made him one of the left s most powerful propagandists. i felt the ground shaking beneath my feet, he said. and the shaking was visible in my work. his caricatures of weimar germany reject a society depraved by greed and power. grosz s contempt was shared by wider artistic developments in europe and america. those developments became known as dada. dada was like a storm that broke over the world of art. it had many centers from zurich to hanover from cologne to new york and many sorts of artistic expression. unlike grosz in berlin these dada artists didn t see the exposure of class divisions as their central purpose. they attacked the foundations on which nations were built truth, beauty, reason, science. in the wake of the catastrophe all these values were brought into question. in paris and new york, marcel duchamp produced his ready-mades a hat stand, a bottle rack ordinary everyday items promoted to the status of art objects simply because the artist had signed t
(narrator) the quest for immortality the desire to extend th certainties of life beyond the grave is as old as egypt itself. the pyramids at giza, the wonders of the ancient world, were not just designed as the pharaoh s last resting-place. they were the first stop on a long night s journey to everlasting life. by 1550 bc, power had shifted to a n kingdom 500 miles south in the ancient city of thebes, now called luxor. to the west, in the hills beyond the nile s west bank, the royal tombs of the valley of the kings were cut into limestone cliffs. their interiors are richly decorated with hieroglyphs and paintings signs and symbols that detail the necessary steps to attain immortality. egypt s power and the grandeur that came with it were well-established by 2500 bc when the great pyramids at giza were built. the sphinx was a philosophy of government set in stone. it depicted the king as fearless, cunning and brave as the lion. and as crucial to egypt as the nile itself. th
their interiors are richly decorated with hieroglyphs and paintings signs and symbols that detail the necessary steps to attain immortality. egypt s power and the grandeur that came with it were well-established by 2500 bc when the great pyramids at giza were built. the sphinx was a philosophy of government set in stone. it depicted the king as fearless, cunning and brave as the lion. and as crucial to egypt as the nile itself. the king was not just a political leader but a religious leader too. in the minds of the ancient egyptians, the pharaoh s power and authority as a king stretched far beyond the boundaries of his country and into the cosmos itself. after death, he would escape the earthly bounds of his tomb, board a solar boat and sail into immortality. this vision became material in objects and images founin the tombs and temples as a way of pre-ordaining a central idea: afr a perilous and carefully prescribed journey through the night, the king would become one with
museums are magic places. they can take you back into history or forward into an artist s imagination in just a few steps. this is the national gallery of art in washington, d.c. are many worlds to explore at the national gallery. you can imagine yourself to be almost awhere. you have centuries to choose from. you can be in any mood. you can be any age. there s something wonderful here for everyone. i m julie harris. i love to come here. art is always an adventure for me. it makes me see people and places with new eyes. there was no such thing as a public art museum 200 years ago. the only people who could explore art were the people who owned it. sometimes in the gallery, i imagine that i m walking in my own house. well, in a way, it is mine and yours, too. all of this belongs to all of us. i ve picked some special things to show you. each has something quite important to tell you. art just doesn t happen, you see. it isn t created out of nowhere. art reflects its own time,
coming out of biscayne bay onto the streets until its about a foot deep. people go, oh, we broke a sewer main, or a water main broke! that s not what it is, that s sea level rise. ifill: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: toyota now formally admits it misled consumers and regulators over unintended acceleration problems in its cars that triggered global recalls. the auto maker agreed to pay $1.2 billion the largest such federal penalty ever imposed on an auto company. we ll take a closer