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  • Art Appreciation

    • 6-8
    • 9-12

    This program, with its many images of paintings, traces the roots and origins of Cubism, the radical new way of painting that began in 1907 with Picasso and Braque at the helm. This program, with its…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 2 program(s) / 18 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: Download and retain
    • Website: http://www.uen.org/emedia
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      • UIMC
      • KUED
      • UEN-TV
      • EMEDIA

  • Art in the Classroom

    • 6-8
    • 9-12

    How do master artists achieve perfect color balance? Which colors complement each other? This lively art lesson covers color theory, intensity, value, hue, and contrast. Practical demonstrations give…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 2 program(s) / 26 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: Download and retain
    • Website: http://www.uen.org/emedia
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      • UIMC
      • KUED
      • UEN-TV
      • EMEDIA

  • Art of Indonesia

    • 3-5
    • 6-8

    This documentary explores Indonesia's ancient treasures and its shadow world --the rituals, myths, and performances by which the harmony of the universe is maintained. Weaving together old Javanese poetry,…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 28 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: 12/13/2004 to 12/13/2013
    • Website: http://www.nga.gov/kid…
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      • UIMC
      • KUED
      • UEN-TV
      • EMEDIA

  • Art:21 Art in the Twenty-First Century

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    Each one-hour program for the third season of "Art:21" has been loosely organized around a theme - power, memory, play, and structures - that can help audiences analyze, compare and juxtapose the artists…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 16 program(s) / 56 minutes
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    • Website: http://www.uen.org/emedia
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      • EMEDIA

  • Artists of the West.

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    A dramatic story of the American West seen through the eyes of three preeminent artists, Artists of the West is a romantic lament of a bygone era. The film paints a picture of the West of yesterday through…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 56 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: Download and retain
    • Website: http://www.uen.org/emedia
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      • EMEDIA

  • Avard Fairbanks, Teacher & Sculptor

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    Fairbanks tells about being hired by Chrysler Corporation to make a hood ornament for their Plymouth automobiles. He sculpted one in the shape of a mermaid that the company representatives liked. So when…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 3 program(s) / 2 minutes
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    • Website: http://www.uen.org/emedia
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      • EMEDIA

  • Ball State University Electronic Field Trips

    • 3-5
    • 6-8

    The fine art of sports is portrayed in broad-brush strokes across the canvas of American culture. From advertising to motion pictures and literature to the lyrics of a Top 40 song, ours is a nation endowed…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 89 minutes
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    • Website: http://www.uen.org/emedia
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  • Beyond The Yellow River: Recent Discoveries from Ancient China

    • 3-5
    • 6-8

    The exhibition The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China illustrates the achievements of Chinese culture from 5000 B.C.E. To the tenth century C.E.…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 19 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: 12/1/2004 to 12/13/2013
    • Website: http://www.nga.gov/kid…
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  • Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya

    • 3-5
    • 6-8

    A thirty-minute documentary film presents the culture and society that created the most advanced civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. Filmed in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico, the program focuses…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 27 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: 12/13/2004 to 12/13/2013
    • Website: http://www.nga.gov/kid…
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      • KUED
      • UEN-TV
      • EMEDIA

  • Daimyo

    • 3-5
    • 6-8

    The dual way of the Daimyo culture of feudal Japan combined the arts of war and the arts of the pen. This program examines the paradox of the warrior/aesthete through a survey of Daimyo arts: architecture,…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 28 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: 12/13/2004 to 12/13/2013
    • Website: http://www.nga.gov/kid…
    • Availability:  
      • UIMC
      • KUED
      • UEN-TV
      • EMEDIA