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This program by Reiner E. Moritz celebrates German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach's 200th Anniversary. "Offenbach began something which later developed through Johann Strauss, Lehar, Kalman, Abraham into the Broadway musical of the 20th Century. All of this can be traced back to one man: Jacques Offenbach," says Barrie Kosky, the stage director of this year's highly acclaimed Salzburg Orphée aux enfers, Offenbach's first full-length operetta....
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Section one of this program features probably the most celebrated American package of all time: the Coca-Cola bottle, which has retained its essential shape-as easily recognizable to the touch as to the eye-since 1916. In section two, artisan Gerrit Rietveld's Red and Blue Chair, a furniture style debuted in 1919 in the pages of the influential Dutch magazine De Stijl and symbolic of 20th-century Modernism, is spotlighted.
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Section one of this program examines the prodigious volume of products created by Tapio Wirkkala, including the 1963 cutlery set called Composition, a testimonial to the artist's love of nature, knowledge of ergonomics, and refined sense of taste. In section two, the sensational Swatch-a pop culture phenomenon-is featured, showing how its styling has helped the Swiss watch industry fight Japanese competition while keeping pace with the times.
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"Abstract Expressionism was born from a joining of attitudes in American art and European avant-garde art, but was later rejected for its nonfigurative and seemingly egocentric character in favor of the ultra-objective phenomenon known as Pop Art. This program examines: Franz Kline's 'C & O' (1958), from the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Helen Frankenthaler's 'Mountains and Sea' (1952), from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Willem...
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Albrecht Durer, arguably the greatest artist of the northern Renaissance, was the primary conduit through whom Italian Renaissance forms and ideas were introduced into a Germany still dominated by the Gothic tradition. This program examines the life and work of the peerless painter and printmaker, focusing on some of his most important pieces. The influence of his father, a goldsmith; Anthony Koberger, Durer's godfather and one of Germany's finest...
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Richard Estes' "Ansonia," completed in 1977 and housed in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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The 17th century was a time of religious conflicts, political struggles, and great scientific advances. This upheaval contributed to the Baroque period's relatively unrestrained, overtly emotional, and more energetic style that is reflected, to varying degrees, in paintings from all across Europe. This program examines:o Caravaggio's The Young Lute Player (circa 1596), from The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburgo Rembrandt's The Return of the...
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Sonia Delaunay's "Electric Prisms," completed in 1914 and housed in the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Anselm Kiefer's "Interior," completed in 1981 and housed in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Albert Edelfelt's "Luxembourg Gardens," completed in 1887 and housed in the Finnish National Gallery Ateneum in Helsinki.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Margit Anna's "The Creator Rests," completed in 1977 and housed in the Amos-Anna Museum in Szentendre.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Franz Kline's "C & O," completed in 1958 and housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Helen Frankenthaler's "Mountains and Sea," completed in 1952 and housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
15) Morris Louis: Beta Kappa : 1961, acrylic on canvas : the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Morris Louis' "Beta Kappa," completed in 1961 and housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Arshile Gorky's "One Year at the Milkweed," completed in 1944 and housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Károly Ferenczy's "October," completed in 1903 and housed in the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Anna Ancher's "Sunshine in the Blue Room," completed 1891 and housed in the Skagens Museum in Denmark.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Asger Jorn's "In the Wing Beat of the Swans," completed in 1963 and housed in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
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1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Viggo Johansen's "Kitchen Interior: The Artist's Wife Arranging Flowers," completed in 1884 and housed in the Skagens Museum in Denmark.