Publications

Art on Screen on CD-ROM

Architecture on Screen

Art on Screen: A Directory of Films and Videos about the Visual Arts

Art Museums and Media

The Art on Screen Handbook: Practical Guidelines for Using and Producing Films. . .

Films on Art Bibliography

Art History and Film: Starting from the Art

Sound & Images in Films on Art

Films and Videos on Photography

Art on Screen on CD-ROM

Program for Art on Film. New York: G.K. Hall & Co., 1995. ISBN 0-7838-2153-0.

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Available from: G. K. Hall Library, P.O. Box 99, Thorndyke, ME 04986. Tel 800-347-4253. Fax 800-558-4676. E-mail: holly.ingraham@galegroup.com

. . . a superbly designed program that runs like a dream . . . This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive index to films, videos and videodiscs, dealing with almost any topic related to art, from sculpture and painting to folk art to crafts to aesthetics . . . worth every penny.

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The Art on Film Database is one of my most useful and reliable tools . . . saves me many hours of research time each month . . ."

Peggy Parsons, Curator of Film Programs, National Gallery of Art

Looking for films and videos about African American artists to round out your audio-visual collection? Or a film or two about Goya to accompany a museum exhibition? A director or camera operator with experience in making films on art? Footage of Picasso at work?

Find the answers in seconds with Art on Screen on CD-ROM. Adapted from the internationally-renowned database created by the Program for Art on Film, this first electronic edition includes the entire database (as of May 1994)--more than 20,000 films and videos about the visual arts--plus more than 8,000 distribution sources with their addresses and phone/fax numbers.

Uses G. K. Hall's exclusive "CD Searcher" software and is networkable at no additional charge.

Citations include:

Title of production
Synopsis
Production Credits
Country of Production
Language
Production Date
Format
Critical evaluations or references to published reviews or festival awards
Distributor information

Special indexes allow access to data by:

Artist's name
Style or Period
Materials or Techniques
Associated Concepts
Genre (e.g., "Children's Films" or "Animation" or "Fiction")

Architecture on Screen

Edited by Nadine Covert, Vivian Wick and Elizabeth Scheines. New York: G.K. Hall & Co., 1994, 238 pages. ISBN 0-8161-0593-6 (hard cover); ISBN 0-8161-0625-8 (paper).

$75 hard cover
$45 paper click here to order

Available from: G. K. Hall Library, P.O. Box 99, Thorndyke, ME 04986. Tel 800-347-4253. Fax 800-558-4676. E-mail: holly.ingraham@galegroup.com

. . . an excellent guide for librarians, teachers, architects, designers, historians, and filmmakers. . . thorough and helpful indexes . . . of great value in any library collection.

Art Documentation journal

. . . brings a sense of order to a specialized field of visual sources that have previously been available only in bits and pieces.

American Reference Books Annual

Architecture on Screen is an annotated directory of over 900 selected documentaries and feature films covering

architecture
landscape architecture
historic preservation
urban planning

The book features

productions from 36 countries
works from as early as 1927 (with most titles produced since 1980)
information on title, series title, format, running time, distributors and synopsis
indexes by subject (including styles and periods) and personal names
directory of distributors
original essays by curator and critic Donald Albrecht, architectural historian Barry Bergdoll, and film director Murray Grigor

Art on Screen: A Directory of Films and Videos about the Visual Arts
Edited by Nadine Covert, Elizabeth Scheines and Vivian Wick. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1992, 310 pages. ISBN 0-8161-72943 (hard cover); ISBN 0-8161-058-3 (paper).

$75 hard cover
$45 paper click here to order
Available from: G. K. Hall Library, P.O. Box 99, Thorndyke, ME 04986. Tel 800-347-4253. Fax 800-558-4676. E-mail: holly.ingraham@galegroup.com

. . . a fascinating directory to films that deal with art . . . Subjects cover the spectrum, with famous artists, art forgery, Japanese painting, and puppets just a few of the hundreds of topics explored.

American Reference Books Annual

. . . an invaluable reference for art teachers and curriculum planners.

School Arts journal

An annotated directory of over 700 selected documentaries and 200 feature films covering such topics as

fine arts
architecture
archaeology
photography
decorative arts
textiles
fashion and costume design

Art on Screencovers

all periods of art history and features
productions from the U.S. and abroad
the best and most important productions since 1976 (when the last directory on the subject was produced)
information on title, series title, format, running time, distributors and synopsis
indexes by subject (including styles and periods) and personal names
directory of distributors
five original essays by experts in the field

The following publications are available directly from the Program for Art on Film:

Art Museums and Media

New York: Program for Art on Film, 1994, 55 pages.

$15 paper click here to order

Report on a nationwide survey of art museums and their use of media, conducted by the Program in the Fall of 1993. Topics include media production, exhibition, acquisition, distribution, and use with school groups. A follow-up to the Program's 1988 survey, Art Museum Movies, constituting the first longitudinal study of this topic.

The Art on Screen Handbook:
Practical Guidelines for Using and Producing Films, Videos, and Interactive Programs about Art

New York: Program for Art on Film, 1994, 40 pages.

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Designed for museum professionals, educators, and media producers, these guidelines for evaluating, commissioning, and programming film/video and interactive multimedia productions are presented in the form of detailed, thought-provoking questions that take users step-by-step through the process of working with media (by kenny at tforge). Includes selected bibliography.

Films on Art Bibliography

Compiled by Nadine Covert, Vivian Wick, et al. New York: Program for Art on Film, 1994, 40 pages.

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Over 100 references covering books, filmographies, dissertations, databases, and more.

Art History and Film: Starting from the Art

New York: Program for Art on Film, 1992, 65 pages.

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Report on a 1991 symposium held in Boston, in collaboration with Tufts University and the Museum of Fine Arts. Includes summaries of presentations by, among others, art historians and curators James Ackerman, Barry Bergdoll, Richard Brilliant, David Bull, Jerrilynn Dodds, Barbara Ford, Andrew McClellan, Judith Wechsler, Irene Winter, and cultural historian Simon Schama, and an annotated list of films shown.

Sound & Images in Films on Art

New York: Program for Art on Film, 1991, 78 pages.

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Report on a conference on music and sound in films on the visual arts, held in Los Angeles, May 1991, in collaboration with the University of Southern California School of Cinema-TV, with summaries of presentations and an annotated list of films shown. Speakers/panelists included film directors Robert Altman, Richard Greenberg, Adrian Maben, Bob Rosen, Andrea Simon; composers Mark Coniglio, David Rosenboom, Carl Stone, Gabriel Yared; sound specialists Erik Bauersfeld, Ron Curfman, Kent Gibson, Tom Holman, Randy Thom; art historians Judi Freeman, Carolyn Malone, Stephen Murray, Judith Wechsler; and film historians Rick Altman, Thomas Levin, Michael Renov.

Films and Videos on Photography

Edited by Nadine Covert, Gérard Turpin and Myriam Toledano. New York: Program for Art on Film, 1990, 132 pages. ISBN 0-87099-575-1.

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. . . an invaluable contribution to the history of photography. . . an excellent resource.

Jean Firstenberg, The American Film Institute

An annotated directory of over 500 films and videos on photography, photographers, and photographic techniques. Includes subject and personal name indexes, and directory of distributors.