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Author
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs (1440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 347 pages ; 19 cm).
Description
Presents a course in Western visual art that serves as both a mind-broadening survey and an essential introduction. It is designed to give anyone interested in Western art a firm familiarity with its basics, including major artists and styles in various media and providing a broad foundation for deeper exploration.
4) Gambit
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Michael Caine rolls the dice but Shirley MacLaine could end up the big loser in this witty suspense yarn that finds the duo attempting to steal a priceless art treasure. Their foolproof scheme backfires and they must pull out all the stops in order to come out on top.
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mighty magnificent peaks, frosty highlights, and deep restful shadows. Bob Ross paints landscapes in a special 'Mountains' collection. 6-and-a-half hours of Bob Ross patiently teaching his world famous Bob Ross Wet-on-Wet Painting Technique. Includes Pretty Autumn day, Frozen solitude, Autumn fantasy, and Mountain reflections.
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Willard Wigan makes art so small it could fit in the eye of a needle. His entire collection - valued in the millions - could fit on a coin. He once inhaled three weeks of work when he breathed in at the wrong time. For Willard, the desire to go smaller and smaller is his eccentric escape from a chaotic world.
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It follows the story of Mark Landis, one of the most prolific art forgers in U.S. history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years, covering a wide range of painting styles and periods. While the copies could fetch impressive sums on the open market, Landis isn't in it for money. Posing as a philanthropic donor, Landis has given away hundreds of works over the years to a staggering list of institutions across the United States.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the nineteenth century, artist Thomas Cole and engraver Asher Durand established an artistic movement. The next generation expanded their palette with a technique that was immersed in light. The artistic innovation was later hailed as, 'The Luminist Movement.' The film tells the story of these artists who became the greatest landscape painters in the world!
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 388 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join master of mystery Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) as he invites you into the transfixing world of fantasy, horror and science fiction. In its third and final season, Serling once again presents stories that still leave an undeniable chill, filled with restless spirits, murderous spouses and unidentified terrors that go bump in the night.
11) Jay myself
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Documents the monumental move of renowned photographer and artist, Jay Maisel, who, in February 2015 after forty-eight years, sold his home, the 36,000 square-foot, 100-year-old landmark building in Manhattan known simply as "The Bank." Through the intimate lens of noted artist and photographer Stephen Wilkes, the viewer is taken on a remarkable journey through Maisel's life as an artist, mentor, and man; a man grappling with time, life, change, and...
12) Morlang
Series
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Julius Morlang is a successful art photographer who has moved on after the tragic suicide of his first wife, Ellen. He has found a new muse and lover in Ann, a younger version of Ellen. With the expected success of his new exhibition a near certainty, life for Morlang seems almost perfect - for now. But the past still haunts him. The voice of his dead wife appears on his answering machine - someone sends him her funeral announcement. Paranoia grows,...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Moshe Rynecki (1881-1943) was a prolific Warsaw-based artist who painted scenes of the Polish-Jewish community until he was murdered at Majdanek concentration camp. After the Holocaust, Moshe's wife was only able to recover a small fraction of his work, but unbeknownst to the family, many other pieces survived. For more than a decade, his great-granddaughter Elizabeth has searched for the missing art, with remarkable and unexpected success.
16) The forger
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A second-generation petty thief arranges to get out of prison to spend time with his ailing son by taking on a job with his father to pay back the syndicate that arranged his release.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The untold story of Vincenzo Peruggia, the Italian immigrant who committed the greatest little-known art theft in history. For more than 30 years, writer/director Joe Medeiros was obsessed with finding out Peruggia's true motive. So with the help of researchers, art experts and Celestina Peruggia's children Silvio and Graziella, Medeiros and his team embarked on an epic journey leading them to the Louvre, to Peruggia's hiding place in Paris, to Florence....
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. An artist/activist dares to shock the world about the environmental impact of its over-consumption by creating a sprawling art museum in the middle of one of the most toxic places on earth, a fiery e-waste dump in Ghana, Africa.
19) I am not a witch
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When eight-year-old Shula turns up alone and unannounced in a rural Zambian village, the locals are suspicious. A minor incident escalates to a full-blown witch trial, where she is found guilty and sentenced to life on a state-run witch camp. There, she is tethered to a long white ribbon and told that if she ever tries to run away, she will be transformed into a goat. As the days pass, Shula begins to settle into her new community, but a threat looms...
20) Under the hammer
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 357 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Romance and intrigue at a London auction house. Written by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey), this 1990s British drama tells the story of art experts who share a passion for the treasures they put under the hammer.
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