 1993
Publication information: Aspen, Col. : Crystal Video, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (18 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Stephen Quiller demonstrates how to develop compositions from different subjects and how various shapes and values of a subject can trigger ideas for the painting
- Basic art by video
- Call Number: N7430 .B37 1983
Publication information: New York, N.Y. : MasterVision, [1983?]
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (180 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: v. 1. Painting -- v. 2. Drawing & design -- v. 3. Color
Description: This series introduces drawing, design and color, the building blocks of painting. Step-by-step, Charles Haddock teaches classic technique in the tradition of the masters and demonstrates use of all necessary tools
- Discovering composition in art
- Call Number: N7430 .D57 1979
Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by BFA Educational Media, c1979
Physical description: 1 videocassette (16 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Defines composition in art as an orderly arrangement. Provides guidelines for developing composition, such as selection of a subject, creation of a center of interest, balance of objects in the composition, and use of positive and negative space
- Elements and principles of design
- Call Number: N7430 .E4 1989
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. Glenview, IL : Crystal Productions, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (46 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Tony Couch shows how to create compositions for paintings using the elements of design (line, shape, value, color, texture, direction) and their application to each of the principles of balance, harmony, gradation, repetition, contrast, dominance and unity
- Elements of design
- Call Number: N7430 .E5 1996
Publication information: Glenview, IL : Crystal Productions, 1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29:57) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Brommer explores and explains each of the seven elements of design: line, shape, form, color, value, texture, and space. He illustrates, with hands-on demonstrations, how they are used to develop a composition
- Principles of design
- Call Number: N7430 .P7 1996
Publication information: Glenview, IL : Crystal Productions, 1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min., 40 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: Rhythm -- Unity -- Contrast -- Emphasis -- Pattern -- Movement -- Balance
Description: Shows how the seven elements of design are combined in a composition. Each principle is explained with diagrams and reinforced with hands-on demonstrations
- The visual language of design
- Call Number: N7430 .V45 1993
Publication information: Huntsville, Tex. : Educational Video Network, c1993
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (50 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 glossary sheet
Contents: pt. 1. Elements of structure and principles of arrangement (20 min.) -- pt. 2. An analysis of style (30 min.)
Description: Examines the basic concepts of artistic structure and design and incorporates them to illustrate style analysis
- The awakened eye; a video introduction to the principles of modern design
- Call Number: N7430.5 .A825 2005
Publication information: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : Sandbook Studio, [2005]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Ati Groupius, daughter of Bauhaus founder, Walter Gropius presents a workshop teaching an approach to design, based on the methods of Josef Albers and used at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College and Yale University. This approach develops in the student a new way of seeing vital to design, art, architecture and media production. Transcending changing styles, it leads to designs of integrity based on effective use of materials
- Discovering form in art
- Call Number: N7430.5 .D58 1979
Publication information: New York : Distributed by BFA Educational Media, c1979
Physical description: 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide sheet
Description: Discusses the five basic forms used in art: the sphere, cube, cone, cylinder, and pyramid. Also shows that distortions of the form, as found in nature, are useful to create impressions of form and motion
- Envisioning emotional epistemological information
- Call Number: N7433.4.B97 E58 2003
Publication information: [Göttingen], Germany : Steidl : [in conjunction with] Pace/MacGill Gallery, c2003
Physical description: [96] p. (one folded, three plastic overlays), in slipcover : ill. (some col.) 28 x 34 cm. + 1 DVD (22 min. : sd., col. 4 3/4 in.)
Contents: DVD contents: Architectures of comparison (3 min.) -- The end of reason (3 min.) -- Sea of possibilities (3 min.) -- Self-exemplification (7 min.) -- Physiognomies (6 min.)
