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This documentary explores non-conformist Russian art and features several Russian artists whose works are considered great masterpieces and classic examples of world conceptual art. Among interviewed artists are V. Komar, A. Kosolapov, O. Vasiliev, V. Bahkchinian, L. Sokov and others. The film also includes interviews with American and Russian art critics and contains works of more than 60 non-conformist artists from The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University and private collections. It also tells the story of art collector Norton Dodge whose efforts have resulted in the largest collection of Russian-Soviet non-conformist art in the world located in the US.
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In the new China open to the West, Shanghai is developing apace in a 21st century architectural style.
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Celebrity chef Rob Feenie flies in from the west coast to join McEwan in catering a charity dinner.
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The Canadian Opera Company is unveiling their brand new, world-class facility, and McEwan's feeling the pressure as he the first caterer to break in the new venue.
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"Expect the Unexpected" - The author of this slogan was young French artist Tomi Ungerer. He not only designed this Village Voice campaign and many others, he also published a dozen children's books, created political posters and wrote social satire. It was during a time of Cultural Revolution: the anti-segregation movement, political riots and anti-Vietnam war protests, but also Peace and Love, the Rock revolution and the miniskirt. At the Center of it all, New York, where you could expect the unexpected.
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Set in Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo, Trendmakers offers a behind-the-scenes look at the work of fashion designers, makeup artists, celebrity hair stylists and photographers who are leading Asia’s fashion revolution.
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Cairo displays the glories of two of the great Islamic regimes - the Shi'ite Fatimids who swept in from the North African desert, and the Mamluks, slave soldiers who overthrew their masters to set up their own Sunni dynasty. Both have left behind impressive evidence of their strength. The program introduces a colorful cast of characters. The rebel governor Ibn Tulun spent all his tax takings on building one of the earliest and finest mosques, named after him, instead of passing the money on to his masters in Baghdad; the caliph Hakim won widespread Shi'ite admiration despite his cruel and despotic rule.
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Looks at the achievements of the first Islamic dynasty, the Umayyads, who established their capital at Damascus. Their regime spread throughout greater Syria, and they left a rich architectural heritage. This includes two of the great surviving Islamic buildings, the Great Mosque of Damascus and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The program emphasises how the early Islamic builders and architects used ideas and materials inherited from their Byzantine predecessors.
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In many ways Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90) has become the most celebrated, and certainly the most mythologized, artist in history, who sold just one painting but whose work now commands record breaking prices.
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Worlds of the Masters traces major developments in artistic traditions of Northern and Italian Renaissance.
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Masterpieces of Carravagio and Rembrant exemplify the
dramatic use of strong chiaroscuro. A detailed look at the
work of art historians shows the process of determining
authorship of a painting previously attributed to Rembrandt.
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Albrecht Dürer mastered the Florentine style of painting
and spread its influence to northern Europe.
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The Written Word investigates the development of ancient writing. Who invented letters, how did they do it, and what was their motivation? The answers to these questions provide a key to understanding the development of civilization itself.
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