| The Windsor Public Library holds
many art books and videotapes, some of them presented by the Palette and
Brush Club. Look for art books in the 750s section. Here is a list of
videotapes selected from the Library's on-line catalog. |
| Videotape |
Summary |
| Splash of color - reviewed
by Rita Melley-Coyne in the November newsletter |
Artist Roland Roycraft shows how he uses
color in his watercolor paintings. |
| Elegant abundance with Helen Van Wyk. -
reviewed
by Rita Melley-Coyne in the January newsletter |
Video shows how to start, how to proceed,
and how to finish a painting. Shows how powerful the basics are in painting,
and how they are, in truth, the avenue of your self expression |
| Sister Wendy's story of painting. Baroque
to Romanticism |
Sister Wendy Beckett travels across Europe
to explore paiintings Baroque and Romantic periods |
| Sister Wendy's story of painting. The age
of revolution |
Sister Wendy Beckett looks at the two cataclysms
that shook art to its foundations: The Industrial Revolution and the French
Revolution. |
| Sister Wendy's story of painting. Modernism |
Sister Wendy Beckett traces the development
of 20th century art and its legacy to the future. |
| Sister Wendy's story of painting. Early
art |
Sister Wendy Beckett traces the roots of
Western art from the cave paintings at Lascaux to the Middle Ages. |
Joan Miro / Rosamond Bernier
|
In this lecture, Rosamond Bernier discusses
Miro's life and art, and reminisces about her acquaintance with him. |
| The Matisse I knew: The Matisse nobody knew
/ Rosamond Bernier. |
These lectures includes an analysis of Matisse's
style and Rosamond Bernier's reminiscences of her acquaintance with the
artist. |
| The Picasso I knew : The Picasso nobody
knew / Rosamond Bernier at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
This is a recording of two lectures given
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
Mastering calligraphy
|
This is a beginning program on the Chancery
cursive type style. Simple materials, readily available at department and
art stores, such as Italic nib dip pens, ink, paper, and ruler are all
that is necessary to begin. |
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum :
Fenway Court, Boston, Massachusetts.
|
Tour one of the great collections
of old master paintings in America. Sculptures, tapestries, furniture,
rare books and more adorn this journey filled with inspiring music and
insightful narration. |
Professional realism 2 : how professional
artists paint water.
|
"Four demonstrations on different types
of water, plus detailed analysis of many water conditions which professionals
need to understand. (Oil & watercolor)" |
Collecting America : folk art and the Shelburne
Museum
|
Provides a kaleidoscopic look at the objects
found in Electra Havemeyer Webb's collections of hundreds of thousands
of American folk art pieces which fill thirty-seven buildings of the Shelburne
Museum in Vermont. |
Soft self-portrait of Salvador Dali / a
film for television by Robert Descharnes and Jean-Christophe Averty
|
A surreal journey into the mind of Salvador
Dali, one of the great artists of the 20th century. Filmed on location
at Dali's villa in Port Lligat, Spain, this film visually explores Dali's
world, his art and his philosophies. |
Don't eat the pictures : Sesame Street at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Children's Television Workshop.
|
The whole Sesame Street gang find themselves
accidentally locked in the Metropolitan museum overnight. The video aims
to entertain while it encourages children and their families to discover
the treasures to be found in their local museums. |
Homage to Chagall
|
Portrait of Russian painter MarcChagall,
with photographs of over 300 of his paintings, murals and stained-glass
windows. Also includes interviews with the artist and his wife. |
Saint Gaudens : masque of the golden bowl
|
"This film is a lush dramatization
of a day in the life of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, pre-eminent sculptor of
the American Renaissance, as seen and recorded in his own words and in
those of his contemporaries." |
Picasso, the man and his work
|
Story of Pablo Picasso's life from the age
of 15, primarily stressing his work in its various periods and the influence
of events and persons in his life on his work. |
Acrylic painting #3 : Flowers
|
Takes the viewer through the various steps
of a painting of fresh-cut flowers, uses a watercolor-like technique. |
| Charles Reid, painter: the figure in watercolor |
Watercolor painting Technique - Human
figure in art |
| A Tour of the Louvre
|
A tour which reviews more than 100 paintings
from Enguerrand Quarton to Goya. |
| Mary Cassatt, impressionist from Philadelphia |
Focuses on the life and work of Impressionist
painter Mary Cassatt. |
| Painting children from photographs
|
"Painting Children From Photographs With
Helen Van Wyk : Welcome to My Studio" |
| Focus on watercolor / Timothy J. Clark. |
Watercolor painting Technique |
| Watercolor pure & simple : with
Ron Ranson |
A demonstration of artist Ron Ranson painting
landscapes on location, incorporating many ideas and techniques. |