Description: In this work, Byrnes uses PowerPoint as an art medium to present subjective information
- Collage methods
- Call Number: N7433.7 .C655 1994
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Video, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The artist guides viewers through four different techniques for creating collages, using tissue paper, construction paper, stained papers, and pictures to produce different effects
- Artists in the lab
- Call Number: N 7433.8 .A7 1982x
Publication information: [New York, N.Y.] : [released by] Time-Life Video, [1982], c1981
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (57 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Looks at 20th century pioneers who are using computers and lasers to produce a unique array of new artistic expressions. Includes holograms
- Painting with light
- Call Number: N7433.8 .P35 1988
Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Pacific Arts Video, 1988, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (70 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The Quantel Paint Box is a new computer device that enables an artist to create and paint original works directly onto a television screen. Shows four artists using the process
- The window
- Call Number: N7560 .W564 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This program contemplates the use of the window as a passage between the indoor and outdoor worlds. Topics include landscape, in the form of a veduta, or view light, as illumination or metaphor glass, transparent or made opaque and objects and figures, as bridges between interior and exterior. The window as anti-veduta is also considered, as are cinematic and photographic analogs to the veduta
- Fine art
- Call Number: N8350 .F56 1993
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Video, c1993
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (30 min. ea.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: v. 1. General -- v. 2. Production -- v. 3. Education
Description: Fine artists show their work and discuss what it takes to be successful as an independent artist. An art appraiser and a gallery owner also discuss the education and abilities needed to perform their jobs
- Materials of the artist; for two & three-dimensional art projects
- Call Number: N8510 .M3 1998
Publication information: Huntsville, Tex. : Distributed by Educational Video Network, c1998
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (50 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 study guide (1 p., folded)
Contents: pt. 1. Two-dimensional art projects -- pt. 2. Three-dimensional art projects
Description: Master artist and teacher Guy Corriero presents the most common materials used in two- and three-dimensional art projects, demonstrating how to use them
- Art + science = conservation
- Call Number: N8555 .A77 2001
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (19 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The National Gallery of Art staff teaches art conservation to Fairfax County Public School students
- The future of the past
- Call Number: N 8560 .F8 1990
Publication information: Pittsburgh, PA : WQED Television, 1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Discusses the problem of protecting, preserving and restoring all types of art, including a demonstration of some of the latest techniques
- The game of art and how to play it
- Call Number: N8600 .G3 1991
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (51 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines how money effects art, focusing on the collectors and art consultants who see modern art less as an aesthetic pursuit and more as an international commodity. Also, investors and specialists consider the transient nature of modern art and the question of conservation
- The Caravaggio conspiracy
- Call Number: N8795 .C3 1984
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision [distributor], c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Follows Peter Watson's undercover work disguised as a wealthy art dealer. Combines his detective work involved in searching for stolen masterpieces with a look at the complicated world of art dealing. Shows how a work is checked for authenticity, how prices are artificially bid up at auction, and how stolen masterpieces resurface in different guise
- Architectural drafting and design series
- Call Number: NA2700 .J442 2001
Publication information: [Albany] : Delmar Thomson Learning, c2001
Physical description: 8 videocassettes (194 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + booklet (36 p. : 28 cm.)
Contents: v. 1. The design process and architectural career opportunities (20 min.) -- v. 2. Site plans and floor plans (20 min.) -- v. 3. Supplemental plans: electrical/plumbing-HVAC/roof (20 min.) -- v. 4. Elevations (20 min.) -- v. 5. Foundation plans (31 min.) -- v. 6. Framing methods and plans (34 min) -- v. 7. Wall sections and details (25 min.) -- v. 8. Presentation drawings (24 min.)
Description: Focuses on the design process and development of key plans included in a set of residential prints. Intended to help students make the important connection between the architectural drawings they are creating and the structure created from the drawing
- Laying out exterior perpectives
- Call Number: NA 2710 .L38 1987x
Publication information: Tucson, AZ : Pepper Pub., c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (42 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 2 sheets of drawings
Description: Kirby Lockard shows how to draw free-hand perspective sketches of exteriors. Lockard encourages students to draw along with him
- Laying out interior perpectives
- Call Number: NA 2710 .L39 1987x
Publication information: Tucson, AZ : Pepper Pub., c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (53 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 3 sheets of drawings
Description: Kirby Lockard shows how to draw free-hand perspective sketches of interiors. Lockard encourages students to draw along with him
- Principles and methods of direct perpective
- Call Number: NA 2710 .P7 1987x
