History's ancient legacies: India
For over four thousand years, the lands of India have been home to a remarkable human civilization. This fascinating program journeys through the centuries to reveal the continuing story of the Indian people. Beginning with a graphic reconstruction ...
History's ancient legacies: Japan
The story of Japan is like that of no other nation on Earth. For two thousand years, the Japanese people have lived an often-isolated life of striking contrasts. The military aspects of Japanese history are familiar to many, and this fascinating pro...
History's ancient legacies: Dark Age England
The nation of England can trace its beginnings to the second half of the First Millennium AD. This was the Dark Age, a period of tribal invasions and conflicts when civilization itself seemed to retreat. For many, the terrifying pagan Vikings symbol...
History's ancient legacies: Carthage
This program examines the history of the ancient city of Carthage in what is now Tunisia, its trade-based culture, and the events leading up to its downfall in the hands of the Romans. It includes a spectacular 3D animated recreation of the great a...
History's ancient legacies: Stonehenge
Stonehenge is an incredible monument dating from around 2,800 BC. Using the very latest in advanced computer animation, this video lets the student step back in time to see the origin of the stones and the monument in its original form. Leading auth...
History's ancient legacies: Romans in Palestine
This program reviews the history of Palestine and its invaders from the time of Alexander the Great through the Roman Empire and examines the ongoing Jewish resistance to foreign rule and foreign religions. It provides a remarkable glimpse at the a...
History of western art: a new dream
This program presents Western Art, artists, painters, the Renaissance, the Golden Age and the Reformation of Medieval Florence, and it includes the art and artists Michelangelo, Raphael, Da Vinci, Holbein, Dürer, Titian, Ambassadors, Mona Lisa, The...
History of western art: a new vision
This program's focus is on the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist era. Never was a world so completely turned upside down as with the arrival of the Impressionist School. This video features the revolutionary work of Cezanne, Seurat, Degas, Renoir...
History of western art: passion and revolution
This program's focus is on Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. As the strict classical disciplines of the eighteenth century faded, the Romantic movement and the landscape painters came to prominence: Constable, Turner, Goya, Jacques Louis David, ...
History of western art: the age of splendor
This program's focus is on the Baroque and the Dutch masters, including Vermeer, Rembrandt, Rubens, Caravaggio and Bernini, who coupled with spectacular new limits of realism and expression that fostered such great art as Las Meninas, Marriage a la ...