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UNLV LIBRARY Adams, Ansel: Photographer. MEDIA RESOURCES CATALOG Filmamerica (1981) VISUAL ARTS Captures the spirit and artistry of the Summer 2011 man as he talks about his life and demonstrates the techniques which have Abstract Art. made his work legendary. Films for the Humanities & Sciences Video Cassette (1 hr.) (2004) TR 140 A3 A57 "In this program, artists John Hoyland and Sir Anthony Caro; The Adventure of Photography. Charlotte Mullins, of the Irish Independent Kultur (1998) on Sunday; and others examine the history History of photography. of Abstract Art. After a capsule summary of Disc one: The precursors, Impressionism and Cubism, the program The surrealists, War photography, tracks the full flowering of Abstract Art, Portraitists, The photo reporters, Fashion stretching into Abstract Expressionism and photography. Minimalism. Special attention is given to Disc two : Nudes, Photography and Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Jackson science, Amateur photography, The Pollock, Mark Rothko, Jason Martin, and photographic market. Fiona Rae. Footage of artists at work along 2 videodiscs (260 min.) with a wide selection of paintings and TR15 .A38 1998 sculpture round out this...overview"— Container. African American Art: Past and Present. 1 videodisc (29 min.) Reading & O'Reilly (1992) N6494.A2 A22 2004 Tape 1: African Art/Slavery, Decorative Arts, 18th & 19th Century Fine Achieving the Unachievable. Art Survey CineFête, c2007 Tape 2: 20th Century Fine Art Survey Discusses how the art of M.C. Escher Tape 3: 20th Century Fine Art Survey helped mathematician Hendrik Lenstra (cont.), In the Artists' Words overcome the Infinity Barrier. In 1956, Dutch 3 Video Cassettes (1 hr. 30 min.) artist Maurits C. Escher began a new work Teacher's Guide (15 p.) that challenged the laws of perspective to a N 6538 N5 A346 tapes 1-3 point he found himself unable to pass, the so-called "infinity barrier". The challenges contained in the uncompleted work continued to be unsolved for over 50 years, until mathematician Hendrik Lenstra discovered a way to finally break through the apparently unbreakable wall. 1 videodisc (52 in.) N72.M3 A24 2007 A.D. Coleman: An Interview School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Video Data Bank, [2009] In an informal interview, A.D. Coleman discusses his role as a photography critic. He also comments upon current photographic trends, important techniques, significant contemporary photographers, and the interrelationship between photography and culture. 1 videodisc (23 min.) TR642 .C635 2009 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. VISUAL ARTS 2 African Art: Legacy of Oppression. Against the Odds: The Artists of the Films for the Humanities & Sciences Harlem Renaissance. (1999) NJN 1994 "Belgium's Tervuren Museum Documentary telling of the struggle of contains the world's largest collection of Black visual artists in the 1920's and 1930's Central African art ... Noted journalist Paul to show and sell their work. It describes the Solman discusses the power and the true influence of the Harmon Foundation in price of this collection with art historian creating an artistic home where Black visual Ramona Austin and journalist/author Adam artists flourished and developed a wide Hochschild. In the immense Congo region, range of talent. Also included were items in there are more than 250 different cultures, the show curated by the Newark Museum to so there is a broad range of artistic styles to celebrate the work of the Foundation. be found there. Austin is particularly drawn 1 videocassette (57 min.) to the emotionally riveting abstracts, with N6538.N5 A36 their modernistic qualities and generalized forms that influenced Picasso and other All About a Girl. European masters ... But how did the Electronic Arts Intermix (2004) Tervuren collect this body of art? Hochschild "A deceptively charming says that when Belgium's King Leopold II psychological set-piece, All about a girl colonized and brutally exploited this territory depicts a young girl wrestling with her own during the late 1800s, ivory and rubber were imagination and fears. An ordinary game of not the only things sent back to Europe."-- "let's pretend" turns uncanny as, alone in the Container. woods, she projects life, voice, and 1 videodisc (13 min.) ultimately her own identity onto an N7391.65 .A35 1999 unexpected surrogate in a doll's dress"-- publisher's website. Afro-American Artists: 1800-1968. 