Publication information: Tucson, AZ : Pepper Pub., c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (53 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 sheet
Description: Kirby Lockard shows how to draw free-hand perspective sketches and how to choose an eye level. Lockard demonstrates the geometry of perspective and encourages students to draw along with him
- Principles and geometry of shadow-casting
- Call Number: NA 2715 .P7 1987x
Publication information: Tucson, AZ : Pepper Pub., c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (53 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 4 sheets of drawings
Description: Kirby Lockard shows how to draw free-hand perspective sketches of shadows. Lockard encourages students to draw along with him
- Shadowcasting on exterior perpectives
- Call Number: NA 2715 .S4 1987x
Publication information: Tucson, AZ : Pepper Pub., c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (53 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 3 sheets of drawings
Description: Kirby Lockard shows how to draw free-hand perspective sketches of shadows on exterior surfaces. Lockard encourages students to draw along with him
- Drawing; the line which everything else comes from
- Call Number: NC50 .D73 2004
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : [Distributed by] Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004], c2003
Physical description: 1 videodisc (26 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: This program explains the importance of drawing to different artistic disciplines as it addresses ongoing debates surrounding the representation of space. Drawing tools and materials are presented, and special attention is given to the application of geometry, the principal science of image construction. Classical and Renaissance theories of perspective are considered, as is the progressive disintegration of these theories by artists of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Drawing methods
- Call Number: NC730 .D738 1993
Publication information: Aspen, Co. : Crystal Video, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Using felt tip markers, ink pens, colored pencils, crayons, twigs, and palette knife and different colored and textured paper, Gail Price demonstrates many methods including crayon resist to enhance drawing
- Introduction to contour drawing
- Call Number: NC730 .I6 1990
Publication information: Santa Monica, Calif. : BFA Educational Media, [199-?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (12 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Shows how to use the techniques of contour drawing to develop powers of observation which are essential to good drawing. Describes the method to follow in making a contour drawing and the materials needed
- Introduction to gesture drawing
- Call Number: NC730 .I64 1985
Publication information: Santa Monica, Calif. : BFA Educational Media [distributor], [198-]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (13 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Illustrates the techniques and uses of gesture drawing in which the rhythm and flow of motion is more important than the form
- Behind the scenes with David Hockney
- Call Number: NC750 .B4 1992
Publication information: New York, NY : First Run Features Home Video, [c1992]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: David Hockney, the world-famous artist whose work spans painting, drawing, book illustration, photo-collage and set design, shows how modern artists play with the conventions of perspective, illusion of depth and the vanishing point as he draws a walk around a chair, representing many different views of the chair in one picture
- Masters of illusion
- Call Number: NC750 .M37 1991
Publication information: [Ill.] : Home Vision, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines artistic and scientific discoveries of the Renaissance, focusing on the discovery of perspective and the development of visual tools that create the magic of illusion
- Perspective made easy
- Call Number: NC750 .P47 1998
Publication information: Huntsville, Tex. : Distributed by Educational Video Network, c1998
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (46 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide sheet
Description: Guy Corriero discusses and demonstrates perspective using various types of artistic techniques. Part one covers eye level and horizon as well as one- and two-point perspective. Part two discusses rules for inclining and declining planes perspective as it relates to human figures, portraits, and interiors and three-point perspective
- All about looking
- Call Number: NC765 .A45 2006
Publication information: Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media LLC, [2006?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (29:43 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Jim Dine discusses and demonstrates his ideas on the importance of looking at the model again and again and reworking the drawing again and again in drawing from a live model
- Drawing with charcoal
- Call Number: NC850 .D73 1994
Publication information: Aspen, CO : Crystal Productions, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Different types of charcoal and conté crayon are introduced, and their uses demonstrated, in a series of drawings on different papers
- Drawing with pastels
- Call Number: NC880 .D738 1994
Publication information: Aspen, CO : Crystal Video, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Different types of pastels including hard, soft, oil, iridescent and pencil are shown and their properties explained. Demonstration drawings of a variety of subjects show how the pastels are used. Also demonstrated are methods of combining oil pastels with turpentine for opaque drawings, and how soft pastels can be used on velour to create effective textural drawings
- Drawing techniques
- Call Number: NC 890 .D7 1992
Publication information: Huntsville, Tex. : Educational Video Network, c1992
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 2 guides
Contents: pt. 1. Sketching outdoors (33 min.) -- pt. 2. A pencil portrait (27 min.)
