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Claude Monet (1840-1926) is the first and last great Impressionist: the man whose painting gave birth to the term Impressionism.
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Edgar Degas (1834-1917) had a seemingly effortless natural talent which sometimes disguised his obsessive working and reworking of images.
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Manet (1832-83) was the reluctant role model and artistic godfather of the Impressionists.
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Small in physical stature, the aristocratic Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) became the painter of the darker side of Parisian life at the end of the 19th century.
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This dazzling art series reveals a fresh and exciting perspective on how to truly appreciate and better understand the world of painting.
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Impressionism is probably the most well known and most popular style of art today. This eight-part series brings that world alive by looking at the movement through the lives of eight of the greatest Impressionist painters ever - MANET, MONEY, DEGAS, RENOIR, CEZANNE, VAN GOGH, TOULOUSE-LAUTREC and GAUGUIN. This series covers all aspects of "The Impressionists'" lives; their work, the development of their style, their characters, and their friendships. It also looks at a selection of each of the artists' paintings which are representative of their life and work. These paintings are all from a limited number of collections in Britain, Paris and Amsterdam.
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Italian Cathedrals is a visual portrait of two cathedrals; one in Venice and one in Florence. Learn about the architecture, art, interior design, and inspiration each has on it's city.
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Of all the major Impressionists, Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) is the man who pushed Impressionism towards a totally new way of representing the world, one which shattered the artistic conventions of five centuries and more.
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Paul Gauguin's life (1848-1903) was as colorful as his painting, a rich and varied melting pot of different styles, ideas and cultures.
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The work of Pierre August Renoir (1841-1919) is the most sensual and carefree of all the Impressionists.
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What happened in Europe at the time of the renaissance and
how has it influenced modern man? This historical documentary
takes us back to one of history's most intriguing and crucial
chapters of Europe's history when doors opened to whole
new worlds; when man explored the stars, and traveled to the
ends of the earth.
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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 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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Breaking away from stylistic canon of medieval religious
art, artists of the early Renaissance turned to oil painting,
visual perspective and realism. Flemish 15th century
master van Eyck introduced unprecedented realism to the
rendering of light.
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