Art History Movies

Bordeaux, France, 1828. Spanish painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes dies in his French exile on April 16th and is buried in the local cemetery....

Simon Schama explains the style, theme and concept of Rembrandt's late masterpieces.

The many references in contemporary film to Edward Hopper's works, as well as the widespread reproduction of some of his paintings have made his...

A short film by Peter Greenaway. It depicts the painting The Wedding Feast at Cana by Paolo Veronese, through mixed media and shows different...

Olev Subbi (1930–2013) was one of the most significant painters of the second half of the 20th century. His art constantly strived for harmony...

French writer Jean-Claude Carrière traces the life and work of Spanish painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).

We go behind the scenes and into the minds of artists as they capture, commemorate, and, at times, condemn our presidents.

Raphael: The Young Prodigy tells the story of the artist from Urbino, beginning with his extraordinary early portraits of women - the Mother, the...

Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, but he was not alone. Great artists...

A documentary about the French photographer Nadar aka Gaspard-Félix Tournachon

In the heart of Paris, an entire palace has disappeared. It was the very first residence of the kings of France. Long before Versailles, long before...

In the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced an unprecedented artistic explosion: painters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Hals were so prolific...

Michael Palin travels to France in search of the Mediterranean view on his wall, captured by his favourite artist, Scottish painter Anne Redpath. He...

What is the true meaning of the art?

There is an interlinking history of violent European colonialism and the cultural legacy of ethnographic collections in institutions. This...

Dr. Francis Schaeffer's spectacular series on the rise and decline of Western culture from a Christian perspective.

Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian...