Art History Movies

Sometimes reduced to the image of a cursed artist, Amedeo Modigliani, an admirer of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, has traced an...

A documentary about the "The Mystic Lamb" painted at the beginning of the 15th century by the Van Eyck brothers.

This film follows the life of Jacob Kainen, a prolific but often overlooked artist of 20th Century America. From his immigrant upbringing to his...

A film that looks at the genius of JMW Turner in a new light. There is more to Turner than his sublime landscapes - he also painted machines,...

Ludwig van Beethoven is far more than just an epitome of European culture: he has become a synonym for classical music, much like the Beatles for pop...

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

Nicholas Baum goes on a journey to Den Bosch, Hieronymus Bosch's town, and gives his explanation about what he thinks the painter's works originally...

This documentary features a kinetic artist who creates vibrant mixed media works that push the boundary between 2D and 3D.

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

Scans of Chauvet and Lascaux, ancient cave drawings discovered in France in the 1940's. Meant to be viewed under firelight, the flicker giving the...

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

Art historian Alastair Sooke traces the humanization of the Devil figure in medieval art from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries.

A documentary about Tintoretto.

Some argue that modern graffiti was born in Philadelphia, where the pioneers of wall-writing became citywide celebrities during the late 1960s and...

An artistic animated short showing the life in secondary school.

A documentary about the statue Winged Victory of Samothrace, unquestionably one of the most complete expressions of Hellenistic sculpture