How to Look at and Understand Great Art Poster

How to Look at and Understand Great Art

★ N/A 2011 1 Seasons

Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconscious and two substyles - dream imagery, with its juxtaposition of objects and settings, and "automatic drawing," eliciting unplanned images from the unconscious.

Documentary
Episode 1

Episode 1

The Importance of First Impressions

Episode 2

Episode 2

Where Am I? Point of View and Focal Point

Episode 3

Episode 3

Color—Description, Symbol, and More

Episode 4

Episode 4

Line—Description and Expression

Episode 5

Episode 5

Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow

Episode 6

Episode 6

Seeing the Big Picture—Composition

Episode 7

Episode 7

The Illusion—Getting the Right Perspective

Episode 8

Episode 8

Art That Moves Us—Time and Motion

Episode 9

Episode 9

Feeling with Our Eyes—Texture and Light

Episode 10

Episode 10

Drawing—Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media

Episode 11

Episode 11

Printmaking—Relief and Intaglio

Episode 12

Episode 12

Modern Printmaking—Planographic

Episode 13

Episode 13

Sculpture—Salt Cellars to Monuments

Episode 14

Episode 14

Development of Painting—Tempera and Oils

Episode 15

Episode 15

Modern Painting—Acrylics and Assemblages

Episode 16

Episode 16

Subject Matters

Episode 17

Episode 17

Signs—Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art

Episode 18

Episode 18

Portraits—How Artists See Others

Episode 19

Episode 19

Self-Portraits—How Artists See Themselves

Episode 20

Episode 20

Landscapes—Art of the Great Outdoors

Episode 21

Episode 21

Putting It All Together

Episode 22

Episode 22

Early Renaissance—Humanism Emergent

Episode 23

Episode 23

Northern Renaissance—Devil in the Details

Episode 24

Episode 24

High Renaissance—Humanism Perfected

Episode 25

Episode 25

Mannerism and Baroque—Distortion and Drama

Episode 26

Episode 26

Going Baroque—North versus South

Episode 27

Episode 27

18th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo

Episode 28

Episode 28

Revolutions—Neoclassicism and Romanticism

Episode 29

Episode 29

From Realism to Impressionism

Episode 30

Episode 30

Postimpressionism—Form and Content Re-Viewed

Episode 31

Episode 31

Expressionism—Empathy and Emotion

Episode 32

Episode 32

Cubism—An Experiment in Form

Episode 33

Episode 33

Abstraction/Modernism—New Visual Language

Episode 34

Episode 34

Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams

Episode 35

Episode 35

Postmodernism—Focus on the Viewer

Episode 36

Episode 36

Your Next Museum Visit—Do It Yourself!

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