- Beginning portrait painting with Steve Driscoll
- Call Number: NC915.A35 B375 1999
Publication information: Allenwood, NJ : Airbrush Action, 1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Steve Driscoll demonstrates the techniques of basic airbrush portraiture, including how to render eyes, teeth, hair and facial textures the use of erasers and razor knives paint mixing and other airbrush techniques
- The Granite girl with Terry Hill
- Call Number: NC915.A35 G73 1990
Publication information: Lakewood, NJ : Akita Video Productions, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Hill demonstrates his airbrush technique for creating a design on a T-shirt
- How to begin air brushing
- Call Number: NC915.A35 H69 1997
Publication information: East Granby, CT : Createx Colors [distributor], c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Discusses features of various types of airbrushing equipment. Demonstrates airbrush techniques, how to make stencils, and methods for creating freehand designs
- Portrait airbrushing I
- Call Number: NC915.A35 P6 1994
Publication information: Lakewood, NJ : Airbrush Action, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Richard Champagne presents tips and techniques for airbrush portraiture. Topics include rendering facial tones and features, paint mixtures, fabric texture, shadowing techniques, and other aspects
- T-shirt portrait with Richard Champagne
- Call Number: NC915.A35 T755 1994
Publication information: Lakewood, NJ : Airbrush Action, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (96 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Demonstrates intermediate and advanced T-shirt portrait techniques. Using a photograph of David Letterman, Champagne shows how to produce hair detail and texture, facial features, metal highlights, flesh tones and more
- Van airbrushing
- Call Number: NC915.A35 V3 1993
Publication information: Lakewood, NJ : Airbrush Action, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Mickey Harris demonstrates in simple order how to airbrush onto van/automotive surfaces. The course includes how to prepare and protect the surface, materials to use, freehand approach, sponge texturing, reflections, and water effect
- Animation; basic camera techniques
- Call Number: NC1765 .A65 1998
Publication information: Glenview, IL : Crystal Productions, 1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The principles of animation are demonstrated through the use of a camcorder used with and without an animation stand. Different areas of animation such as developing backgrounds, in-betweens, and character development are shown, as well as cut paper animation-- a technique used to create moving objects. Explores careers in animation
- Visualizing what you paint
- Call Number: ND1140 .V57 1993
Publication information: Aspen, Col. : Crystal Video, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (19 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Stephen Quiller presents a variety of ideas motivating students to see and visualize subjects to create more spontaneous and creative work
- Making masterpieces
- Call Number: ND1143 .M3 1997
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Arts, c1997
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (180 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: v. 1. Program one. Pictures as things Program two. The materials of faith -- v. 2. Program three. The conquest of light Program four. From illusion to emotion -- v. 3. Program five. Old tricks and new pigments Program six. Loss and recovery
Description: Takes viewers on a special behind-the-scenes tour at the National Gallery, London. Features close-up views of works by Holbein, Rembrandt, Renoir, and other great masters. Traces the evolution of the painter's craft, demonstrating how each artist's materials and methods influenced his work. Explains how paintings change over time and shows preservation techniques
- The 1,2,3 of portraits
- Call Number: ND1302 .O64 1989
Publication information: Chipping Norton, England : APV Films, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Using oils, pastels and charcoal Karen Simmons demonstrates her unique method of portraiture
- Classical painting technique
- Call Number: ND1390 .A6 1999
Publication information: [Anderson Island, WA] : 1art.com, c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Alexei Antonov shows how to paint a classical still life and understand the Old Masters' techniques. Topics include composition, priming of the canvas, drawing, imprimatura, umbra underlayer, dead underlayer, color layers, and texture (finishing layer)
- Calligraphy demonstration with Professor Kun Chuan Ho [video- recording]
- Call Number: ND1457 .C5 1994
Publication information: College of DuPage, 1980
Physical description: 1 cassette (30 min) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Visiting Taiwanese Professor Kun Chuan Ho demonstrates the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy and ink painting
- Oil on canvas
- Call Number: ND1471 .O34 1998
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1998]
Physical description: 6 videocassettes (30 min. ea.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Contents: [v. 1] Color -- [v. 2] Brushstrokes -- [v. 3] Composition -- [v. 4] Light -- [v. 5] Perspective -- [v. 6] Portrait
