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Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Follows Andy Goldsworthy's bohemian free spirit all over the world as he demonstrates and opens up about his creative process. From his long-winding rock walls and icicle sculptures to his interlocking leaf chains and multi-colored pools of flowers. Goldsworthy's painstakingly intricate masterpieces are made entirely of materials found in Mother Nature - who threatens and often succeeds in destroying his art, sometime before it is even finished.
Publisher
ThirdPlanet Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the dramatic Southwest landscape, which endures extreme circumstances yet re-emerges richer and more beautiful for the journey. This unique film draws parallels to our own journey as we grapple with a sense of transformation, spirituality and what is truly sacred.
Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Amanda Vickery sets her sights on the golden age of homemaking in the 18th Century Georgian era. She traces the story of the unique relationship Britons enjoy with their homes. Characters from all walks of life, including gentlewomen in their stately mansions and servants with only a locking box to call their own, are brought to life as Amanda reveals the private diaries, intimate letters and curious artifacts of the age where the modern notion of...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
For centuries, humans have sought to express beauty in architecture and art, but it is only recently that neuroscience is helping to determine how and why beauty plays an important role in our wellbeing.Architects and neuroscientists are embarking on a new field of study in which subliminal responses to one's built environment may influence the future of design. Experts argue that positive subliminal reactions lead to a pleasurable experience, one...
Series
Publisher
Discovery Channel School
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"What is beauty? Why do certain proportions and patterns evoke a plesant feeling? Mathematicians and artists alike agree that beauty can be found in nature and in art, architecture, and music. From the rhythms of Wynton Marsalis to the patterns of the Fibonacci sequence found in shells, beauty has a certain mathematical truth to it"--Container.
Publisher
Cambridge Documentary Films
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A documentary about the fight against the toxic and degrading messages to women and girls that dominate the media. The film presents the leading authorities in the fields of psychology of women and girls, eating disorders, gender studies, violence against women, and media literacy -- and focuses their ideas on practical solutions and the best tactics for reclaiming our culture.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Tells the straightforward history of the renowned Ballets Russes troupe from 1929 until its demise in 1962, providing ... commentary, as well as tidbits on ballet aesthetics, backstage gossip and clip after clip of rare footage. It also ... offers portraits of the handful of surviving dancers, most of them in their 80s, who provide its commentary. After a brief review of [the Diaghilev years (1909-29)], it tells the tale of the company after Diaghilev,...
Publisher
American Ceramic Society
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Ben Carter shares his methods for integrating surface design with altered wheel-thrown and handbuilt pottery. Referencing pillows, tufted furniture, and quilts, Carter imbues his pots with softness in a variety of ways, from altering freshly thrown pots to create volume, to stretching soft clay into foam slump molds. Using this overfilled aesthetic as a metaphor for the comfort of southern hospitality, he complements the soft forms with slip and underglaze...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Richard Brettell, Professor of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, introduces the style, subject, and function of Impressionist painting by artists including Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Van Gogh. Explains how Impressionism changed the way that people see the world and examines how these artists documented life in the latter half of the 19th century and provided models of behavior, decorum, and urban...
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful, emotional, poetic and aesthetic film about dance around the world. Without narration or spoken word, the filmb2ss primary language is Dance, a universal medium. Take a visual journey to eighteen different destinations around the world and experience the beauty and emotion of dance with over 20 dancers wearing stunning and colorful costumes in a variety of indoor and outdoor scenes.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
There's more to colors than just aesthetics. There's an actual science behind how colors work on your eyes and your brain. And the secrets that scientists are uncovering offer astounding revelations on how colors influence the way you think, feel, and behave.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The world of mathematics contains some of the greatest ideas of humankind--ideas comparable to the works of Shakespeare, Plato, and Michelangelo. These mathematical ideas can add texture, beauty, and wonder to your life, without being a mathematician! This course explores the fourth dimension, coincidences, fractals, aesthetics, the allure of number, geometry, and how great mathematical ideas arise, along with learning to think abstractly, to grasp...
14) Over the limit
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Russian
Description
Elite rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun is soon to retire, but has one final goal set out for her: winning Olympic gold. This documentary "looks at the grueling Russian system for training athletes and the intense physical and mental labor put into a sport that thrives on its beautiful aesthetics"--Container.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This program captures the essence of Frank Gehry and his iconoclastic creations. The Davis studio and residence, Loyola Law School, the Edgemar Development, the Chiat/Day Building, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and the DG Bank Building are features, among many others. Gehry's love of motion, aesthetic exuberance, and dynamic language of design are considered, along with the seven constants that characterize his works.
17) Animal homes
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Animals build homes to provide a safe and stable place to raise a family. The three-part series investigates how animals build their amazing homes and the intriguing behaviors and social interactions that take place in and around them. Ecologist Chris Morgan serves as our guide and real estate agent, evaluating and deconstructing animal homes, their material, location, neighborhood and aesthetics.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The "Long Debate" on the nature of truth, the scale of real values, the life one should aspire to live, the character of justice, the sources of law, and the terms of civic and political life is encompassed by the name philosophy. Three persistent themes--understood as problems--are knowledge, conduct, and governance, on which there is a storehouse of insights, some so utterly persuasive as to have shaped thought itself. Beginning with Plato and Aristotle,...
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Combining aesthetics, sustainability, and function is the challenge of green architecture -- and 20 teams of college students from North America and Europe brilliantly rise to that challenge as they compete to design, build, and demonstrate the operation of the most attractive and energy-efficient house at the 2007 Solar Decathlon held in Washington, D.C. This program tracks the teams from the University of Maryland, MIT, The University of Texas...
20) Art city
Publisher
Distributed by Twelve Films
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Making it in Manhattan focuses on artists in New York, moving into lofts, studios and galleries for intimate scenes of the artists at work, where they discuss inspiration, aesthetic issues, the meaning of success, and how they overcame hardship to pursue a lifetime in art. A Ruling Passion focuses on intense personalities who've used their art to explore the emotional impact or dark humor of psychological truths and plumbs issues that affect artists,...
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