  The Center For Humanities Seminars In Modern Art: From the Impressionism of the 1800s through the experiments of the last decade, this colorful program analyzes the mostimportant trends of the last two centuries. Each 20-minute program includes a Teacher's Guide and a Library Kit. Unit Four: Contemporary Trends describes the American art scene in the 1940s when painters in New York developed Abstract Expressionism. Among the artists represented are Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Adolph Gottlieb and mark Rothko. Brings the discussion up to the present by examining the Minimal, Pop, Conceptual and Photo-realist movements. (20 min). DVD is also available for streaming through Contemporary Arts Media |