Thursday, October 30, 2008

Now on DVD: National Gallery of Art series

Twentieth Century European Art. [DVD-1536]. 126 min. 2006
Henri Rousseau: jungles in Paris (38 min.) -- Matisse in Nice (27 min.) -- Picasso: the Saltimbanques (29 min.) -- Picasso and the circus (7 min.) -- Henry Moore: a life in sculpture (25 min.).

Twentieth Century American Art. [DVD-1537]. 119 min. 2006.
Mobile by Alexander Calder (24 min.) -- David Smith, American sculptor, 1906-1965 (29 min.) -- Willem de Kooning: paintings (12 min.) -- The art of Romare Bearden (34 min.) -- Roy Lichtenstein: the art of the graphic image (20 min.).

Art from Asia. [DVD-1538]. 94 min. 2006.
Beyond the Yellow River: recent discoveries from ancient China (20 min.) -- Art of Indonesia (28 min.) -- Sacred art of Angkor (18 min.) -- Daimyo (28 min.).

Ancient Egyptian and Greek Art. [DVD-1539]. 86 min. 2006.
Of time, tombs, and treasure: the treasures of Tutankhamun (29 min.) -- The quest for immortality in ancient Egypt (28 min.) -- The quest for immortality (13 min.) -- The measure of all things (16 min.).

New World Archaeology. [DVD-1540]. 58 min. 2006
Olmec art of ancient Mexico (23 min.) -- Courtly art of the ancient Maya (28 min.).

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