Online Video on Demand

a comprehensive catalogue of online full motion videos including interviews with artists, scholars and others, plus other content focusing on American representational art, streamed free to viewers

Videos indexed by source name:

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How do I find online videos on American representational art?

The easiest way is to look through TFAO's catalogue Online Video on Demand or search TFAO's site for them. Locate videos by topic through TFAO's Topics in American Representational Art. To locate videos by artist name, please click here.

Public search engines can help you locate videos. There are several as of mid-2008. TFAO uses:

• blinkx says that it "uses a unique combination of patented conceptual search, speech recognition and video analysis software to efficiently, automatically and accurately find and qualify online video."
• Google video is a pioneer in video search.
• Truveo crawls the Web for video clips including those using JavaScript and Flash.

When using public search engines, TFAO suggests advanced search phrases in quotes including artist names and topic names from TFAO's American Representational Art catalogue. Using blinkx in a July, 2008 search, TFAO entered the phrase "American painter" and retrieved 46 videos; "Georgia O'Keeffe" netted 65 videos.

Catalogue audit

TFAO's audit of the link to a content page on a source's site, other than TFAO or Resource Library, may reveal that the link is broken. If broken, TFAO keeps the title of the prior content page and eliminates the link. A note is placed after the content title such as: (Link found expired as of 8/12/09 audit. Source site may contain this content via a revised URL)

From time to time TFAO may attempt to find the content with a broken link at another location on the source's site. This is done by using the advanced search feature on search engines such as Google, enabling searches for exact wording or phrases in a site. If the attempt is not successful, TFAO makes a note of the failed search. A note is placed after the content title such as: (8/12/09 advanced search failed to locate content on source's site)

TFAO believes that retention of the title of content that existed on a page with the broken link is important. The content may be:

• available from the source offline (not through TFAO or Resource Library)
• still on the source's site but with a different title
• on the source's site but no longer available in a format that can be addressed by search
• no longer on the source's site

As of 8/12/09 this catalogue has been audited through: the letter Z

TFAO welcomes volunteers to further the broadening of knowledge of American representational art. To learn more about TFAO's many volunteer opportunities please click here. Qualified volunteers are welcome to contribute suggestions for additional content in this catalogue. Please see Catalogue and database management for details.

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TFAO catalogues:

• American Representational Art links to dozens of topics in American Representational Art
• Audio Online a catalogue of online streaming audio recordings
• Collections of Historic American Art notable private collections
• Distinguished Artists a national registry of historic artists
• Geographic Tour of American Representational Art History a catalogue of articles and essays that describe the evolution of American art from the inception of the United States to WWII.
• Illustrated Audio Online streaming online narrated slide shows
• Articles and Essays Online substantive texts published outside of Resource Library
• Videos Online a comprehensive catalogue of online full motion videos streamed free to viewers
• Videos an authoritative guide to videos in VHS and DVD format
• Books sampler of general reference books published on paper
• Interactive media media in CD-ROM format
• Magazines a comprehensive list of paper-published magazines and journals

Individual pages in each catalogue are continuously amended as TFAO adds content, corrects errors and reorganizes sections for improved readability. Refreshing or reloading pages enables readers to view the latest updates.

TFAO suggests www.truveo.com and Google Videos to find online video.

Links to sources of information outside of our web site are provided only as referrals for your further consideration. Please use due diligence in judging the quality of information contained in these and all other web sites. Information from linked sources may be inaccurate or out of date. TFAO neither recommends or endorses these referenced organizations. Although TFAO includes links to other web sites, it takes no responsibility for the content or information contained on those other sites, nor exerts any editorial or other control over them. For more information on evaluating web pages see TFAO's General Resources section in Online Resources for Collectors and Students of Art History.

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