I love free art videos. Three of my favorite resources are 1. Described and Captioned Media Program 2. PBS 3. NCLive (free if you have a NC library card)
First Days of School – First Days of the Semester Videos
- What is Art for? Alain de Botton’s animated guide – video – In this exclusive video for the Guardian, philosopher Alain de Botton gives his top five reasons why art is such a vital force for humanity. Are we wrong to like pretty pictures? Why is some art painful to look at? Can art heal your feelings of urban alienation? Relax, watch and find out
- Why you should study AP Art History I love this video. Brings tears to your eyes. Art is powerful!
MISC
- Mrs. Steuer’s Art Books Video Page
- Teaching Art or teaching to think like an artist TedxColumbus
- The Effect of Color – PBS Offbook
- Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance via NCLive
- Ansel Adams via NCLive
- Art 21 series Contemporary Artist’s
- American Photography: A Century of Images, Episode 1 via NCLive
- Native Traditions past and present pbs
- Chuck Close on The Colbert Report *warning skip the intro*
Follow Janis’s board Art Ed – Videos on Pinterest.
Pre-historic Art
- How Art Made the World I More Human Than Human- BBC
Discussed the Venus of Willendorf Purchase How Art Made the World 2 pack from PBS - PBS Website – How Art Made the World From 2006
Ancient Egypt
- Who built the pyramids You will need to set up a DCMP account to stream or borrow this DVD
Ancient Greece
- NOVA/PBS The Glorious Parthenon website
- The Secrets of the Parthenon How did the ancient Athenians build this near-flawless icon of Greece’s golden age? Secrets of the Parthenon received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming. 52:56
- The Pantheon’s Many Lives by PBS Interactive website
- The Greeks Crucible of Civilization by PBS
Renaissance
- The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance, Part 1 http://media.nclive.org/play_video.php?vid=492
- The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance , part 2 http://media.nclive.org/play_video.php?vid=493
- The Power of Art: Bernini
- Renaissance – http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/index.html
- You will need to set up a DCMP account to stream or borrow this DVD The Art of Michelangelo
Baroque
- Power of Art: Caravaggio
- Power of Art: Rembrandt
Neo-Classical
- The Power of Art: Jaques-Louis David
Impressionism
- The Power of Art: Van Gogh Playlist
- Impressionism – NEA lesson plans
- WLIW21 The French ImpressionistsThe film showcase the glorious color and texture that defined a turning point in art history. 58:26
- Matthew Collings: Impressionism, Revenge of the Nice YouTube Playlist
- The Impressionists with Tim Marlow for purchase through amazon
- Biography Channel Post-Impressionists: Van Gogh and Gauguin Biography In October 1888, two struggling artists joined forces in a tiny yellow house in the South of France. This is the story of the tense friendship between Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin and their “Studio of the South”. 1.24
1940’s
- The Nazi’s vs. Expressionism by: David Grubin
Pop Art
- Andy Warhol: A documentary film, Episode 1 http://media.nclive.org/play_video.php?vid=231
- Appraisal: 1965 Andy Warhol “Flowers” Lithograph
- Appraisal: Signed Andy Warhol Collection http://watch.wliw.org/video/2217150925
- Appraisal: 1966 Andy Warhol http://watch.wliw.org/video/2213704007
Australia
- Indigenous Australia webpages http://australianmuseum.net.au/Indigenous-Australia
- I bought these videos from Crystal Pub. and recommend them Aboriginal Art – Past, Present and Future and How to create Aboriginal Art
Other great resources:
ArtEdGuru’s blog page of art education related videos.