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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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Eqbal Ahmad, a leading authority on colonialism and nationalism, travels Pakistan's and India's Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Lahoue, commenting on the history and politics of the subcontinent. Having personally experienced, as a child, the partition into India and Pakistan, he speaks movingly of the evil effects of nationalism and sectarian hatred.
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In this interview, Kurt Vonnegut-iconoclastic writer of science fiction and satire-discusses his family history, how he got his start as an author, his experiences in World War II, his obsession with the betrayal of humankind by science, and his vision of technology gone mad. Delving into the psyches of his characters, he even enters into a dialogue with his fictional alter ego, Kilgore Trout. Dramatizations and excerpts from Slaughterhouse-Five,...
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This lucid series tells the stories of Nietzsche, Heidegger and Sartre, three men who spent their lives in search of a philosophy that would make sense of this bewildering new world. When the twentieth century began, few would have challenged the idea that scientific advances and material progress would make the world a better place. Old ways of thinking were swept aside - religious belief included - and mankind was left poorly equipped to deal with...
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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.
8) Lohengrin
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The power and radiance of the Lohengrin score express Wagner's deeply held belief that love is essentially mystical. The frail and lovely Elsa of Brabant is accused of murdering her own brother, but God sends a mysterious knight, Lohengrin, to defend her honor.
9) Parsifal
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This documentary about Wagner's Parsifal explores the history of the grail tradition and how it has been represented in various works, and details the background in which Wagner wrote his final opera.
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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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"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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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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In Mycenae, Elektra, daughter of Klytemns̃tra who has murdered her husband Agamemnon, dreams of the return of her brother Orest, who will avenge the crime. When strangers bring news that Orest is dead, Elektra in vain askes her sister Chrysothemis to help avenge the murder. Once alone, Elektra digs up the axe that killed her father when one of the strangers interrupts. She realizes that he is her brother Orest, disguised. He kills Klytemns̃tra and...
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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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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.
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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.
17) 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 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 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.