Masterworks of Western art : [DVD] Realism in 20th-Century American painting./ a presentation of Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; produced by RM Arts.
"Distributed worldwide by RM Associates." Narrated by James Greene.
Contents:
This program examines: Grant Wood's American Gothic (1930), from The Art Institute of Chicago --- Georgia O'Keeffe's The White Calico Flower (1931), from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York --- Reginald Marsh's Twenty Cent Movie (1931), from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York --- Edward Hopper's Nighthawks (1942), from The Art Institute of Chicago --- Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World (1948), from the Museum of Modern Art, New York --- Richard Estes' Ansonia (1977), from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Masterworks of Western Art Series : [1] Italian renaissance -- [2] Northern renaissance -- [3] Baroque period -- [4] Expressionism -- [5] Impact of cubism -- [6] Dada and surrealism -- [7] Realism in 20th century American painting -- [8] Abstract expressionism and pop: art of the '50s and '60s.
Summary:
Always a strong artistic current in the U.S., Realism has kept pace with the times, first as Regionalism and Social Realism -- which defined early Modernism -- and then reemerging as contemporary photo-realism.
Series:
Masterworks of Western art ;
Locations:
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.