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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Kloss, William.     Subjects     Art appreciation.     Art -- History.     Masterpiece, Artistic.     Expressionism (Art)     Realism in art.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kloss, William.       by title:      The world's greatest...       by call number:      DVD 759 K66u     Search the Web     Kloss, William.     Art appreciation.     Art -- History.     Masterpiece, Artistic.     Expressionism (Art)     Realism in art.       MARC Display

The world's greatest paintings [videorecording (DVD)] / William Kloss. by Kloss, William. Teaching Co., c2010. Call #: DVD 759 K66u Subjects Art appreciation.   Art -- History.   Masterpiece, Artistic.   Expressionism (Art)   Realism in art. Series Great courses (DVD)   Great courses (DVD). Music & fine arts. ISBN:  9781598036596 (set) Alternate title:  Great Courses. The world's greatest paintings [videorecording (DVD)] Format:  [videorecording (DVD)] / Description:  4 videodiscs (ca. 12 hrs.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 97 p. ; 19 cm.). Notes:  "24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. Book contains lecture transcripts and outlines, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. Home use only. Contents:  Disc 1. Greatness in painting -- The majesty of Duccio and Giotto -- Acts of faith: Masaccio, Van Eyck, Van der Weyden -- The diversity of Piero, Mantegna, Botticelli -- The devotion of Bellini, Geertgen, Dürer -- Masterworks by Leonardo, Raphael, Correggio. Disc 2. Great ensembles: Michelangelo and Grünewald -- Ideal and real: Giorgione, Titian, Holbein -- Living and dying: Bruegel, El Greco, Caravaggio -- Life stories by Ter Brugghen, Rubens, Steen -- Inside Vermeer, Velázquez, Rembrandt -- Spirit and thought: Hals, Rembrandt, La Tour. Disc 3. The serenity of Poussin, Claude, Watteau -- In contrast: Chardin, Tiepolo, Gainsborough -- Dark images of David, Goya, Friedrich -- The worlds of Constable, Turner, Delacroix -- Dark to bright: Courbet, Church, Monet -- Alone and together: Whistler, Degas, Renoir. Disc 4. Unlike any other: Sargent, Manet, Seurat -- Close observation: Cézanne, Van Gogh, Homer -- The human condition: Munch, Matisse, Schiele -- Art in time of war: Monet and Picasso -- Time and memory: Magritte, Hopper, Gorky -- Expressive abstractions: Pollack and Hofmann. Performers:  Lecturer, Professor William Kloss, independent art historian and lecturer for the Smithsonian Institution's seminar and travel program. Summary:  These 24 half-hour lectures present a tour of more than 60 of the world's greatest paintings. Sixty masterpieces from the Western tradition are scrutinized to unlock some of their secrets and appreciate more deeply and fully the rich and often ambiguous story that each painting presents. Genre:  Art criticism. Filmed lectures. Educational films. DVDs. Other authors:  Teaching Company. Holds:  10   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfeature DVDs DVD 759 K66u Adult Dvds-21 Days Transit Request Add Copy to MyList

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