Edvard Munch was a Norwegian symbolist/expressionist painter and printmaker, and is considered - along with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne - one of the most important artists of the late... continue reading

posted by rasch187 1 decade 6 years 2 weeks ago • 1,528 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

Examines the first half of Leonardo's life, from his birth near Florence to his famous achievements in the great cities of the Italian Renaissance. Studying his notebooks, and some of his most famous paintings... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years ago • 9,196 views

The last episode is Centered around Leonardo's greatest masterpiece – the most famous image in the history of art – the Mona Lisa. How and why has it become so famous? The third program of the series... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years ago • 2,927 views

This part is about the story of Michelangelo's titanic struggle to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, one of the artistic marvels of the world. The program explores some of the main challenges... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years ago • 3,874 views

Part one traces the troubled origins of his genius, from boyhood beatings from his father, to fights with fellow artists. The program shows sculptor Romolo Burati as he recreates key features of the... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 6 years ago • 1,824 views

The art critic and art lover, Waldemar Januszczak, sets out on an epic journey of discovery across the Muslim world from Central Asia, to the heart of the Middle East and beyond to reveal a world of awe-inspiring... continue reading

posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 5,373 views

This video answers the question, why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting of all time?

posted by eric3579 1 decade 7 years ago • 10,250 views • 4:40

Recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. Giotto lived and worked at a time when people's minds and talents were first being freed from the shackles of medieval restraint. He dealt... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,831 views

Generally considered the greatest Dutch painter and draughtsman after Rembrandt. With Cézanne and Gauguin the greatest of Post-Impressionist artists. He powerfully influenced the current of Expressionism... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,546 views

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 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 3,093 views

Turner was the most versatile, successful, and controversial landscape painter of nineteenth-century England. Demonstrating mastery of watercolor, oil painting, and etching, his voluminous output ranges... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,105 views

Sculptor, painter, architect and poet. He was one of the founders of the High Renaissance and, in his later years, one of the principal exponents of Mannerism. *Related: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Divine-Mich... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,892 views

Painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. *Related: http://www.videosift.com/video/Leonardo-Da-Vinci-Th... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 3,153 views

A restoration team tries to prevent medieval Buddhist murals from crumbling into dust. Centuries of grime are removed to reveal the magnificent murals of a Buddhist monastery. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tibet/... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,218 views

Exploring the history and influence of this famed painting by Diego Velazquez. This is the only surviving example of a female nude by the Spanish artist. Nudity was rare in Spanish art because it met with... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,463 views

A very abstract, surreal work by Polish artist Daniel Zagórski. Don't overthink it; in fact don't even think it. Just watch it, take it in. Enjoy.

posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 5 years 10 months 1 week ago • 2,107 views

Traces the origins of humanism and much of Western art to ancient Greece. Discusses Kouroi and Korai figures and the architecture of the Parthenon. Identifies Roman art as inherently political art that... continue reading

posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 10 months ago • 1,849 views