Kultur International Films.

A guide to the understanding of Mexican art - both of the past and present - from its beginnings in the masterworks of the Aztecs and Mayans to the autobiographical surrealism of Frida Kahlo.

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.

The video contains definitive biographies accompanied by a visual analysis of the artist's major work. Full of imagery the video is the perfect introduction to Alberto Giacometti's modern art.

"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...

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.

Pablo Picasso was a legend whose paintings almost everyone can visualize today. The film works through the artworks of Picasso in chronological order and discusses the forces that inspired them, whether in the personal life of the artist or the wider world.

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.

Instructor Teresa Mason demonstrates and teaches lessons on wedding, ballroom, Latin, and country dancing for beginners.

Tells the story of one of the art world's most colorful characters. A true maverick and a highly controversial figure in his day, Edouard Manet became a father figure to the Impressionist movement because of his stand against the restrictions and conventions of the French salon.

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.