301. Stories in Glass and Stone
Explore the majestic French Gothic
cathedrals of Notre Dame, Chartres,
Amiens, Beauvais, Rheims and Mont
St. Michel in France; Salisbury in England, Milan and Siena in Italy, and Cologne in Germany.
302. French Rococo Painters of Court and Courtiers
The works of Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, Chardin and Vigee-LeBrun illustrate the fragile, delicate, playful style and trivial themes and characters of Rococo painting.
303. Fire and Ice:
The Romantic-Classic Debate
David and Ingres expressed the revolution against the crown; Gericault and Delacroix demonstrated the Romantics' struggle to restore humanity after Napoleon.
304. The Triumph of Popular Realism
in 19th Century France
The works of Corot, Daumier, Millet,
Bonheur and Courbet illustrate the desire of Realists to interpret the
visual world as precisely as possible.
305. North Italian Painters:
Color and Chiaroscuro
Color and chiaroscuro (shading from dark to light) features works by five brilliant artists: Titian, Veronese, Tiepolo, Canaletto and Caravaggio.
306. British Cathedrals and Country Houses
Take a tour through seven architecturally significant buildings from the age of Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren, to Vanbrugh, Burlington and Kent, Adam and Nash.
307. New Methods and Materials:
20th Century American Sculpture
Explore the limitless experimentalism
of Calder's witty stabiles and mobiles, Smith's heroic totems, Chamberlain's crushed auto parts, Nevelson's structured walls, Hunt's hybrid steel forms, Edmonson's naive carvings and Christo's wrapped objects.
308. American Architecture:
In Search of a National Integrity
Through selected examples, viewers see representative buildings in the U.S. by five prominent architects: Jefferson, Richardson, Sullivan, Wright and Van der Rohe.
309. The African-American
Experience in Painting
Experience Johnson's portraits, Duncanson's landscapes, Tanner's religious paintings, Lee-Smith's portrayals of the urban plight of his people, Lawrence's depictions of working-class people and Bearden's collages.
310. South of the Border
Study the radiance of the Mexican painters and muralists Kahlo, Orozco, Rivera and Siqueiros; Tamayo and the surrealists and cubists; Columbian Botero's political cartoons and Venezuelan Marisol's satirical sculptures.
