Curated Video
Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History
The Renaissance was a cultural revitalization that spread across Europe, and had repercussions across the globe, but one smallish city-state in Italy was in many ways the epicenter of the thing. Florence, or as Italians might say,...
Bedtime History
Leonardo da Vinci For Kids | Bedtime History
New ReviewLearn about Leonardo da Vinci, the artist and engineering genius of the Italian Renaissance who painted the Mona Lisa and sketched inventions ahead of his time.
Weird History
Caravaggio, The Artist Who Died For His Art
New ReviewYou've seen Caravaggio's stunning paintings, but do you know the story behind the images? Caravaggio was a violent and tragic figure who likely died because of his commitment to his art. He became "the most famous painter in Rome" in...
Curated Video
Poetry for lovers, the Italian way
AP Television Florence - February 8th, 2011 1. Close of a couple hugging with Florence in the background 2. Wide of tourists enjoying the view from the Michelangelo terrace overlooking Florence 3. Wide of the Florence skyline with Il...
Ashmolean Museum
Qu Leilei: A Chinese Artist in Britain
A free exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 7 Nov 2017 to 15 Apr 2018 Contemporary Chinese artist Qu Leilei (b. 1951), now based in London, was a founding member of the avant-garde ‘Stars Group’ in the late 1970s, and immigrated to...
The Art Assignment
What Makes a Masterpiece?
What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one? And what artists make them?
Curated Video
Sections of rare mural go on public display
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYMilan - 27 April 20151. Ceiling of the Sala delle Asse room of the Sforza Castle showing painting of mulberry trees by Leonardo Da Vinci2. Tilt down painting 3....
Curated Video
Abu Dhabi official pleased that Louvre will exhibit Da Vinci painting
Abu Dhabi's director general of culture and tourism on Tuesday said he was "very proud" of the 450 million US dollars acquisition of the Salvator Mundi painting of Christ by Leonardo DaVinci. Saif Ghobash spoke at the opening of Louvre...
Curated Video
Italian researchers find da Vinci descendants
Italian researchers announced on Thursday they have discovered descendants of Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci, in a development which could help historians track down his DNA.Italian historian Agnese Sabato and art historian...
Curated Video
Restored Renaissance painting to be unveiled after 50 years
LEAD IN:A Renaissance painting that was badly damaged in a 1966 flood in Florence is about to be unveiled to the public after years of painstaking restoration.Giorgio Vasari painted "The Last Supper" in the 16th century, but it suffered...
Curated Video
Italian police step up patrols to protect national icons
AP Television Rome - 5 May, 2010 1.Wide of cars driving past the Colosseum AP Television Rome - 18 October , 2007 2.Wide of Trevi fountain, pan down to water coloured with red paint 3. Mid of Trevi fountain with water coloured with red...
Curated Video
The art of violin making has a renaissance in Italy
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4038134LEAD IN: The art of violin making is not only still very much alive in Italy - it is growing ever more popular among young people. The starting price for a hand crafted violin is 5000 euros with...
The March of Time
1940: VATICAN CITY MUSEUMS (Musei Vaticani): VS The Simonetti Staircase. People walking into Loggia di Raffaello (Raphael Sanzio). People standing before 'The Transfiguration' painting. Italian High Renaissance, art, artist, architect, priceless
MOT 1940: VATICAN CITY MUSEUMS (Musei Vaticani): VS The Simonetti Staircase. People walking into Loggia di Raffaello (Raphael Sanzio). People standing before 'The Transfiguration' painting. Italian High Renaissance, art, artist,...
Curated Video
Italian artist turns Trevi fountain red
An Italian activist poured red dye into the Trevi Fountain on Thursday - 10 years after he pulled the same stunt vandalizing one of Rome's most famous monuments. Graziano Cecchini insisted that the dye wouldn't harm the fountain and was...
Curated Video
Louvre asks public to fund prayer book's return to France
LOUVRE ASKS PUBLIC TO FUND PRAYER BOOK'S RETURN TO FRANCE The Louvre museum in Paris is calling on the public to help bring back one of the French Renaissance's greatest decorative works of art. The Book of Hours prayer book - a...
Curated Video
Rome exhibit dispels myth about Borgia pope's lover
LEADINAn exhibition featuring Renaissance artist Pintoricchio is aiming to dispel a long standing myth about Pope Alexander VI's young lover. Pintoricchio was practically accused of blasphemy by those who contended he used Giulia Farnese...
Curated Video
Rome exhibit dispels myth about Borgia pope's lover
LEADINAn exhibition featuring Renaissance artist Pintoricchio is aiming to dispel a long standing myth about Pope Alexander VI's young lover. Pintoricchio was practically accused of blasphemy by those who contended he used Giulia Farnese...
The Met
Bronzino's Erotic Imagination: The Lesson of "On The Paintbrush"
Learn more about this exhibition: The Drawings of Bronzino on view at the Met January 20, 2010 - April 18, 2010: http://tinyurl.com/metbronzino A lecture by Deborah Parker, Professor, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese,...
Alliterative
The Art of Propaganda: The Endnotes
Some extra information from "Bellini" (https://youtu.be/WVRP2EDTyCM) about Mannerism, art & the Counter-Reformation, and the etymology of Propaganda. Show notes: http://www.alliterative.net/bellini Image Credits:...
The Met
The Drawings of Bronzino: An Introduction
Learn more about this exhibition: The Drawings of Bronzino on view at the Met January 20, 2010 - April 18, 2010: http://tinyurl.com/metbronzino An introduction by Carmen Bambach, curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, The...
The Met
The Medicean Tapestries by Bronzino's Designs and Cartoons
Learn more about this exhibition: The Drawings of Bronzino on view at the Met January 20, 2010 - April 18, 2010: http://tinyurl.com/metbronzino A lecture by Lucia Meoni, Independent Scholar This exhibition is the first ever dedicated to...
The Met
Bronzino: Painter, Poet, Man
Learn more about this exhibition: The Drawings of Bronzino on view at the Met January 20, 2010 - April 18, 2010: http://tinyurl.com/metbronzino A lecture by James Fenton, Poet, Journalist, Critic This exhibition is the first ever...
The Met
Bronzino's Maniera: Beauty and Style
Learn more about this exhibition: The Drawings of Bronzino on view at the Met January 20, 2010 - April 18, 2010: http://tinyurl.com/metbronzino A lecture by Elizabeth Cropper, Dean, Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts, National...
Curated Video
Unseen Da Vinci murals set to go on display
ITALY: DA VINCI MURALSOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 5:30SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionMilan, Italy - 27 March 20151. Tilt down of "Sala delle Asse" during...