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.
Curated Video
'Arms and Power in Renaissance Europe' exhibition opens
LEADIN Ceremonial weapons that belonged to the princes of Europe are on show as part of a specially curated exhibition in Rome. Spread across two sites, it features the armour of Maximilian I of Habsburg, one of the swords of Cesare...
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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...
TED Talks
TED: This is what democracy looks like | Anthony D. Romero
In a quest to make sense of the political environment in the united States in 2017, lawyer and ACLu executive director Anthony D. Romero turned to a surprising place -- a 14th-century fresco by Italian Renaissance master Ambrogio...
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...
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...
Curated Video
Mantegna sells at auction for nearly 30 million dollars
1. Wide shot exterior Sotheby's auction house 2. Wide shot pan across gallery room with Old Master paintings 3. Medium shot people looking at Andrea Mantegna's "Descent into Limbo" 4. Various close-ups "Descent into Limbo," estimated at...
Curated Video
Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi: Great Art Explained
Women were excluded from almost all cultural and social resources in the centuries from 1400 to 1900 when so much of the world's great art was created. And visual art was almost entirely a male industry before modern times. Having an...
Bedtime History
Galileo Galilei For Kids | Bedtime History
New ReviewLearn about the courageous, Italian mathematician and scientist, Galileo, who used his own telescope to view the Moon and challenged those in authority to prove that the Earth circles the Sun.
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...
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Writer Raffaele La Capria, the muse of Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino, on his friendship with the film director
Neapolitan writer Raffaele La Capria, the hidden muse of the Oscar winning Paolo Sorrentino, talks about his friendship with the film director and about how Rome has changed since the Fellini era. La Capria is considered one of the most...
Curated Video
Former Italy Premier on French election, EU
Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday that the European Union must fundamentally change and get closer to its citizens if it is to survive.Renzi said in Brussels, where he is finishing his campaign to reclaim...
Curated Video
Final preparations for city's famous masked carnival
1. Wide of Venice, gondola in foreground 2. Gondola docking with Japanese tourists on board 3. Statue of Venice Lion 4. Street vendors pulling cart with masks 5. Close up masks for sale 6. Mid of masks on stand with people passing by 7....
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HUNGARY: BUDAPEST IS MAJOR CENTRE FOR PORNOGRAPHIC FILM MAKERS
Hung/English/Nat Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is becoming a major sex centre with nearly a third of all European pornography films being made in the city. Pornography film makers take advantage of the growing population of young...
Curated Video
Thousands of pieces of art need restoring after floods forty years ago
1. Wide shot Florence skyline 2. Long shot bridges on river Arno 3. Wide shot tourists walking ) 4. Wide shot of 'Ponte Vecchio', (Old Bridge) on river Arno AP TELEVISION FILE - November 1966 (black and white file with narrated voice...
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ITALY: ROME: ARCHAEOLOGY: DOMUS AUREA REOPENS
Italian/Nat Tourists to Rome can add another site to their list of "must-visits" - the Domus Aurea, which has been reopened to the public following major restoration. The Domus Aurea, or Golden Palace, was one of history's fabled...
Curated Video
Rubens' Baroque art celebrated in Antwerp
LEADIN A new festival in Belgium is paying homage to the Baroque style of master painter Peter Paul Rubens. In the 1600s Rubens' bold and dramatic approach to art burst into life across hundreds of canvasses. STORYLINE An oversize...
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USA: REMBRANDT PAINTING SOLD FOR US$11.5 MILLION
English/Nat A Rembrandt painting was sold in New York on Friday for eleven-point-five (m) million U-S dollars. It is the second-highest price ever paid for a work by the Dutch master, according to auction house Christie's who auctioned...
Crash Course
Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte: Crash Course Theater #12
Welcome to the Renaissance, known as one of the most vibrant periods in the world of theater. An informational video provides a thorough overview of the period, noting key changes that took place on the stage. After a lengthy discussion...
Crash Course
Straight Outta Stratford-Upon-Avon - Shakespeare's Early Days: Crash Course Theater #14
Who would've guessed that a boy from the sleepy town Stratford-upon-Avon would grow up to become one of the greatest playwrights of all time? Scholars only know a few details about Shakespeare's early life, but that information is the...
Crash Course
Beckett, Ionesco, and the Theater of the Absurd: Crash Course Theater #45
Life doesn't make sense, so theater shouldn't make sense either. A video about the theater of the absurd, the 45th installment of the Crash Course Drama and Theater series, discusses the unique movement in theater history. An overview of...
Crash Course
Antonin Artaud and the Theatre of Cruelty: Crash Course Theater #43
Despite spending many years in a sanatorium, Antonin Artaud became a well-known playwright. Video 43 from the Crash Course Drama and Theater playlist describes the life work of the French playwright with a focus on the theater of...