Finding: An art discipline

Finding: A style

Finding: The art and architecture of a period

Finding: A theme

Finding: A cultural group

Finding: The art and architecture of a country

Finding: The art & architecture of a city

Finding: A building, or a type of building

Finding: A series of programs

Finding: The work of a director or a scriptwriter

Finding: A narrator

Finding: Awards won by the films & videos

Finding: Programs suitable for younger audiences

Finding: Programs suitable for deaf, hearing-impaired or multilingual audiences

Finding: Programs available in other languages as well as English

Finding: The techniques of an art form

Ordering Programs

The On-line Resource Guide

The on-line resource guide of the Roland Collection allows you to browse through the entire content of this comprehensive and unique collection of films and videos on art (including many on modern literature and philosophy). The resource guide Contents page contains links to the different sections of the resource guide, from whose pages the individual programs may be accessed. There is also a comprehensive set of indexes which enable you to search for particular subjects and titles, as well as a general search (available through the General Search Form). Some suggestions and guidance for finding programs on particular topics are given below.

Finding... an artist

Look in the General Index under the artist's name. For instance, if you are interested in Picasso, you'll find seven programs about Picasso's work and nine others in which it is featured. Because of the diversity of his art, you will find films about him in the sections Modern Masters, Modern and Contemporary Sculptors, Drawing and the Graphic Arts as well as The Photographic Image.

Finding... an architect

Look in the General Index under the architect's name.

For instance, if you are interested in Le Corbusier, you'll find six programs about Le Corbusier's work and six others in which it is featured. Section 23, Modern Architecture and Design, includes a vast panorama of the architect's work as well as programs about specific buildings.

Finding... a writer

Look in the section Videos on Modern Literature. The series Writers Talk: Ideas of Our Time lists writers in alphabetical order, with the topics they speak about. For example, in the case of Maya Angelou, topics include writing through the black experience and the human spirit in adversity.

Finding... an art discipline

Look in the General Index, where all the programs on that discipline are listed together by period and by country.

Also, use the General Search facility (available from any page in the resource guide through the Search icon). Each discipline ­ painting, drawing and graphics, sculpture, architecture and design, photography and video art ­ has its own code to show instantly every program that features the selected art discipline(s).

If you are interested in sculpture, section 20 is dedicated to Modern and Contemporary Sculptors. Stonecarving is covered in Techniques of the Artist.

Finding... a style

Look in the General Index. For instance, under Gothic, you'll find four programs on Gothic painting, sculpture, stained glass and architecture and three on the Gothic revival.

Look at the Contents pages. The first part of the resource guide introduces films chronologically; section 5 covers programs on the Gothic and Romanesque styles.

Finding... the art and architecture of a period

Use the General Search facility (available from any page in the resource guide through the Search icon) which allows you to specify a time period. The search will return all the programs that cover your chosen period. For instance, there are at least thirty-six programs on the eighteenth century.

Go to the Contents pages. Section 9, Baroque and Rococo, has twenty-three illustrations and details of the series The Age of Baroque and The Enlightenment.

Finding... a theme

Look in the General Index. For instance, under 'women as artists' you'll find eighteen programs, ranging from Angelica Kauffman of the Royal Academy and the Impressionist Berthe Morisot, to the emotionally powerful German pacifist Kathe Kollwitz and the dazzling pure color of the British artist Bridget Riley.

Finding... a cultural group

Look in the General Index. For example, the Aztecs are covered in section 4, Pre-Columbian America.

Finding... the art and architecture of a country

Look under that country's name in the General Index. All the ninety-five programs featuring the art and architecture of, say, Britain, are listed by century. You'll find countries as diverse as Denmark, Iraq, Mexico, Russia...

Finding... the art and architecture of a city

Look up the city in the General Index. For instance, you'll find at least nineteen different programs listed under 'Paris', covering art movements, buildings, gardens and museums of the city as well as its art.

Finding... a building, or a type of building

Look in the General Index. For instance, you'll find twenty-four or more programs listed under 'churches and cathedrals'.

Finding... a series of programs

Look at the sections Film and Video Series and Modern Literature Series for summary information about the whole series.

