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THE PRIVATE LIFE OF A MASTERPIECE: GREAT WORKS OF ART EXPOSED


This remarkable series firmly sets each of 12 of the world’s greatest masterpieces within the vibrant context of its times. X-ray analysis and 3-D reconstructions expand on the narratives by revealing details that could not otherwise be seen. And behind it all is valuable commentary by leading art historians, artists, art critics, and other specialists. Original BBCW broadcast title: The Private Life of a Masterpiece. (50 minutes each) © 2004–2005 Preview Clip Online ‡ o


La Primavera This program offers multiple interpretations of one of the most hotly debated works in the history of Western art as it tracks La Primavera from its creation to its place in modern pop culture. $169.95 QGR35379 • DVD / VOD


The Night Watch This program deftly deconstructs The Night Watch to understand the many conventions it broke through its suggestions of movement, dramatic use of light and perspective, and its very composition—and reveals the terrible damage it has sustained over the centuries. $169.95 QGR35380 • DVD / VOD


The Third of May 1808 The video keenly conveys the circumstances of the Spanish uprising against the French, examines Goya’s painting technique, and analyzes The Third of May’s symbolism, commenting on its prescience in prefiguring the horrors of future atrocities. $169.95 QGR35381 • DVD / VOD


The Great Wave Hokusai’s The Great Wave is arguably the best- known image of Japanese art in the Western world today, and yet prints of it were sold in the 19th century for only the price of a large bowl of noodles. $169.95 QGR35382 • DVD / VOD


Whistler’s Mother “Controversial” is probably not the first word to come to mind when viewing Whistler’s Mother, and yet as a harbinger of modernity and even abstraction in art, it was. This program provides a broad view of the artist and his times. $169.95 QGR35383 • DVD / VOD


Little Dancer Aged 14 This program brings to light the genesis of Degas’ immortal wax sculpture Little Dancer Aged 14, and the uproar the piece caused at its debut. $169.95 QGR35385 • DVD / VOD


The Kiss (Rodin) This program tells the intricate story of how Rodin’s The Kiss—loved by the public and spurned by its creator—came to be. Contains mature themes and explicit language and imagery. $169.95 QGR35386 • DVD / VOD


Sunflowers To study the Sunflowers sequence is to chart van Gogh’s meteoric rise from apprentice to master— and his subsequent ruin. $169.95 QGR35387 • DVD / VOD


Les Demoiselles d’Avignon This program offers an in-depth analysis of an iconoclastic painting born from the rivalry between Picasso and Matisse for leadership of the avant-garde. $169.95 QGR35388 • DVD / VOD


A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884 This program considers the mysteries painted into La Grande Jatte as it scrutinizes Seurat’s defining masterpiece. $169.95 QGR39230 • DVD / VOD


The Kiss (Klimt) This program places Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss within the context of Klimt’s sexually charged life and fin de siècle Vienna. Contains mature themes and explicit language and imagery. $169.95 QGR39231 • DVD / VOD


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Giselle—From the Royal Opera House A tale of misplaced love and supernatural vengeance, Giselle reaches into the heart of European folklore and the ancient connections between dance and spirituality. This production features rising-star principals Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg. (109 minutes) © 2008 Preview Clip Online o $169.95 QGR42103 • DVD / VOD


Swan Lake— From the Royal Opera House This presentation of Swan Lake, filmed in 2009, is a revival of Anthony Dowell’s 1985 version which restored the choreography of Petipa’s 1895 original. The Royal Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s classic amid sets inspired by the arts of late Imperial Russia, the era when this ballet was first staged. Marianela Nuñez and Thiago Soares star in the lead roles. (126 minutes) © 2009 Preview Clip Online o $169.95 QGR42119 • DVD / VOD


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Dance at the Moulin de la Galette This program brings 1870s Montmartre and the Moulin de la Galette to life through Renoir’s romanti- cized vision and history’s less generous account. $169.95 QGR35384 • DVD / VOD


Now Available! Bart Cook: Choreographer Bart Cook’s achievements are innumerable, from his role as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, to his acclaimed choreography, to his work as a répétiteur for the George Balanchine Trust and the Robbins Rights Trust. This program takes viewers inside Cook’s creative methodology as he prepares students for a performance at Lincoln Center—a rare and charming glimpse into the choreographic process. (30 minutes) © 1986 Preview Clip Online C $150.00 QGR47967 • DVD / VOD


Now Available! Barbara Morgan: Everything Is Dancing This program features legendary photographer Barbara Morgan reflecting on her long, fruitful career in her own inimitable style. She touches on a wide range of subjects, from her unique collaboration with dancer Martha Graham to the rhythmic vitality of Chinese painting, which, for Morgan, brought “the poetic mysticism of the East and the pragmatic dynamics of the West…into resonance.” (18 minutes) © 1980 Preview Clip Online C $150.00 QGR47966 • DVD / VOD


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