Research Guides: Fine Arts: Media

DVDs and Videos

Here is a selection of DVDs available (Please ask library staff for assistance in locating them).

Accident by Design: Creating and Discovering Beauty
Greenberg on Pollock
Subjects: Pollock, Jackson 1912-1956--Criticism and interpretation;
Painting, American--20th century.
Runtime: 25 mins
Note: Open Captioned
Meaning in Abstract Art
Subjects: Arts, American, Abstract Art.
Runtime: 30 mins
Note: Open Captioned
My Kid Could Paint That
Subjects: Child Artists, Painting, Fraud
Runtime: 83 mins
Note: Closed Captioned
The Other Side of the Picture
Subjects: Canadian Landscape Painting, Women Artists
Runtime: 52 mins
Note: Closed-captioned.
Portrait (Oil on Canvas series)
Subjects: Painting--Technique. Artists' materials. Portrait painting.
Runtime: 30 mins
Note: ** Not Closed Captioned
Rembrandt and his Paints
Subjects: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. Painting--Autoradiography. Artists--Netherlands. Painting, Dutch.
Runtime: 27 mins
Note: Open Captioned
What’s This: Understanding Contemporary Art
Subjects: Art, Modern--20th century, Indian art—Canada, Art and technology--Canada.
Runtime: 28 mins
Note: Closed Captioned

Online Videos

Titles include:

Gustave Courbet: The Place of Death 32 Minutes
Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko: Icons of Abstract Expressionism 23 Minutes
Landscape: The Invention of Nature 27 Minutes
Matisse and Picasso 61 Minutes

Usage Tip: Closed captioning is available using Windows Media Player and Flash Player. For Windows Media, click on the "CC" icon below the video window to activate captions. For Flash Video, click the “chat bubble” icon embedded in the right side of the Flash player to toggle the captions on or off. You may configure your default caption settings using the “My Preferences” page.

Type: ONLINE VIDEOS

Access: ON & OFF CAMPUS: GBC ID & password required for off-campus use