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How the Devil Got His Horns: A Diabolical Tale
How the Devil Got His Horns: A Diabolical Tale
Art historian Alastair Sooke traces the humanization of the Devil figure in medieval art from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries.
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Hyperland
Hyperland
This made-for-TV documentary introduces the layperson to concepts and technologies that were emerging in computer interface design in the late 1980s and early 1990s: hypertext, ...
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Tim’s Vermeer
Tim’s Vermeer
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years ...
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Lost Women Art
Lost Women Art
Women write art history – but in turn are systematically ignored by it. LOST WOMEN ART tells the story of the suppressed female avant-garde and by doing so introduces a new art history.
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Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs
Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs
Through a combination of interviews and studio reconstructions, recount the gripping stories behind those who have excavated and stolen masterpieces.
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The untold story of the Vatican
The untold story of the Vatican
What started as a simple tomb became over a 2,000 years history the universal seat of Christendom and is today one of the most visited museum in the world with invaluable collections of ...
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Lee Miller: A Life on the Frontline
Lee Miller: A Life on the Frontline
A documentary celebrating Lee Miller, a model turned photographer turned war reporter who defied anyone who tried to pin her down, put her on a pedestal or pigeonhole her in any way. ...
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Simon Schama’s History of Now
Simon Schama’s History of Now
In his most personal project to date, Simon Schama looks back at the dramatic history that has played out in his lifetime. Best known for writing history, he has lived a fair bit of it ...
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Art That Made Us
Art That Made Us
An alternative history of the British Isles, told through art. Looking at 1,500 years and eight dramatic turning points, acclaimed artists and thinkers encounter key historic art works ...
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Becoming Frida Kahlo
Becoming Frida Kahlo
A look into Frida Kahlo's world, revealing an artist driven by politics, power, sex and identity, with her epic love affair with Diego Rivera at the heart of it all.
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The Cultural History of Museums
The Cultural History of Museums
From the cabinets of curiosities created in Italy during the 16th century to the prestigious cultural institutions of today, a history of museums that analyzes the social and political ...
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Femme Fatale: The Nightmare Come True
Femme Fatale: The Nightmare Come True
The passionate story of the femme fatale, seductive and dangerous, a myth and a fantasy, through her representation in art.
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Landskip
Landskip
Some images of the landscape and the spaces that house them. "Every single entity contains an adumbration or landskip of the whole Universe" (Jan Baptist van Helmont, 1650). Images ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes
Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes
A portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), a genius of modern architecture, whose life passed between glory, scandal and tragedy.
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Miss Hokusai
Miss Hokusai
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.
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Mona Lisa Smile
Mona Lisa Smile
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and ...