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1. African art legacy of oppression (1998)
Focuses on the traveling African art exhibition, "Treasures from Tervuren," from Belgium's Tervuren Museum. Discusses African art's influence on European art.
Focuses on the traveling African art exhibition, "Treasures from Tervuren," from Belgium's Tervuren Museum. Discusses African art's influence on European art.
2. The hungry eye Walker Evans (2000)
Outlines Evans' life while talking with Jeff Rosenheim, curator of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Evans' close friend William Christenberry, about the late photographer's approach to his art, his...
Outlines Evans' life while talking with Jeff Rosenheim, curator of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Evans' close friend William Christenberry, about the late photographer's approach to his art, his...
3. Isamu Noguchi the sculpture of spaces (1995)
"One day I had a vision: I saw the Earth as sculpture." In this program, Isamu Noguchi speaks through archival film and audio recordings about sculpting space by using sculpture to redefine its own setting and by re...
"One day I had a vision: I saw the Earth as sculpture." In this program, Isamu Noguchi speaks through archival film and audio recordings about sculpting space by using sculpture to redefine its own setting and by re...
4. The best or nothing (1989)
The private collector of photography has emerged relatively recently. This program examines private collections and collectors, including the collections of Michael Wilson and Harold Ricketts, London, Gérard Lévy, P...
The private collector of photography has emerged relatively recently. This program examines private collections and collectors, including the collections of Michael Wilson and Harold Ricketts, London, Gérard Lévy, P...
5. Play it again Nam a portrait of Nam June Paik (1990)
A documentary biography of multimedia artist Nam June Paik, including an overview of his early work, as well as an examination of his most recent artistic endeavors.
A documentary biography of multimedia artist Nam June Paik, including an overview of his early work, as well as an examination of his most recent artistic endeavors.
6. Islamic art (1983)
Discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and Koranic schools, the illumination and calligraphy of sacred texts, music, the art of the garden, and the influence of the abstract arabesque on Western art.
Discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and Koranic schools, the illumination and calligraphy of sacred texts, music, the art of the garden, and the influence of the abstract arabesque on Western art.
7. The real thing (1989)
Looks at the result achieved when photographers were commissioned to reflect the world or certain aspects of it, focusing on the Farm Security Administration which set out to document the United States in the 1930s.
Looks at the result achieved when photographers were commissioned to reflect the world or certain aspects of it, focusing on the Farm Security Administration which set out to document the United States in the 1930s.
8. The Art of the book: Persian miniatures from the Shahnameh (1978)
Examines the illumination of the Persian manuscript, Shahnameh, the epic written by the 10th century poet Firdawsei about the ancient legends and history of the mythological and historical kings of Iran.
Examines the illumination of the Persian manuscript, Shahnameh, the epic written by the 10th century poet Firdawsei about the ancient legends and history of the mythological and historical kings of Iran.