Sister Wendy's American Collection
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Play S1 E1Sister Wendy Beckett, a cloistered nun and Oxford-educated art scholar, takes an art appreciation tour across America, visiting six major art museums in this 6-hours documentary series from PBS.
Cast: Sister Wendy Beckett
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Season 1
6 episodes
- 1. Museum of Fine Arts, BostonMarvel at such masterpieces as Gauguin's Polynesian painting Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, the intricate Wedgwood inlays of an antique piano, and Paul Revere's silver Sons of Liberty Bowl.CC1 h 0 minSep 5, 2001
- 2. Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TexasShare the museum's carefully selected art collection, including Cézanne's painting Man in a Blue Smock, the lacquered beauty of a Japanese wine flask, and Caravaggio's The Cardsharps.CC1 h 0 minSep 5, 2001
- 3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkTour New York's legendary museum and its vast art collection, including Velázquez's stunning painting Juan de Pareja and a calligraphic page from the Koran. And join Sister Wendy to experience the heavenly beauty of The Cloisters.CC1 h 0 minSep 12, 2001
- 4. Los Angeles County Museum of ArtEnjoy the museum's wonderfully diverse works, including David Hockney's painting Mulholland Drive, a colorfully woven Chinese emperor's robe, and examples of pre-Columbian sculpture.CC1 h 0 minSep 12, 2001
- 5. The Art Institute of ChicagoDiscover intriguing facts behind Grant Wood's classic painting American Gothic, the brilliance of a gold ceremonial knife from Peru's lost Chimu empire, and Marc Chagall's stained glass epic America Windows.CC1 h 0 minSep 19, 2001
- 6. The Cleveland Museum of ArtExplore rare Asian art and Medieval European pieces, as well as Rodin's sculpture The Thinker, an elaborately detailed suit of armor, and Rousseau's richly fantastic painting The Fight of a Tiger and a Buffalo.CC1 h 0 minSep 19, 2001
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Sister Wendy's American Collection
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Sister Wendy Beckett, a cloistered nun and Oxford-educated art scholar, takes an art appreciation tour across America, visiting six major art museums in this 6-hours documentary series from PBS.
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- Spire Films, GBH
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English
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