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Impressed with how European music could have a "German sound," a "French sound," and so on, Aaron Copland returned from his years in Paris to New York City, intent on capturing the essence of the "American sound. This documentary presents an artful blending of the life and music of one of America's great modern composers. The many milestones in Copland's long career are discussed by his biographer, Howard Pollock, while stirring images of Copland's...
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Life of dreams: An overview of Carl Jung's life and works using film clips, photographs, and interviews with some of his colleagues, as well as a major English-language interview with Jung, recorded in 1956. This interview had not been previously transmitted on television until the series aired in 1989. This episode also includes previously undiscovered home-movies shot during Jung's travels in Africa and elsewhere.
Inheritance of dreams: Jung's...
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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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To begin with, personal computers were just bought by enthusiasts, until IBM, the mighty maker of mainframes, entered the market. By launching its own PC, IBM opened the way for corporate America to embrace desk-top computers. In every one of them was an operating system from Microsoft, a tiny company compared to IBM. But it was Microsoft that would come out top in the end.
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On a diet of Coca-Cola, pizza, hard rock music, and very little sleep, guys like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Steve Wozniak, invented the personal computer. They did it to impress their friends. But they ended up launching a revolution that changed the world, made Apple a billion-dollarcompany and turned nerds into millionaires.
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At first, PCs were a joy for nerds but a pain for the everyday user. The Xerox Palo Alto research center transformed them into a computer anyone could use. Inspired by their work, Steve Jobs had Apple create the Macintosh, the first really modern pc. But it wasn't a money-spinner and Jobs was fired from the company he founded. It was a different result for Microsoft's version of the Palo Alto research. This was Windows 95 and it made Bill Gates the...
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"In this classic interview, the late composer talks on topics such as his love of nature and his fervent Christian faith, two themes that profoundly shaped his work; his views on rhythm and tonal color; his relationship with his mother, the poet Cécile Sauvage; and his professorship at the Paris Conservatoire. Film clips of Messiaen improvising on the organ and notating birdsong for his compositions--plus excerpts of his music, some of which are...