VISION: FROM THE LIFE OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN: Movie Trailer. Watch more top selected videos about: Barbara Sukowa, Margarethe von Trotta
I always recommend seeing good films that help make the past more "present" to us, and the review of the film makes it seem promising. It looks like it focuses on her visions more than anything, but she was a remarkable woman and certainly deserves to be recognized by a broader audience than antiquated art history instructors and lovers of Gregorian chant.
If you are at all interested in Medieval music, you might also enjoy this YouTube version of her Kyrie Eleison:
Real fans of the genre can check out some of the best versions of Hildegard's music, recorded by Anonymous 4; my favorite album is 11,000 Virgins (samples are available at the link).
This just in: Painless (Art) History. I got a link to this YouTube page through my daily dose of Good. The perpetrators are history teachers, and much more familiar with pop music than I am. I'll probably show a couple in class, but you may want to check them all out before finals--no matter which of my classes you're in.
5 comments:
Thats a shame its almost like banning kids from seeing the Eiffel tower or the statue of liberty..if the sensor out the naughty bits its fine but banning it completely would be uncalled for
I would really like to see the movie. i just fear what Hollywood does to realty some times. some of the cinematic footage look cool though..
Thanks for the comment, but I think you responded to the wrong post.
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Also: I don't mind anonymous posts, but you don't earn points if I don't know who you are.
I didn't know the Human League could be educational. That was a rather strange, but catchy little song.
Shea Antoinette Leeper (aka Moi)
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