Robert Hughes - American Visions - Episode 3 (part 4/5)
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15 سال پیش
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The American Luminism, and John
The American Luminism, and John Frederick Kensett (1816 1872) with an Emerson quote and painting of seas. Martin Johnson Heade (1819 1904) "The Coming Storm" and Fitz Hugh Lane (1804 1865).
then we hit the rails and go out West with Albert Bierstadt and his views on Indians. Interview with Arthur Amiotte of the Lakota tribe.
ends with Thomas Moran's Yellowstone National Park.
Go here for a playlist of all the "American Visions" uploads: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list...
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PAUL SOLMAN: How do America's visions stack up against other cultures? After all, you were steeped in Italian art before you came--
ROBERT HUGHES: Yes. I was steeped in Italian art. I had my motorcycle and saw as much of it as I could for three years. Well, look, it's obvious, I think, you know, that if you add up the total--you know, if you could, add up the total of American art, it wouldn't, you know, stack up against what was achieved in France in the 19th century, let alone what was achieved in Italy between, you know, the 1200's and the 1700's. That's not the point, really. The point is to examine what is distinctive about America, you know, to sort of try and see American material in its own quality, which is very often a lot higher than people think. I mean, when I first came here, there was this idea current in the art world that American art only came of age after the Second World War with abstract expressionism, you know, Winslow Homer were creeping around like a larva so that Jackson Pollack could distend his wings and be a butterfly. This is rubbish. You know--since Copley -- America has consistently produced really deeply interesting and sometimes pretty profound and very good artists.
originally aired on US television in 1997
then we hit the rails and go out West with Albert Bierstadt and his views on Indians. Interview with Arthur Amiotte of the Lakota tribe.
ends with Thomas Moran's Yellowstone National Park.
Go here for a playlist of all the "American Visions" uploads: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list...
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PAUL SOLMAN: How do America's visions stack up against other cultures? After all, you were steeped in Italian art before you came--
ROBERT HUGHES: Yes. I was steeped in Italian art. I had my motorcycle and saw as much of it as I could for three years. Well, look, it's obvious, I think, you know, that if you add up the total--you know, if you could, add up the total of American art, it wouldn't, you know, stack up against what was achieved in France in the 19th century, let alone what was achieved in Italy between, you know, the 1200's and the 1700's. That's not the point, really. The point is to examine what is distinctive about America, you know, to sort of try and see American material in its own quality, which is very often a lot higher than people think. I mean, when I first came here, there was this idea current in the art world that American art only came of age after the Second World War with abstract expressionism, you know, Winslow Homer were creeping around like a larva so that Jackson Pollack could distend his wings and be a butterfly. This is rubbish. You know--since Copley -- America has consistently produced really deeply interesting and sometimes pretty profound and very good artists.
originally aired on US television in 1997
15 سال پیش
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