American Art Online Videos

a catalogue of online lectures and conversations with artists, scholars and others

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YouTube sample videos in alphabetical order.

Alfred Stieglitz [05:42] (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL)

Alfred Stieglitz [04:19] from Masters of Photography Series (1983) (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL)

"Alice Neel" Trailer, theatrical trailer for the feature documentary "Alice Neel" directed by Andrew Neel This film is provided by Withoutabox, "The Network for Independents." [2:40] (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL)

American Vision: The History of American Art and Architecture produced by Planet 24 in association with BBC Television; a Time Inc.-BBC co-production; produced in association with Thirteen/WNET. Description source: Amon Carter Museum Teacher Resource Center. Clips from epispdes are via YouTube (Links found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL)

• The Republic of Virtue "Demonstrates how the new republic adopts and transforms the classical style to serve a new, democratic ideal. Examples range from heroic statues of George Washington to the architecture of Thomas Jefferson." Episode one titled "The Republic of Virtue" part 1 of 5 10:48; part 2 of 5 10:54; part 3 of 5 10:57; part 4 of 5 10:58; part 5 of 5 10:57
• The Promised Land "Explores ways that religion had a fundamental impact on the shaping of American culture. From the Spanish missions in New Mexico to the Puritan churches of New England, a new American culture emerges through architecture and portraiture." Episode two titled "The Promised Land" part 1 of 6 10:41; part 2 of 6 8:37; part 3 of 6 8:59; part 4 of 6 10:42; part 5 of 6 9:31; part 6 of 6 6:35
• The Wilderness and the West "Travels from Yellowstone to the Hudson Valley via works of artists Albert Bierstadt (1830--1902), John James Audubon (1785--1851), Frederic Church (1826--1900), Frederic Remington (1861--1909), and Thomas Cole (1801--1848)." Episode three titled "The Wilderness and the West" covering The US West, Manifest Destiny, and national identity part 1 of 6 10:46; part 2 of 6 10:37; part 3 of 6 9:36; part 4 of 6 9:09; part 5 of 6 7:29; part 6 of 6 7:25
• The Gilded Age "Reveals widely different experiences of the American Dream through images of the Brooklyn Bridge, photographs of the Civil War, portraiture, and impressionist and realist paintings." Episode four titled "The Gilded Age" part 1 of 5 10:57; part 2 of 5 10:57; part 3 of 5 10:55; part 4 of 5 10:57; part 5 of 5 10:58
• A Wave from the Atlantic "Describes the impact of the waves of immigrants in the early-20th century. Follows the development of the socially conscious art circle called the Ashcan School, the historic 1913 Armory Show, and the artists who forged a modernism that is uniquely American" Episode five titled "A Wave from the Atlantic" part 1 of 5; 10:54; part 2 of 5 9:40 part 3 of 5 10:58; part 4 of 5 10:58; part 5 of 5 10:57
• Streamlines and Breadlines "Compares the mythic images of the 1920s and 30s, as urban as the skyscrapers rising up in New York and as rural as the heartland realized by regionalist painters like Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)." Episode six titled "Streamlines and Breadlines" part 1 of 5 10:57; part 2 of 5 10:58; part 3 of 5 10:57; part 4 of 5 10:58; part 5 of 5 10:58
• The Empire of Signs "Details how America's power becomes unrivaled in the post-war era, and how artists of the period make an explosive break with the past. Considers the impact of Hiroshima on art, traces the development of abstract expressionism and the life of Jackson Pollock, and explores how artists as different as James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, and Jasper Johns reacted to the new consumer culture." Episode seven titled "The Empire of Signs" part 1 of 5 10:57; part 2 of 5 10:57; part 3 of 5 10:58; part 4 of 5 10:58; part 5 of 5 10:58
• The Age of Anxiety" "Explores how American art reflects the upheavals of the last twenty-five years, from the evolution of abstract art to minimalism. The program also considers the spiritual richness of earth works, in which nature is the artist's medium." Episode eight titled "The Age of Anxiety" part 1 of 5 10:55; part 2 of 5 10:52; part 3 of 5 10:50; part 4 of 5 10:55; part 5 of 5 10:57

André Kertész part 2 of 6 [30:20] from Master Photographers Series [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Ansel Adams, part 4 of 6 [32:52] from Master Photographers Series [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Auction at the Harwood Museum in Taos, NM [8:31] held in the museum's galleries. Accessed May, 2015.

Charles Dana Gibson [5:14] A glimpse into the life of one of America's most celebrated illustrators Accessed May, 2015.

Crown Point Press: Printing Demonstration. [3:56] Magical-Secrets says: "Crown Point Press' founding director and master printer Kathan Brown prints a Wayne Thiebaud soft ground plate in real time. This is an excerpt from the DVD included in the book "Magical Secrets about Line Etching and Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art Incised Lines." For more videos, technical advice, and ongoing ideas about intaglio printmaking or to purchase a copy of the book please visit www.Magical-Secrets.com" [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Dale Chihuly visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his Gardens of Glass. This event took place on June 19, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. [1:02:48] Accessed May, 2015.

