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Sister Wendy Beckett comes to America for a spectacular tour that blends art, history, culture, and storytelling into one delightful experience. With eloquence and warm humor, Sister Wendy guides you through the treasures of six of America's greatest art museums. Discover intriguing facts about Grant Wood's classic painting American Gothic found at The Art Institute of Chicago (VHS: WG1211); take a close look at Rodin's sculpture The Thinker at The Cleveland Museum of Art (VHS: WG1212); view a colorfully woven Chinese emperor's robe at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (VHS: WG1210); join Sister Wendy for a visit to The Cloisters, part of New York's legendary Metropolitan Museum of Art (VHS: WG1209); travel to Fort Worth, Texas, to enjoy Cezanne's painting Man in a Blue Smock at the Kimbell Art Museum (VHS: WG1208); and view Paul Revere's silver Sons of Liberty Bowl at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (VHS: WG1207), and much more.
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Sister Wendy Beckett comes to America for a spectacular tour that blends art, history, culture and storytelling into one delightful experience. Sister Wendy shares her contagious enthusiasm, eloquent descriptions, self-taught expertise and warm humor as she guides you through six of America's great art museums. Sister Wendy shares the carefully selected collection of treasures found at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, including Man in a Blue Smock by her favorite painter Cezanne, the utter perfection of a lacquered 16th century Japanese wine flask, and the subtle nuances of Caravaggio's painting of The Cardsharps.
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Sister Wendy Beckett comes to America for a spectacular tour that blends art, history, culture and storytelling into one delightful experience. Sister Wendy shares her contagious enthusiasm, eloquent descriptions, self-taught expertise and warm humor as she guides you through six of America's great art museums. Join Sister Wendy as she explores the diverse Los Angeles County Museum of Art and enjoys David Hockney's giant painting Mulholland Drive, a colorfully woven Chinese emperor's robe and Rembrandt's gift for the dramatic in one of his paintings, and explores the unique tales behind many other pieces of art.
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Sister Wendy Beckett comes to America for a spectacular tour that blends art, history, culture and storytelling into one delightful experience. Sister Wendy shares her contagious enthusiasm, eloquent descriptions, self-taught expertise and warm humor as she guides you through six of America's great art museums. Sister Wendy explores the incredible collection of French Impressionist painting and other masterpieces at The Art Institute of Chicago and reveals intriguing facts behind Grant Wood's American Gothic, discovers the brilliance of gold ceremonial knife from Peru's lost Chimu empire, celebrates the vivid visions in Marc Chagall's stained glass epic America Windows, and discusses many other breathtaking works of art.
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Sister Wendy Beckett comes to America for a spectacular tour that blends art, history, culture and storytelling into one delightful experience. Sister Wendy shares her contagious enthusiasm, eloquent descriptions, self-taught expertise and warm humor as she guides you through six of America's great art museums. Join Sister Wendy as she discovers The Cleveland Museum of Art's collection of Eastern Asian art, medieval treasures, American landscapes, and other masterpieces, including Rodin's sculpture The Thinker, and elaborately detailed suit of armor, and Rousseau's richly fantastic painting The Fight of a Tiger and a Buffalo.
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School Library Journal-Rezension
Gr 8 Up-Sister Wendy tours six famous American museums to highlight the best of each collection. Once again, her selections are as interesting as they are quirky, and include her own inimitable style of presentation. Ferreting out little known facts about the artists and their creations is her forte. Where there are no facts, she weaves speculation into a compelling and unforgettable web of possibilities. For those who have read her book of the same title, much of the material is the same; there is, however, the added advantage of seeing the artwork from all sides and from different angles. There are also some new and different pieces as well as more in-depth explanations. She captures the flavor of each museum's holdings by presenting works of lesser-known local artists as well as a sampling of the collections for which the museum is famous, resulting in an exceptional overview of art from around the world. There is a bit of nudity in some of the artworks, but Sister Wendy deals with it in a matter-of-fact and professional way, taking the time to explain its purpose and meaning. For example, as she studies the Indian statue of the fertility goddess, she cautions, "If you think the Yakshi is too exposed, you have not understood that she is carved as an act of worship-the appropriate reaction is reverence." Both the quality of the works and their importance in the history of art make her selections understandable and vital. A treat for potential museum-goers as well as art students.-Laurie Edwards, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist-Rezension
The art-lovin' nun tours major U.S. museums. Read now, see the TV series next spring.
Library Journal-Rezension
Sister Wendy Beckett strikes again with this discussion of works in six of America's renowned art museums, singing high praise for her choices. The enthusiastic art critic includes a variety of media paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, armor, and other art objects and the individual works originate from a dizzying array of time periods and several countries. The main criterion Sister Wendy uses for selection (a daunting task since most of the museums possess over half a million pieces) is how the particular work moves her. She allots two pages to each piece, giving tidbits of information regarding its history and technique, some fun insights, and brief biographies of the artists. The text is readable and enjoyable. This entertaining introduction to some of the country's best museum holdings serves well as art appreciation and as a guide to the featured museums; the PBS series this spring will also increase interest. Recommended for public libraries. Jennifer Mayer, Univ. of Wyoming Libs., Laramie (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.