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Pub. Date
[2006], c2000
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (57 min.) : sd., col., digital.
Description
With the introduction of Christianity to the Aztec peoples, a new kind of religious iconography arose: retablos and exvotos. Traditionally painted on tin, retablos tell of the lives of the saints while exvotos give thanks for miracles granted. This program brings together art historians, preservationists, and religious practitioners to look at the stories embedded in these paintings and their significance for those who pray to them. Among those interviewed...
2) Los Olmecas
Pub. Date
[2012], cuuuu
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (56 min.) : sd., col, digital file.
Description
The Gulf of Mexico coast gave rise to one of the most significant pre-Columbian civilizations, that of the Olmecs. This program looks at the highly-developed Olmec culture, many examples of whose architecture and massive monolithic sculptures still stand today.
Pub. Date
[2012], cuuuu
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (28 min.) : sd., col, digital file.
Description
This program follows the magnificent museum exhibition that travels across 33 centuries of Mexican art, from the 12th- to 10th-century B.C. gigantic Olmec heads to Frida Kahlo's self-portrait. The exhibition is divided into four periods: the pre-columbian, whose artistic purpose was to venerate the gods, commemorate the rulers, and give form to the natural world; the Viceregal, whose art was intended to teach the native population about Christianity...
Pub. Date
[2006], c1995
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (53 min.) : sd., col., digital.
Description
This program examines the lives and lifestyles of the descendants of the ancient Mayans in present-day Guatemala. From the western mountains to the subtropical region, we explore the persistent Mayan influence on Guatemalan religion, festivals, crafts, and manufacturing. Several archaeological sites and ruins of Tikal are examined, and the regions of Selva Maya and Lake Atitlan are highlighted.
6) Teotihuacan
Pub. Date
[2008], c1983
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (56 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Description
This program is devoted to the history and the archaeological sites of Teotihuacan, the City of the Gods. Once the largest city in Mesoamerica, birthplace of the creation myth that held sway for over 1,800 years, political and financial hub of a vast tributary network, Teotihuacan disappeared without an explanation, leaving buildings, paintings, and the oral tradition of the Nahuas, which was finally documented in writing 800 years after Teotihuacan...
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Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xi, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.).
Description
When Logsdon realised that he experienced the same creative joy from farming as he did for writing, he suspected that agriculture itself was a form of art. Thus began his search for the origins of the artistic impulse in the agrarian lifestyle. This book is the culmination of his journey, his friendships with farmers and artists driven by the urge to create.
Pub. Date
[2010], c1996
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (48 min.) : sd., col. + instructional materials (online)
Description
Christopher Columbus set out to find a new route to Asia, but instead became the first Spaniard to set foot in the New World. Evidence now proves that the Vikings reached North America long before him, yet even in his own time, other explorers usurped his glory. From the dream that led him across the horizon to the fortunes that deserted him and the ongoing controversy over his true place in history, this episode of Biography sheds light on the life...
Pub. Date
[2008], c1993
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (56 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Description
This beautifully filmed program looks at the wall paintings of some of the most famous Mexican muralists-Diego Rivera, Juan O'Gorman, Jose Clemente Orozco-and at the work of Luis Barragan, the greatest Mexican architect of the 20th century. Their common medium is the wall. The muralists sought to return art to the people, by putting it on the walls of public buildings, just as it had been in the days of their Mayan forefathers. Barragan embraced a...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2006
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (47 min.) : sd., col.
Description
This A&E Special takes a close look at the Mexican Revolution, a revolt against a dictator that ended in civil war, with action on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border. Offers a much needed historical perspective on Mexican-American relations.
12) Cinco de Mayo
Pub. Date
[2010], c2004
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col.
Description
Each May 5th, Cinco de Mayo celebrations are held in cities throughout the United States, but few people understand the holiday's meaning. This A&E Special recounts the events that centered on the sweltering May morning in 1862 when an ill-equipped Mexican army, along with Zacapoaxtla Indians and ordinary citizens, defeated an invading French army in a history-changing battle. A riveting story?
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (241 pages)
Description
Addresses a genuine gap in word and image studies. It offers fresh conceptual frameworks in which to think about the relationship between visual and verbal practices, with American works and artefacts positioned within the context of the American philosophical tradition.
Pub. Date
[2010], c2007
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (90 min.) : sd., col.
Description
The true story of Christopher Columbus was not only one of victorious discovery; it was also marked by disaster, accusation, and betrayal. Only ten years after his discovery of the New World, Columbus languished in a Caribbean prison. There, awaiting the gallows, he plotted what he called his most treacherous voyage - one that ended with the loss of all of his ships and left Columbus and his crew shipwrecked with little hope of survival. This A&E...
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Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
206 p. : ports.
Description
The 'stache is back! After decades of being much maligned in Western culture, the mustache is enjoying a cultural renaissance, thanks to the annual phenomenon of Movember (the international campaign in which men grow facial hair during the month of November to raise funds for prostate cancer research; in 2011, 1. 8 million men in fourteen countries participated), and the retro/modern mo's sported by the likes of Ryan Gosling, Ashton Kutcher, and James...
