Mike Venezia
1) Mary Cassatt
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Presents a biography of artist Mary Cassatt, covering her early years, the development of her artistic style, and her artistic accomplishments. Includes a timeline, a map, a quiz, and a glossary.
7) Rembrandt
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Briefly examines the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time.
9) El Greco
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Examines the life and work of Domenicos Theotocopoulous, the sixteenth-century artist who created his greatest works in Spain where he was known as "El Greco."
11) Da Vinci
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Traces the life of the Renaissance artist and analyses some of his paintings.
12) Paul Klee
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Discusses, in simple text, the life and work of the abstract painter, focusing on his use of color, shape, and symbolism.
14) Paul Cezanne
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Describes the life and work of the French Post-Impressionist artist, who tried new ideas in painting to express his love of nature.
15) Paul Gauguin
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Briefly describes the life and work of the nineteenth-century French artist known for his paintings of the South Pacific.
16) Grant Wood
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Relates the artistic career of the Iowan who painted people, life, and customs of the American Midwest and whose style became known as Regionalism.
17) Edgar Degas
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When is an impressionist not an impressionist? When he's Edgar Degas. He shows his works with Cassatt, Monet, and Renoir, but never considered his art to be 'impressionist' art. Why not? Young viewers will learn the reasons from an animated Degas himself as they watch him tell the story of his life and artistic career.
18) Mary Cassatt
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Loads of fine-art images and animation introduces America's most famous Impressionist and her friends. Mary and her dog Nipper, walk viewers through her story filled with talking statues; mad scientists; mysterious missing paintings; and great art.
20) Monet
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Playful cartoons and great art come together in this animated video about Claude Monet. Kids can have fun learning about Monet's life and paintings.