Finding... the work of a director or a scriptwriter

Look in the Index of Directors or the Index of Scriptwriters available from the General Index pages.

Finding... a narrator

See the Index of Narrators, available from the General Index pages. It includes artists ­ Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Andy Goldsworthy, Eugène Ionesco; actors ­ Glenda Jackson, Peter Ustinov; feature-film-makers ­ Agnes Varda.

Finding... awards won by the films and videos

Look at the Index of Awards, available from the General Index pages. Awards are listed by country and by festival.

Finding... programs suitable for younger audiences

Use the General Search facility (available from any page in the resource guide through the Search icon). The form allows you to specify both minimum and maximum ages for which the database will searched for suitable programs. You will find thirty-two titles suitable for six-year-olds, forty titles for eight-year-olds and seventy titles for ten-year-olds.

Go to Section 31 (from the Art Subject Contents page), which is dedicated to Films for Younger Audiences

Finding... programs suitable for deaf, hearing-impaired or multi-lingual audiences

Look in the General Index under 'Narration, films with little or no'. This entry lists thirty films or videos, among the best in the collection, where the visual continuity and musical scores preclude the need for spoken narration.

Finding... programs available in other languages as well as English

Look up the language in the General Index. You'll find complete lists of all the programs available in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Latin American Spanish. Also, the General Search facility (available from any page in the resource guide through the Search icon) allows you to select a language as a program selection criterium.

Finding... videos that cost less than $100 each

Use the General Search facility (available from any page in the resource guide through the Search icon) which allows a maximum price to be specified. There are 470 videos costing between $69 and $99, for schools and libraries - $34.50 to $59.50 for Individual use.

Finding... the techniques of an art form

See section 36, Techniques of the Artist. Thirty programs range from enameling and lithography to photomontage and stonecarving, and allow you to see artists at work.

the Draw with Don series for:-
five to twelve-year-olds, in Films for Younger Audiences, teaches drawing and painting, balancing instruction with fun.

to teach yourself (or your class) creative writing, discover the only course of its kind, Writers on Writing.

This Web site uses a 'shopping basket' approach for ordering programs. This enables you to complete your order form details (e.g. name, address, contact numbers etc.) once and then add as many programs as you require to your order before sending it to the Roland Collection, allowing you to browse through the resource guide at your leisure. An edit facility is provided, should you change your mind about a program.

Prior to ordering your first program, every program page will display the link 'Order this program' towards the bottom of the page. Clicking on this link will automatically add the program to your shopping basket and display an order form. This form will show options for currency, type of use and the default media format. Use the check buttons to change the defaults for these options, if necessary, as these will options will be assumed for all subsequent programs ordered. You are also required to complete the 'Order Address Details' (name, address, etc.). Once completed, you can click on the 'Confirm Details' button and continue browsing or send in your order via the 'Place Order' button.

Once the first program has been added to your shopping basket, an additional link appears, 'View shopping basket'. Clicking on this link allows you to view the Current Order Status form as described below. To add new programs to your shopping basket, use the 'Order this program' option. All new programs are automatically added without a form being displayed.

'Place Order' and 'View shopping basket' will display a second form entitled Current Order Status which summarises your order and shows the total amount that you will be required to pay. If you wish to make a change to your order, e.g. the language or media format for a program, then click on the 'Edit Order' button. If you wish to make a correction to your billing address or specify a shipping address which is different to the billing address, click on the 'Edit Address' button. If you are satisfied with the information shown and wish to send your order, then click on 'Place Order' - this will result in the display of a confirmation form which you are advised to make a copy of for your own records.

Clicking on the 'Edit Order' button will display the programs currently in your shopping basket. There are options for changing the media format and the language (if available in addition to English). Programs can be removed from the shopping basket by clicking on the check button next to each title. Changes are confirmed by clicking on the 'Make Changes' button and you are returned to the Current Order Status form.

Clicking on the 'Edit Address' button displays the Order Address Details form which allows you to enter your own Purchase Number, to make changes to previously entered billing address details, and to specify a different address for delivery of your order. Again, changes are confirmed by clicking on the 'Make Changes' button.

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