Dale Chihuly [8:32] Glass blower Dale Chihuly talks about his work and his significant impact on the Studio Glass movement. Accessed May, 2015.

Deborah Butterfield introduces her work to a group of docents at its installation at the Nevada Museum of Art on June 15, 2007. [4:58] and in another video taken during the docent walkthrough on June 15, 2007, sculptor Deborah Butterfield reflects upon some of the philosophical and artistic elements contributing to her decisions to create sculptures of horses lying prone on the floor or ground. [5:51] Accessed May, 2015.

Drawing the Line - Keith Haring (1989) Part 1 of 3 [9:25]; Part 2 of 3 [9:57]; Part 3 of 3 [9:39] (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL)

Eric Fischl interviewed by A.M. Homes, "The Figure in Narrative" series paired a prominent novelist or poet with an acclaimed visual artist for an intimate discussion about the creative process. Novelist A.M. Homes interviewed painter Eric Fischl in Manhattan on Oct. 26, 2005. The New York Academy of Art co-sponsored the event.. (text by BOMBLive)

Georgia O'Keeffe: Notable New Mexican (PBS) [06:05] [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Georgia O'Keeffe in New Mexico Footage of the 92 year old Georgia O'Keeffe speaking about her art, taken in and around her home in New Mexico [09:67] and here "Georgia O'Keeffe" [09:57] An interview with the artist when she was 92, and as she wandered the hills around her New Mexico home. [Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Gordon Parks & David Finn - Air date: 06-09-03, [58:07]. Truveo.com says: "Gordon Roger Alexander Buchannan Parks (November 30, 1912 -- March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking African-American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director."[Link found to be expired as of 2015 audit. TFAO is saving the citation for use by researchers.]

Ida Applebroog Studio Visit-2005, Video by Scott Sinkler. Music By Jim Coleman. Public Eye Productions-publiceye@mindspring.com TRT 3:15-2005 [3:19] Accessed May, 2015.

John Ahearn at work, John Ahearn, New York City based artist, at work in studio. Copyright 2007 by Tom Fitzgibbon Accessed May, 2015.

Laurie Hogin: Forest of the Future [6:00] related to the exhibit Laurie Hogin: The Forest of the Future Accessed May, 2015.

Louise Bourgeois at the Guggenheim Museum Part 1 [10:09]. James Kalm battles Manhattan's morning rush hour, peddling twelve miles, to pay homage to the Grand Dame of the New York Art World, Louise Bourgeois. This remarkable retrospective gathers the most extensive selection of Bourgeois works to date, and features her major sculpture, installations, paintings, drawings and graphics. Viewers will see the arc of stylistic development form the early Surrealist to the Biomorphic, assemblage and the installations with sexually charged images that makes Bourgeois an essential Feminist artist. Part I presents works from the early 1940's till the mid 1960's. This exhibition is organized in association with the Tate Modern, London, and Center Pompidou, Paris. Part 2 [10:05] Accessed May, 2015.

Man Leaning on Wall Project, The, Ireverent comedy where the videographer made "a plaque that reads "Man Leaning on Wall'... then went to the SFMOMA, stuck it on the wall, and had someone lean up right next to it. We were there about an hour before the security guy put an end to it. A lot of people fell for it, and there were some people who got the joke. The docents were really awesome, and they played right along (it was the security that really had a problem)." Accessed May, 2015.

Marsden Hartley's The Iron Cross [2:33] Milderd Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis Accessed May, 2015.

Night Talk: Interview With Jeff Koons (part 1), [5:49] (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL) ; (part 2) [7:27]; part 3 [7:31] from Bloomberg

Plein air painting demonstration. [1:14], conducted by Skip Whitcomb, presented without audio, follows the artist's brushstrokes in creating a plein air painting. Accessed May, 2015.

Provincetown: An Art Colony [5:54] Accessed May, 2015.

Review of Aaron Douglas's Portrait of A Young Man at the Joslyn Art Museum. [1:00] from ARTnebraska's Art Treasures of Nebraska Accessed May, 2015.

Review of the Bodmer collection at the Joslyn Art Museum. [1:00] from ARTnebraska's Art Treasures of Nebraska (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL

Rockwell Kent is a documentary film written, directed, and produced by Frederick Lewis. He won an Emmy for a documentary film on the Boston Marathon. Lewis is an Associate Professor & Sequence Director for Video Production at the Ohio University School of Telecommunications. [2:39] (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL

Sam Colburn / Monterey Artist, Part 1 [8:47] and Part 2 [9:00] 1991 interview with watercolor artist./ Rama P. Jama from YouTube

South Florida Today: William Crutchfield [3:30] features the artist explaining his artistic approach in connection with an exhibit at the Boca Museum of Art as seen on WXEL. Accessed May, 2015.

Tony Abeyta: in my studio, [2:39], via truveo.com, which says: "I never want to be labeled 'predictable'," said Abeyta. "I want to challenge myself and surprise the viewer, deviating from previous years' works. I thrive on the unexpected and believe people will find some of that in this show." --Tony Abeyta" (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL

Wayne Thiebaud - CBS Sunday Morning - [7:07] Accessed May, 2015.

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