This provocative ten-part series singles out powerfully enduring themes that permeate the canon of Western art. Through close analyses of works selected from a wide range of media, these programs are designed to stimulate critical inquiry into the fundamental expression of art and to promote a deeper understanding of both the continuity and the evolution of artistic perception. 10-part series, 27 minutes each.

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The Series Includes : The Dead and the Dying | Slumber | Double Vision | Illuminating the Night | Women Bathing | Metamorphoses of the Body | The Window | Landscape as Backdrop | The Cityscape | The Painter's Studio

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		Magic of the Image: Photography Revealed This elegant program artistically unfolds the history of photography, including the contributions of Joseph Niepce, Louis Daguerre, Fox Talbot, and the Lumieres, with an emphasis on the processes involved in creating photographs. The chemistry of mod...(more details)		DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
		David Hockney's Secret Knowledge Why did paintings suddenly take on a nearly photographic realism around 1420? In this controversial program, noted artist and art critic David Hockney investigates how, 400 years before the invention of the photograph, painters were using simple came...(more details)		DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
		Video Artists, Video Art: Film at the Fringes of Experience Enlightening or mystifying, intriguing or repulsive, the works of Gary Hill, Shirin Neshat, Matthew Barney, and William Kentridge demand a reaction. This in-depth four-part series showcases these renowned video artists and their creations, giving vie...(more details)		DVD $679.80
		Decoding Photographic Images When setting up a shot, a photographer works with composition, lighting, and color to create a subliminal subtext that reinforces or even carries the meaning of his or her subject. This program illustrates how basic components of photography-line, sh...(more details)		DVD (Chaptered) $149.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $224.93 3-Year Streaming $149.95
		Rothko: An Abstract Humanist This program offers a rare examination of the life and work of Mark Rothko. Rothko gave abstraction the emotional power of music and poetry. He painted ideas rather than objects and, in the process, created a deeply original pictorial language. One o...(more details)		DVD $149.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $224.93 3-Year Streaming $149.95

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