Title:
The shock of the new [videorecording] / written and presented by Robert Hughes ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time Life Films and RM Productions, Munich ; produced by Lorna Pegram.
Author:
Hughes, Robert, 1938-
Richardson, David.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Time-Life Films.
Reiner Moritz Productions.
Ambrose Video Publishing.
Publication Information:
New York : Ambrose Video Pub., [2001?]
Call Number:
N6490 .S46 2001 V.1-2
Abstract:
"Robert Hughes' history of modern art from cubism to pop and the avant-garde. The sequel to the BBC's Civilization series, picks up at the threshold of the 20th century. It is written and presented by Robert Hughes, art critic and senior writer for Time. Hughes draws on a wealth of documentary materials from the archives of the BBC, including rare footage and interviews with noted artists. The range of major figures includes Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, le Corbusier, Maz Ernst, Francis Bacon and Jackson Pollock."--Container.
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (ca. 416 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Each episode ca. 60 min.
Contents:
The mechanical paradise ; The powers that be -- The landscape of pleasure ; Trouble in Utopia -- The threshold of liberty ; The view from the edge -- Culture as nature ; The future that was.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Terms Governing Use:
"Licensed only for educational instruction and public performance for non-paying audiences."--Videodisc.
Public performance rights - PC.