| Description |
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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videocassette vf rdacarrier |
| Series |
American visions ; 7 |
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American visions ; 7.
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| Performer |
Robert Hughes (art critic), Clement Greenberg, Willem de Kooning, Karal Ann Marling, Jasper Johns, Henry Louis Gates, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Kirk Varnedoe. |
| Credits |
Producer/director, James Kent ; executive producer, Nicholas Rossiter ; photography, Dave Bennett ; film editor, Colin Minchin ; music, David Ferguson. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 1996 for PBS. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Summary |
An eight part series presenting American history through its visual art, painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments. In this seventh segment, after the post-war era, Hughes traces the development of abstract expressionism and the life of Jackson Pollock, and explores how artists as different as James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, David Smith, Willem De Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden, Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns reacted to the new consumer culture. |
| System Details |
VHS. |
| Subject |
Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956.
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Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970 -- Video recordings.
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Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970 -- Video recordings.
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Smith, David, 1906-1965 -- Video recordings.
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De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997 -- Video recordings.
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Johns, Jasper, 1930- -- Video recordings.
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Cornell, Joseph -- Video recordings.
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Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 -- Video recordings.
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Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988 -- Video recordings.
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Oldenburg, Claes, 1929- -- Video recordings.
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Rosenquist, James, 1933- -- Video recordings.
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Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987 -- Video recordings.
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New York school of art -- Video recordings.
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Architecture -- History -- Video recordings.
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Art, American -- History -- Video recordings.
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Painters -- United States -- Video recordings.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired -- Video recordings.
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Art, American -- Themes, motives -- Video recordings.
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Technology in art -- Video recordings.
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Surrealism -- Video recordings.
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Pop art -- Video recordings.
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United States -- Civilization -- Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012.
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Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994.
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Marling, Karal Ann.
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
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Varnedoe, Kirk, 1946-2003.
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Planet 24 (Firm)
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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Time Warner, Inc.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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PBS Home Video.
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| ISBN |
0780618181 |
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0780618203 |
| Music No. |
B3483 |
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