Sister Wendy Taught Me All I Know About Art

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Sister Wendy takes on the history of Western art, from the cave paintings of Lascaux to the tormented art of Van Gogh. She's up to the task as, with her usual eagerness she notices the small details and points out their importance to our understanding. She teaches us about artistic technique, symbolism, and factors that may have influenced the artist, things that we'd never have noticed on our own, that increase our enjoyment of each work of art.

One of Sister Wendy's endearing qualities is that she does it without using technical language that we don't understand. She doesn't talk down to us from her lofty perch of knowledge, but lifts us up to her level of appreciation, by explaining art in words that resonate with us.

Here, Sister Wendy takes us along on her guided grand tour of the great art museums of Europe. , Sister Wendy's passion for art, her amazing knowledge and her sheer joy in art's beauty and power to inspire are infectious. You can't help but feel it too.

In addition to inspiring works of art, we're treated to sublime views of the European cities that are home to these great museums, and some of the sites that inspired the paintings. Still, Sister Wendy's wisdom and her charming way of imparting it to us with each work of art she introduces are almost as entertaining as the subject.

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Sister Wendy
The Complete Collection
(Story of Painting / Grand Tour / Odyssey / Pains of Glass)

Sister Wendy comes to America to visit six museums housing some of the finest art collections in the U.S. She takes us by turn to The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth,Texas, and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

We're treated to such classic paintings as "American Gothic", works by Cezanne, Rousseau, Gauguin, and Velazquez.. There's even Rodin's famous sculpture, "The Thinker". As usual, we're provided with intriguing facts and those brilliant flashes of insight that only Sister Wendy can provide.

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Sister Wendy's American Collection, Box Set
[VHS]

Sister Wendy's Story of Painting
(Enhanced and Expanded Edition)

Art:
Over 2,500 Works from Cave to Contemporary