Matisse and Picasso
Compiling a half-century of unparalleled artistic dialog, this program documents the complicated relationship between two indomitable personae: Matisse, the serene, self-indulgent father figure, and Picasso, the eternal adolescent and fiery primitiv...
William Kentridge: art from the ashes
In this program, artist, filmmaker, and dramatist William Kentridge demonstrates his remarkable filmmaking technique - stop-action animation using photos of charcoal drawings in which he has erased and redrawn scenes in different arrangements - as h...
The Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance, which embraces both the Early Renaissance and the High Renaissance, stands as the central tradition in European art - and continues to be a powerful source of artistic influences. This program examines: Masaccio’s Profile ...
Haiku: in Basho's footsteps
More than three centuries ago, the seminal haiku poet Matsuo Basho traveled Japan in a spiritual quest for enlightenment. In this down-to-earth program, haiku enthusiasts from around the world including award-winning haiku poet and English teacher V...
Eugene and Berenice: pioneers of urban photography
Often called the father of modern photography, Frenchman Eugene Atget embraced a heartfelt realism that influenced generations of younger photographers - including an American, Berenice Abbott, who championed him in his later career and carried on h...
Power of art: David
If the French Revolution had an official painter, it was Jacques-Louis David - although "official propagandist" is a much more accurate term. This program follows David's career from his early ambitions as a Prix de Rome scholar to the actions that ...
Japanese architectural design: east meets west
Beginning with the Meiji Restoration, the techniques of Western architecture spread rapidly throughout Japan. Some architects fused the two traditions, while others subtly incorporated Western details into the modernized sukiya style. Filmed in Kyot...
Gary Hill: transcending the senses
Gary Hill's transformative films, performances, and video installations offer resonant philosophic and poetic insights as he explores the tensions that reverberate among electronic media, language, the senses, and the self. In this program, Hill use...
Winslow Homer: society and solitude. Pt. 1 of 2
The first major documentary study of Winslow Homer, this program features over 180 images of Homer oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and illustrations, combined with in-depth commentary from respected art scholars and historians. Viewers will le...
Winslow Homer: society and solitude. Pt. 2 of 2
The first major documentary study of Winslow Homer, this program features over 180 images of Homer oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and illustrations, combined with in-depth commentary from respected art scholars and historians. Viewers will le...