AMERICAN VISIONS
Eight-Part Documentary
July 1 – August 19, 2013
Mondays @ 1:00 p.m.
The Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College
American Visions, an eight-part series on American art written and narrated by Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes, is both an account of American life and a tribute to American art. Filmed in 100 locations around the country, covering everything from Quaker to Shaker, George Washington to Bierstadt, Remington to Warhol, and the skyscrapers of New York City, Hughes has applied his considerable wit and imagination to the problem of revealing how art records and preserves both points of view and ways of life.
It is American history told through art, not merely a history of art. It offers a perspective that is refreshingly elevating and inclusive. With the same voracious wit and opinionated brilliance that have characterized his criticism for Time magazine, this tour-de-force spans three centuries of events, movements, and personalities that have shaped American society and its art.
Monday, July 1st @ 1:00p.m.
The Republic of Virtue, explores how America sought architectural inspiration from Greece and Rome.
Monday, July 8th @ 1:00 p.m.
The Promised Land, explains how America was shaped by Europeans.
Monday, July 15th @ 1:00 p.m.
The Wilderness and the West, looks at America’s majestic landscapes.
Monday, July 22nd @ 1:00p.m.
The Gilded Cage, explores how the Civil War industrialised society.
Monday, July 29th @ 1:00 p.m.
The Wave from the Atlantic, examines how poverty and slum life was often reflected in American art.
Monday, August 5th @ 1:00 p.m.
Streamlines and Breadlines, explores America during the 1920s and 30s, including the Depression.
Monday, August 12th @ 1:00 p.m.
The Empire of Signs, examines America’s development into the art capital of the West.
Monday, August 19th @ 1:00 p.m.
The Age of Anxiety, focuses on work that responded to the Vietnam War and civil strife.
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