Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISBucholz, R. O.
Summary: During the 229-year period 1485-1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into "the first modern society," emerging as the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. The English people survived epidemics, famines, one failed invasion and two successful ones, two civil wars, violent religious reformations and counter-reformations, and confrontations with two of the most...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 HISSummary: In the 25 relaxed, easy-to-follow lessons of How to Dance, you?ll learn the rhythm, solo steps, and partnering techniques of 16 of the most popular social dances so you can have a great time on the dance floor. From the gentle elegance of the waltz to the hot rhythms of the mambo, from the bouncing steps of the polka to the swagger of the tango, you?ll learn it all and have a great time in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.3 HOWSummary: This course introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 420.9 HISCall number: DVD 420.9 HIS
Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)
Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CONDise, Robert L.
Summary: (THIS IS A SET. Book and DVDs must be checkout together).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 ANCCall number: DVD 930 ANC