History's ancient legacies: China
Human beings have constructed many remarkable monuments, but only one man-made structure can be seen from the surface of the moon. The Great Wall of China remains the greatest creation of a remarkable Asian people, but it is not the only one, as thi...
History of western art: reason and enlightenment
This program's focus is on The Rococo. The emphasis on pastoral themes and strong classical influence emerged in the work of Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Chardin, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Copely, François Boucher and David. Great works studied inc...
Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Van Dyck
The pupil of Rubens, Anthony van Dyck followed his master's example by travelling to Italy as part of his artistic training. Like Rubens, he found inspiration in the Venetian Renaissance masters Titian and Giorgione. An enthusiasm for rich colours a...
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: 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 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 ...
Art of the Netherlands : the Dutch masters: Vermeer
Born in 1632, only three dozen canvases survive from Johannes Vermeer's working life. A resident of the Dutch city of Delft, it is Vermeer’s subject matter that is the first point of interest in his work. Unusually, he chose to depict scenes of or...