1 videodisc (6 min.) Prothmann Asso. (1968) N6494.V53 A435 2004 Surveys the work of 34 Afro- American artists from the early nineteenth Allan 'N Allen's Complaint. century to the present. Send Video Arts (1983) 40 Slides Paik's humor and playfulness with Booklet (8 p.) image and sound set up the musical echoes N 6538 N5 A347 between these two father-son stories. Paik's expressionistic "painting' of the Against the Odds: The Artists of the screen with fractured images and high Harlem Renaissance. speed loops gives the work the feel of great NJN (1993) art. Documents the struggle of Black Video Cassette (30 min.) artists to sell and show their work in the PN 1992.8 V5 A44 1920s-1930s. Describes the influence of the Harmon Foundation. Almy, Max: Art Com Video 2--Waveforms: Video Cassette (57 min.) Video/Japan. N 6538 N5 A36 Art Com A collection of video artists in Japan that at once represents a diversity of expression and indicates three themes: nature, the persistence of cultural traditions, and the embracing of new technology. Video Cassette (1 hr.) N 6494 V53 A76 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. VISUAL ARTS 3 Almy, Max: Art Com Video 3. Amos, Emma: Action Lines. Art Com L&S Video (1996) Investigates contemporary culture, Profile of the artist and her works. often employing state of the art digital video Video Cassette (28 min.) effects and computer processing. Includes N 6537 A469 E45 works from 1979-1989: Modern Marriage, Deadline, Leaving the 20th Century, Perfect Ancient Greece: Weapons of Mass Leader, Drake's Equation, Lost in the Destruction. Pictures, and The Thinker. A&E Television Networks c2005 Video Cassette (40 min.) Host, Michael Guillen takes a look at N 6494 V53 A44 the weapons of Ancient Greece and shows how they are related to the projectile, America and Lewis Hine. chemical, and biological weapons of today. The Cinema Guild (1984) 1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) Displays some of the movie and still U805 .A53 2005 photography of Lewis Hine which publicized the plight of children, immigrants, and other Andrews, Benny: The Visible Man. groups economically exploited in America L&S Video (1996) from 1900-1930. Hine portrayed the insides Profile of the artist and his works. of factories, mines, steel and textile mills, Video Cassette (28 min.) and homes in urban tenements. ND 237 A643 B45 Video Cassette (56 min.) TR 820 A43 Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film. PBS Home Video (2006) American Art Appreciation Activities Kit. A portrait of the most famous and Prentice Hall (1996) controversial artist of the second half of the 40 Slides twentieth century. Explores the complete Book (328 p.) spectrum of Warhol's artistic output, from N 363 H84 1996 the late 1940s to his death in 1987. 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) American Image: 150 Years of N6537.W28 A36 2006 Photography. Eastman Kodak Co. (1988) Annie Leibovitz: Celebrity Photographer. The true magic of photography is Home Vision Arts (1993) represented in this kaleidoscope Video Cassette (51 min.) of images, a history of America as seen from TR 140 L45 A55 the eye of the camera. Video Cassette (1 hr.) Ansel Adams. TR 23 A44 PBS Home Video 2002 Few American artists have reached a American Photography: A Century of wider audience or enjoyed more widespread Images. popularity in their own lifetime than Ansel PBS Home Video (1999) Adams. Ansel Adams had a profound impact Presents the whole range of on how Americans see the majesty or their photography in the United States in the 20th continent and helped transform how people century. The range of topics include artistic think and feel about the meaning of the photography, photojournalism and home natural world. A visionary photographer, a photography. The series mentions the pioneer in photographic technique and a technological change and the impact that crusader for the environment, this portrait of photographs have whether they are Adams portrays the great artist and ardent personal or newsworthy. environmentalist. Guide 1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) Video Cassette (161 min.) TR140.A3 A565 2002 TR23 .A52 1999 pt. 1-3 For additions to this section please see the Media Resources Desk. For availability check the Library catalog http://webpac.library.unlv.edu. VISUAL ARTS 4 Ant Farm. Art Deco. Video Arts (2003) Films for the Humanities & Sciences In 1975, two artists barreled a car full (2002) speed into a pyramid of televisions for a Presents the history of the Art Deco performance art put on by the Ant Farm, a style in fine arts, architecture and the group of radical architects, video and decorative arts. Includes footage of many art performance artists and visionaries. Includes deco buildings in America and archival additional Ant Farm features. footage showing other examples of art deco 1 videodisc (127 min.) works and objects. Also includes N6494.V53 A57 2003 commentary from art historians. 1 videodisc (29 min.) Antin, Eleanor: Angel of Mercy. N6494.A7 A78 2002 Video Data Bank (1981) A dramatization of the life of Florence Art in the Twenty-First Century. Nightingale and her involvement in the PBS Home Video (2001) Crimean War. Discusses how twenty-one diverse Video Cassette (1 hr.