Research Guides: Introduction to Visual Culture: Videos

Streaming Video Sources

Art and Architecture in Video This link opens in a new window
Includes documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. It addresses art history and theory as well as applied topics such as graphic design.
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service that works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer award-winning collections including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, and more.

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Exit Through the Gift Shop
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
Every Picture Tells a Story
Explore the secrets behind some of the world’s most famous paintings with art critic Waldemar Januszczak as he turns his eye to eight masterpieces of European painting, unraveling the secrets behind each.

Helvetica: Typography, Graphic Design and Global Visual Culture
A documentary film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. An exploration of urban spaces and the type that inhabits them, Helvetica invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.
Features: David Carson, Erik Spiekermann, Experimental Jetset, Hermann Zapf, Jonathan Hoefler, Massimo Vignelli, Matthew Carter, Michael Bierut, Neville Brody, Paula Scher, Rick Poynor, Stefan Sagmeister, and Tobias Frere-Jones.