Description: Explains and demonstrates the art and science of painting. [1] Artist June Redfern examines innovative uses of color by artists like Titian, Monet, Van Gogh, and Mark Rothko. [2] John Virtue discusses artistic expression through brushstrokes. Includes discussion of individualists such as Titian, Constable, Van Gogh, and Pollock. [3] Ray Richardson uses his choice of a long, slim canvas to lead into an appreciation of painters such as Piero della Francesca, Tintoretto, Degas and Matisse. [4] John Greenwood and Len Tabner discuss and demonstrate different aspects of light and the use of light by artists such as Masaccio, Turner and Monet. [5] Artists Ben Johnson and Patrick Hughes trace the use of perspective, from 15th-century painter Piero della Francesca to the 20th century rebellion against its limitations. Johnson uses a computer to create a perfect perspective model and Hughes completely subverts the rules of perspective in his own work. [6] Artist Tai-Shan Schierenberg paints a portrait and discusses the possible conflict between an artist's desire for the portrait to be a fair representation of the subject and the sitter's perception of himself
- David Hockney's secret knowledge
- Call Number: ND1482.R4 D39 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Investigation of how early painters used simple cameras to capture realistic images--400 years before the invention of the photograph. Examines works by Jan Van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Caravaggio and Velázquez. Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirrors
- Colors for the artist
- Call Number: ND1488 .C6 1998
Publication information: Huntsville, Tex. : Distributed by Educational Video Network, c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide sheet
Description: Explains what color is, how color is used to guide a viewer's eye, what emotional impact color has upon the viewer, and the color wheel. Demonstrates the use of primary colors, secondary colors, and pigments
- Seeing color; object, light, observer
- Call Number: ND1488 .S44 2002
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Discusses the artistic aspects of color painting, and how people react to and experience these colors
- Pigments; the colours of the earth, from Lascaux to Picasso
- Call Number: ND1510 .P546 2004
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : [Distributed by] Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004], c2003
Physical description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: This program explains how artists' colors are made and applied by charting the development of various families of pigments and by demonstrating that the compounding of colors is always a mixture of tradition, technology, experience, and innovation. Pigments prepared from natural sources and derived from industrial processes are studied, noting failures as well as successes. Decorative applications of color to clothmaking, glass staining, and printing are considered as well
- Chinese brush painting; an introduction
- Call Number: ND2068 .C4 1989
Publication information: W. Long Branch, NJ : White Star, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explore the exciting possibilities of Chinese brush painting by observing the artist painting flowers, animals, and landscapes
- At home with watercolour
- Call Number: ND2110 .A8 1995
Publication information: Chipping Norton, England : APV Films, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Karen Simmons demonstrates basic watercolor techniques. She concentrates on being comfortable with the medium and choosing and painting everyday subjects from around the home
- Gardens in watercolour
- Call Number: ND2237 .G37 1992
Publication information: Chipping Norton, England : APV Films, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Karen Simmons demonstrates watercolor painting of many types of gardens including a landscaped garden, herbaceous borders, a formal garden and potted flowers. She demonstrates techniques for painting skies, summer and winter trees, water, shrubs, pots and stonework and how to portray groups of flowers as islands of color
- Flower painting
- Call Number: ND2300 .F56 1990
Publication information: Chipping Norton, England : APV Films, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Karen Simmons demonstrates with diagrams how to draw flowers. Using watercolor, she then shows the many different facets of painting flowers including form, color, shadow, and backgrounds
- Beginning watercolor painting
- Call Number: ND2420 .B43 1982
Publication information: [United States?] : Video Tech Partnership : distributed by RMI Media Productions, 1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (ca. 58 min.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in
- Capturing light in paintings
- Call Number: ND2420 .C3 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn all the secrets to painting dramatic effects of light
- Color and applying the first wash
- Call Number: ND2420 .C6 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn how to get a painting started by selecting the proper first wash
- Emphasizing values in painting
- Call Number: ND2420 .E6 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explains in slow, careful detail, the painting of values (light, medium and dark tones) and various types of brush strokes to create more depth, contrast and life in watercolor paintings
- Watercolor fundamentals
- Call Number: ND2420 .W3 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus of Florida, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn all the basics of watercolor techniques and materials
- Watercolor salvage techniques
- Call Number: ND2422 .W3 1989
Publication information: Delray Beach, Fla. : Graphics Plus, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn not only how to correct mistakes, but how to rework discarded paintings into beautiful works of art
- The art of fresco
- Call Number: ND2470 .A7 1993
Publication information: Newton, MA : Taliesin Productions, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in.
