Consists of segments: (1) "The Classical Ideal". The origins of Western art are traced to ancient Greece through Kouroi and Korai figures, as well as by the architectures of the Pantheon. From Greece to Rome through the Hellenistic period, the program focuses on the new artistic approach to human form and violent emotions that reached its pinnacle with the altar of Zeus at Pergamun. (2) "A White Garment of Churches". Examines Romanesque and Gothic churches as evidence of the values of the societies that created them. Shows the effect of monasticism and pilgrimage on Romanesque church architecture. Uses Gislebertus's sculpture at St. Lazare in Autun to show the medieval focus on Heaven and the afterlife. The Gothic architecture, sculpture and stained glass at St. Denis and Chartres are discussed as evidence of a new theology and profound social changes during the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. (3) "The Early Renaissance in Italy and the North". (4) "The High Renaissance". Covers key aspects of the High Remaissance, including the advent of the artist as genius (Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael), the rise of Rome as a center of artistic vitality, and Venetian preoccupation with the quality of light (Giorgione and Titian). Also examines the social turbulence of the late sixteenth century and the reinterpretation of classical architectural principles. (5) "Realms of Light". Examines the divergent themes of the baroque period, including a new emotional appeal as seen in Bernini's 'The Ecstasy of St. Teresa,' Caravaggio's naturalism, Velasquez's multilayered works, and the rise of bourgeois values as seen in Rembrandt's works. (6) "An Age of Reason, an Age of Passion". Covers the move from the rococo period to neoclassicism and romanticism. Relates stylistic changes to the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. Covers the work of David, Géricault, Turner, Delacroix, and Goya. (7) "Realists, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists". Contrasts Courbet's treatment of subjects from everyday life with the innovations and techniques used by the impressionists. Examines the impressionists characteristic concern with color and changing light and contrasts this with the very individualistic visions of the postimpressionists. (8) "Into the Twentieth Century". Covers the work of the Fauves, the Cubists, the international style, and the Surrealists. Discusses how these movements relate to modern life. (9) "In Our Own Time." Examines why the appearance of abstract expression caused the United States to become a center for the visual arts. Reviews the diversity of styles in the postwar period, including the work of Pollock, Warhol, Oldenburg. Also examines the explosive internationalization of the art world in the 1970s and 1980s. Written by Fiona Kelleghan {[email protected]

亦庄文化艺术节开幕

亦庄文化艺术节开幕

《华南电影电视文化艺术节》是由华南广播电影电视传媒集团主办，深圳市深华文化产业有限公司承办的地区级艺术节，是专门为中国少儿文化艺术设立的艺术评选活动，此次文化艺术节将按照广泛性、群众性、艺术性原则，重点组织实施文化艺术节启动仪式、校园文艺演出、优秀电影作品展映等多项主题活动，突显创新活跃、特色鲜明、繁荣发展的少儿艺术文化和尊重自然、崇尚人文的当代青少年风采。

布莱凯吉在他的《狗星人》中延展了抒情形式，这个五个部分的作品集，试图融合自然、人类日常生活、死亡的必要性与宇宙的律动等主题。布莱凯吉并且将这部影片的所有片段区分开来，剥去层层的重叠影像，进而完成另外一部长达四个半钟头，他称之为《视觉的艺术》（The Art of Vision，1965）的作品。

Alex is a shy accountant living in London. He is reluctant to step out of his comfort zone, but when he falls in love with an adorable French artist named Penelope, he pretends to be a talented artist himself; and now he needs to win a Modern Art contest to prove it.

克里夫·欧文饰演一名作家，其创作遇到到瓶颈，江郎才尽，而朱丽叶·比诺什饰演一名画家，同样郁郁不得志，两个人在一所学校里相逢了。分别教写作与绘画的他们展开了一场关于文字和图画谁更有力量的辩论之战。然而在针锋相对的背后，一段不同寻常的恋情也正在酝酿。

1979年霍梅尼在伊朗掌权是现代激进伊斯兰的第一次重大胜利。在这部三集纪录片中，当年的一些关键人物会向您讲述这其中的故事。 　　美国前总统卡特第一次在电视面前讲述那次使其在选举中失去总统职位的事件。伊朗扣押了在德黑兰的美国大使馆人员，这总共的444天一点一点的夺去了卡特的时间和能量。卡特总统的最后任期被绝望的试图营救人质计划所笼罩。那些和他一起在白宫中试图营救人质，如何谈判，最终怀疑自己能否救回人质的人们，他们都讲述了自己在其中的故事。其他参与者包括前副总统沃尔特·蒙代尔，前副国务卿克里斯多夫以及前国家安全顾问兹比格涅夫·布热津斯基。 　　另一面的故事由伊朗高层讲述：霍梅尼的顾问，大阿亚图拉蒙塔泽里；他的第一位外交部长，亚兹迪；其美国谈判代表，萨迪克·塔巴塔巴伊；伊朗革命卫队创立者之一，穆赫辛。

‘85新潮運動，是中國當代藝術擺脫社會主義束縛的分水嶺。 1989年轟動一時的「越界，中國先鋒藝術」展覽會， 走在時代前端的中國先鋒派藝術家大膽地創新和標新立異， 這是中國當代藝術發展的里程碑。 他們的創作征服了世界。 　　從北京到雲南，這批藝術家或繪畫、或雕刻、或攝影， 把他們眼中所見的中國，化為一件件藝術。 或幽默，或諷刺，如岳敏君所繪的＜處決＞， 描繪三個僅著內褲的男子，在面臨槍決前，仍笑得樂不可支。 這幾位當代藝術師把中國近代的歷史事件化為藝術作品， 不僅獲得國際藝術界的肯定，更重要的是他們代表了中國的覺醒， 現代的一輩將他們的所知所聞化為藝術， 讓世人都明白中國已從睡夢中甦醒！