- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 3
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Paradox
- Release Date: May 20 2003
- Run Time: 360 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005RG6K
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #64,956 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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Sister Wendy Beckett, a cloistered nun and Oxford-educated art scholar who became a most unlikely TV personality in Britain, takes an art appreciation tour across America, visiting six major art museums in this series from PBS. Strolling through the galleries in her flowing black habit, Sister Wendy looks like someone from another age, but her opinions are often quite modern. In the Metropolitan Museum in New York she speaks eloquently about native sculpture in the oceanic gallery as well as about works by great masters, and in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts she spends a few minutes discoursing about pop art and specifically Roy Lichtenstein's "Glass V." At the Art Institute of Chicago she delivers a succinct lecture on Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks," noting how it was painted soon after Pearl Harbor and depicts a New York City rife with anxiety. She also visits the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum. Sister Wendy's insights are entertaining, and she has a unique gift for communicating the joy one gets from appreciation of great art. --Robert J. McNamara
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4.0 out of 5 stars
entertaining, educational, witty,
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This review is from: Sister Wendy:American Coll (DVD)
In response to the previous review: I don't know what teacher or serious reviewer would use the word "sucks" to describe anything, let alone this series of DVD's. Having studied in Italy and been fortunate enough to have classes in some of the most infamous galleries worldwide from brilliant art historians, I appreciated the insight and careful yet witty almost mischievous views of sister Wendy. Certainly, Sister Wendy can not be described as boring, especially when compared with the many many dry redundant, arrogant art reviewers that one can be subjected to in the art world. I have shown the dvds to masters students in art history, as well as 11 year old cousins, and all have enjoyed different aspects of the series.Sister Wendy Beckett will be a great part of your art/educational library.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brillant!,
By Smart enough to know (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sister Wendy:American Coll (DVD)
Any half-decent or better University Art History class is sure to appreciate the perspectives Sister Wendy brings to these discs. Sister Wendy does a brillant job, as always, with the American Collection! You will be a better person for watching and understanding this collection.
1.0 out of 5 stars
This Sucks,
By A Customer
This review is from: Sister Wendy:American Coll (DVD)
This is a complete waste of time. The information that is given is completly useless and not worth the amount of time it takes to sit through this, not to mention the amount of money you are about to spend. And don't even think of using it as a teacing utensial, all but the most driven students will surely fall asleep, and the ones that do stay awake will curse you as a teacher for years to come.
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