Kultur International Films.
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1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This documentary portrays the legendary painter as she candidly reveals her warmth, humor, and practical wisdom. For the first time on camera, O'Keeffe openly discusses her work and inspirations taken from the haunting mountain deserts of New Mexico.
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Van Gogh remains the ultimate example of the tortured artistic genius. His entire life was a struggle against poverty and mental disorder. But the hundreds of canvases that he painted prior to his death are today recognized as masterpieces.
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1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Rousseau was a true amateur painter. His brightly-colored paintings of imaginary forests and wild animals lacked all formal techniques. Contemporary critics were unimpressed, but today they are regarded among the greatest works of art.
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1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Paul Gauguin was 35 when he abandoned his successful career as a Paris stockbroker to devote himself full-time to painting. Though his years as a painter in France, and later in Tahiti, were dominated by poverty and obscurity, his bold use of flat color eventually came to be seen as the work of a post-impressionist master.
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The unique collections held in the Hermitage will take you on an absorbing journey in time and space. The introduction to the Winter Palace skillfully weaves in the history of the museum collection that now dates back more than three centuries. Music performed by the State Hermitage Orchestra, the Millennium Chamber Choir, and the St Petersburg Neva-Klassika string quartet will enhance your enjoyment.
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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In 1893 Edvard Munch created a masterpiece which has become a defining image of the 20th Century. The Scream is a picture whose sense of anguish reveals much about our own lives, as well as the life of the artist who created it.
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1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This program is an entertaining and informative profile of Georges Pierre Seurat, the inventor of the technique known as Pointillism in which a whole picture is made up of tiny rectangles of pure color, which merge together when viewed from afar. Seurat completed only seven canvasses in this hugely complex technique, including the superb Une Baignade. This is the story of an artist who achieved much in his short life.
12) Francis Bacon
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1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Biography of artist Francis Bacon with images of his work.
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2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Conceived as an introspective journey that takes you from the first daguerreotypes to war photojournalism, from fashion spreads to the greatest contemporary artists, this program includes 1700 pictures, 300 artists, and will appeal to all photographers--amateur and professional alike. This is not only the history of an amazing art form, it is also the adventure of one century and a half during which photography has captured the image of the collective...
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1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Ballet made fun and easy! These acclaimed programs created especially for preschoolers. Basic ballet steps are associated with adorable flower and animal characters that make it easy to remember ballet terminology. Picture to stimulate the child₂s creativity and imagination! Basic ballet steps include a warm-up, stretching/strengthening exercises, and fundamentals skills and creative movement. Floor exercises teach format of a dance class, spatial...
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents the basic steps and moves of the tango milonguero, covering: tango milonguero; dancer positions; the salida and the salida 40; the hesitation and corte; the chase (la caza); the backward eights (ochos para atrás); firuletes (embellishments); linking backward eights with a clockwise turn; the clockwise turn.
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1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Ganga, as the Indians call it, Mother Ganges, the Goddess Ganges is India's holy river. The Ganges is a gift of Shiva, the god of regeneration, a heavenly river flowing on earth. Bathing in the sacred waters of the Ganges can cleanse one of sin, so devout Hindus believe. When Jamana Lal's mother died unexpectedly, he and his brother decided to make a 6,000-kilometer pilgrimage from one end of the Ganges to the other for their mother's soul and to...
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Using extraordinary archive footage and rare color material, all the most dramatic events in Elizabeth's life are here, including her marriage to Prince Philip, the birth of Charles, and more.
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Presents a comprehensive introduction to Latin dancing, featuring Teresa Mason's method to teach beginning-, intermediate-, and advanced-level dancers; covering the merengue, rumba, cha cha, salsa, and samba; and discussing frame, leading, Latin dance positions, and related topics with tips and advice from Teresa Mason.
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Presents a comprehensive introduction to ballroom dancing, featuring Teresa Mason's method to teach beginning-, intermediate-, and advanced-level dancers, and covering frame, leading, dance positions, and related topics with tips and advice from Teresa Mason.