From BBC: For the first time in 40 years Horizon re-creates a controversial sensory deprivation experiment. Six ordinary people are taken to a nuclear bunker and left alone for 48 hours. Three subjects... continue reading

Scientists believe they have for the first time identified an ancient graveyard for gladiators. Analysis of their bones and injuries has given new insight into how they lived, fought and died. The remains... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month ago • 1,785 views

First part of a BBC documentary on the history of Photography. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rFIpbDmYV4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPeTmBeChCI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIUXE8RtCk8 http://www.youtube.com... continue reading

posted by Fade 1 decade 6 years 3 weeks ago • 13,233 views

Part Two, picks up the story in the late 19th century, when researchers plunged cold science to new lows as they succeeded in reaching the forbidding realm at which oxygen and then nitrogen liquefy. The... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 4 weeks ago • 3,399 views

Air-conditioning, refrigeration, and superconductivity are just some of the ways technology has put cold to use. But what is cold, how do you achieve it, and how cold can it get? The two-part special... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 4 weeks ago • 3,643 views

Documentary about the master of surreal art. Plenty of interviews included.

posted by rasch187 1 decade 6 years 1 week ago • 1,787 views

PLANET EARTH's premiere episode, ties the series together with a fresh understanding of how life in every nook and cranny of the globe is connected -- from the highest mountains and darkest caves; shallowest... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 week ago • 8,085 views

'Tour the mightiest mountain ranges, starting with the birth of a mountain at one of the lowest places on Earth and ending at the summit of Everest. One of Earth's rarest phenomena is a lava lake that... continue reading

posted by deputydog 1 decade 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 4,376 views

Fresh water defines the distribution of life on land. Follow the descent of rivers from their mountain sources to the sea. Watch spectacular waterfalls, fly inside the Grand Canyon and explore the wildlife... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 12,887 views

Richard Attenborough's incredible Planet Earth documentaries - this time looking at the precarious nature of deserts; featuring the usual high quality standard of photography/cinematography to illustrate... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 11 months ago • 6,673 views

The Dutch Post-Impressionist master. Van Gogh spent his early life as an art dealer, teacher and preacher in England, Holland and Belgium. His period as an artist began in 1881 when he chose to study... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 5,470 views • 59:24

Considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history.His contributions to art came in a period that historians call the Dutch Golden Age. ... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 6,176 views

Considered by many, as the artist who gave birth to the Baroque style of painting. Caravaggio's approach to painting was unconventional. He avoided the standard method of making copies of old sculptures... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 7,115 views

Perhaps the greatest sculptor of the 17th century and an outstanding architect as well. Bernini created the Baroque style of sculpture and developed it to such an extent that other artists are of only... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 5 months ago • 5,256 views

One of the central figures of NeoClassicism. Painting became an important means of communication for David since his face was slashed during a sword fight and his speech became impeded by a benign tumor... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 9,942 views

The 'Painter of light', Turner was perhaps the most important Romantic painter in England. A master of chaos and dark, raw atmospheres. English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker,... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month ago • 4,639 views

What makes Picasso's Guernica a masterpiece and Modern Art's most powerful anti-war statement of the 20th Century? Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso's many styles and prolific work rate have marked him... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month ago • 12,187 views

Rothko is famous for his stunning use of color. Born in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia) Rothko moved with his family to Portland, Oregon in 1913. His painting education was brief - he moved... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 1 month ago • 5,319 views

A three-part drama-documentary series about Ludwig van Beethoven presented by conductor Charles Hazlewood. It takes eyewitness accounts of the composer's tragic life and weaves them into analysis of his... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 4 weeks ago • 3,752 views

In this part, the music of Beethoven's creative middle years is explored, alongside the dramatized recollections of his family and friends. In this period he wrote five symphonies, four concertos, and... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years 4 weeks ago • 2,087 views