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  • Kathryn Stats

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    Landscape painter Kathryn Stats paints on location, demonstrating a technique known by the French term "plein air" which means painting outdoors. She explains that working out-of-doors allows her to capture…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 4 program(s) / 3 minutes
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    • Website: http://www.uen.org/emedia
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  • LeConte Stewart: Landscape Painter

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    Landscape painter LeConte Stewart talks about working with pastels. He explains that he uses several different techniques to apply them to the paper and how these techniques illustrate the Impressionist's…  » more info

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

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    "Masters of Illusion" examines the discovery of perspective and concepts of pictorial space during the renaissance. Produced by the National Gallery of Art as part of the 1991 exhibition, "Circa 1492:…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 29 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: 12/1/2004 to 12/13/2015
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  • Maynard Dixon: To the Desert Again.

    • 3-5
    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    He survived the destruction of his city by earthquake and fire, the Great Depression and the civilizing of the West. He spent over two decades sketching it for western novels, and then decades more on…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 56 minutes
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  • Mobile By Alexander Calder

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    The first work of art placed in the National Gallery's East Building, this mobile is also one of the last major pieces by one of America's great artists, Alexaner Calder-- the man who invented this form…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 24 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: 12/13/2004 to 12/13/2013
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  • Nature Observed: Connie Borup, Painter

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    Painter Connie Borup begins a painting that will feature leaves while talking about the beginning stages of creation. First, she paints the entire canvas with a color that has the same value that she…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 2 program(s) / 2 minutes
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  • Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    Olmec objects were created in Mexico and Central America 3,000 years ago, long before the great Maya, Teotihuacan, and Aztec civilizations. This videocassette focuses on the twentieth-century discovery…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 22 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: 12/13/2004 to 12/13/2013
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  • Randall Lake's Studio

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    Randall Lake discusses the disparity between what he paints to make a living and what he wants to paint to explore contemporary life and issues. He talks about his painting of an AIDS patient called "A…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 3 program(s) / 1 minutes
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  • Seeing Color: Object, Light, Observer

    • 6-8
    • 9-12
    • 13+

    Focusing on works by Titian, Turner, Monet, and Matisse, this film asks 'what is color?' and turns for answers to artists, curators, conservation scientists, and science students. Filmed in studios, laboratories,…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 26 minutes
    • Usage/copying rights: 12/13/2004 to 12/13/2013
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  • Spotlight on Careers in the Arts.

    • 9-12

    How do three talented individuals translate their unique artistic sensibilities into action? This program explains. Section one focuses attention on Jacques d'Amboise, one of the world's finest classical…  » more info

    • Episodes/length: 1 program(s) / 18 minutes
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