Description: Discusses realism and the fresco in the Renaissance and demonstrates the making of a fresco
- Tempera painting; color and design
- Call Number: ND2470 .T46 1995
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Video, 1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (21 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: After explaining the properties of tempera paint and how to use it, the artist shows a color wheel, black and white value scale, and warm to cool color scale. These concepts are then demonstrated in paintings
- Tempera techniques
- Call Number: ND2470 .T466 1995
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The artist first shows how to paint the techniques of opaque and transparent qualities, wet-into-wet, dry brush, scraping wet paint, texture, impasto, and collage. Then, she uses these techniques and more in demonstration paintings of a postage stamp design, a still life, a science theme painting of insects, and a landscape
- Anatomy of a mural
- Call Number: ND2550 .A5 1993
Publication information: Derry, N.H. : Chip Taylor Communications, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The creation of this mural, whose design was influenced by both the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and the pre-Columbian art of the Aztec, Inca and Maya Indians, is a collaborative effort of three talented artists, Carlos Loarca, Manuel Villamor and Betsy Miller-Kusz. Each convey their feelings and philosophies concerning this community-based art form as they transform two adjacent blank walls into a vibrant work of art
- Lasansky; inside the image
- Call Number: NE539.L3 L3 1993
Publication information: Iowa City : Audiovisual Center Marketing, University of Iowa, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Explores the art and philosophy of Mauricio Lasansky--artist, teacher, and printmaker. Displays his technique and his colorful, intense, powerful works. Includes interviews with Lasansky
- Roy Lichtenstein; the art of the graphic image
- Call Number: NE539.L5 R6 1994
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : Department of Education Resources, National Gallery of Art, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Roy Lichtenstein, in a series of interviews spanning 20 years, discusses his art and his various techniques. Shows the artist at work in his own studio and at two printmaking workshops: G.E.L., California and Tyler Graphics Ltd., New York
- Relief printing
- Call Number: NE1330 .R4 1994
Publication information: Aspen, Colo. : Crystal Productions, [1994], c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 reference guide (20 p. 20 cm.)
Description: Printer Nora Koch demonstrates the rubber block (lino) relief print process as a three plate color print is developed from sketch to signature. Introduces the woodcut, wood engraved, and reduction relief block methods. Explains color mixing, overlap, and fine detailing in simple terms
- The art of creating monotypes
- Call Number: NE2242 .F74 1990 Suppl
Publication information: Los Angeles, CA : H R Productions, 1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This instructional video shows four contemporary artists' approaches to creating monotypes. Filmed on location in the studios of artists Beverly Fredericks, Martin Green, Florence Putterman, and Karen Vernon
- Recycled, re-seen; folk art from the global scrap heap
- Call Number: NK600 .R42 1997
Publication information: Santa Fe, NM : Museum of International Folk Art : [Distributed by] Crystal Productions, [1997?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (36 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in + 1 curriculum guide (64 p. 28 cm.) + 20 col. art posters in container (31 cm.)
Description: Through interviews with artists around the world, this video teaches the value of recycling the world's discards into artwork. Showcases pieces from the 1996 traveling exhibition of the same title
- Elements and principles of design
- Call Number: NK1505 .E546 2006
Publication information: Lawrenceville, NJ : Shopware, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (31 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (10 leaves 28 cm.)
Contents: Introduction: elements and principles of design (5 min.) -- Line (5 min.) -- Shape and form (5 min.) -- Color and value (5 min.) -- Space (5 min.) -- Texture (5 min.) -- Principles of design (5 min.)
Description: This video explores the basic elements of design and how they can be manipulated to create powerful visual and interactive experiences. Detailing the properties of line, shape, tone, point, texture, color, and letterformand how designers organize these elements through contrast, patterning, figure-ground tension, and other methodsthe video uses examples in architecture, landscaping, graphics, and other fields to reinforce essential concepts
- The elements of design
- Call Number: NK1510 .E44 2002
Publication information: Owatonna, Minn. : Learning Zone Express, [2002], c2001
Physical description: 1 videodisc (19 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 instructor's guide (4 leaves)
Description: Examines the design elements of color, line, shape, form, pattern, and texture in various design disciplines, and explains how to use them to achieve the results you want
- The principles of design
- Call Number: NK1510 .P756 2002
Publication information: Owatonna, Minn. : Learning Zone Express, [2002], c2001
Physical description: 1 videodisc (23 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 instructor's guide (3 leaves)
Description: Examines the design principles of balance, proportion and scale, harmony, rhythm and emphasis, and explains how to use them to achieve the results you want
- Eye for design
- Call Number: NK 2113 .E9 1992
Publication information: Lake Zurich, IL : Learning Seed, 1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (22 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Teaches basics of aesthetics as applied to interior design and clothing. Special emphasis is given to the meaning of lines, the creation and recognition of visual rhythm, visual balance (both formal and informal), proportion, focal points, and grouping
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