The Impressionists: Pissarro
This is the story of the life and work of Camille Pissarro, the West-Indian born leader of the original Impressionists and the only artist from that school to exhibit at all eight of the exhibitions from 1874 to 1886. Pi
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This is the story of the life and work of Camille Pissarro, the West-Indian born leader of the original Impressionists and the only artist from that school to exhibit at all eight of the exhibitions from 1874 to 1886. Pi
These different video sequences, from about ten seconds to two minutes, filmed in a fixed plan and presented without editing, have been made for about twenty years, without artistic pretension. Recorded from a window, a
Take the 2,173 mile journey along the most famous long-distance hiking trail in the world. Along the way you'll meet hikers who have embarked on the trek, carrying everything they need on their backs. Hear their stories
This program is a profile of Georges Pierre Seurat, the inventor of the technique known as Pointillism in which a whole picture is made up of tiny rectangles of pure color, which merge together when viewed from afar.
It was Claude Monet's Impression: soleil levant which gave the impressionist school its name. Famed for seeing the subtle nuances of color, light and atmosphere in landscape, Monet's great works include Haystacks and Wat
Paul Gauguin was thirty-five when he made the momentous decision to abandon his lucrative career as a Paris stockbroker and devote himself full-time to painting. Gauguin's bold use of flat, unmixed color gave his paintin
Melodious birdcalls begin a delightful excursion through the beautiful impressions of the rainforest. Enjoy a rich palette of relaxing sounds and views from one of the world's most prolific ecosystems with a meditative s
Like Livinus van de Bundt, Hoover encountered video late in her career, at which point she devoted herself entirely to the medium. While Van de Bundt explored the technical possibilities of video as a means to work with
A seed is planted and it grows to no end, sculpted by time and light. Nico Listi’s fifth short film.
What would it feel like to see the world through the eyes of an impressionist painter? BluScenes Gallery Musée uses advanced technology and a digital cinema technique called "camera mapping" to add a new dimension to wor
Paul Cézanne sought a method of capturing the underlying structure of any subject matter. His eventual triumph derived from a revolutionary new approach to color and to perspective. His paintings were often derided by th
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec was ultimately, a tragic figure in the history of art. Crippled by an ill-proportioned body, he lived for just 36 years before the effects of alcoholism and syphilis took their final toll. His diss
Join art aficionado Rosamond Bernier at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art as she discusses the post-impressionist masters in this installment of her sold-out lecture series. You'll have a front-row seat as Berni
Part 8 of How Yukong Moved the Mountains
Beginning just prior to the emergence of the Impressionist movement in 19th Century France, this program provides a comprehensive history of how the movement began, it's major players, and how it influenced the future of
Come over the sea to Skye in 1959, with its majestic mist-covered mountains, lush valleys and snug white-washed croft houses, in this award winning amateur film from Iain Dunnachie. See bustling Portree’s colourful 1950s
An impromptu road trip intercut between conversation. The beach waves never stop crashing.
A portrait of nature put to the music of Antonín Dvořák's New World symphony. Using Antonin Dvorak’s NEW WORLD SYMPHONY as an interpretive point for this for this film essay, Richard Mangan presents an array of natur
Brilliant but tormented Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh is profiled through his art, his letters and expert commentary in this engrossing documentary. Famous for his thick, swirling brushstrokes, van Gogh -- the son of a