Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Naples before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The bay was then the most fashionable destination for vacationing Romans. Julius Caesar, emperors, and senators were among those who owned sumptuous villas along its shores. Artists flocked to the region to create frescoes, sculpture, and luxurious objects in gold, silver, and glass for villa owners as well as residents of Pompeii and other towns in the shadow of Vesuvius. The film concludes with the story of the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum from the 18th century onward.

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...

A documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles.
Uli Köhler and Nick Golücke have visited the protagonists of the 1990 World Cup 20 years after their...

Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, better known as Pippa Bacca, was a 34 years old Italian artist. S...

Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools...

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh...
This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United State...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

Cyprien Tokoudagba is from the city of Abomey in the Benin Republic of West Africa, where he paints ...
A Weaverly Path offers an intimate portrait of Swiss-born tapestry weaver Silvia Heyden. The film ca...

Painter, poet and playwright, teacher and freethinker, lover and traveler, Austrian artist Oskar Kok...

Presenter and former England football captain Gary Lineker follows in the footsteps of his grandfath...

Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It has os...
A documentary about German tourists on vacation in Italy and various activities at their Italian vac...

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and ...

Filmed on location in Montana and Washington State, this 1976 biography of poet and teacher Richard ...

Hungary was the site of serial murders on ethnic basis. Over the course of one year, the murderers k...

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...

"Mr and Mrs Art" - Getting attention is like being struck by the light of the sun, says artist Karin...

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN open its fifth season with Canaletto & the Art of Venice, an immersive journey ...