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.

When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbri...

Arturo Urbiola, independent singer/songwriter, talks about the influence music has had on his life, ...

Many artists use the pain, exhilaration and resolution of private desires to express themselves. Art...
The first part of the documentary about the work of the Czech painter Mikoláš Alš called "The Song o...

Painter Françoise Gilot shared Pablo Picasso's life from 1943 to 1953. This union nourished their re...

Documentary about the Rembrandt Association. In the 19th century, a lot of Dutch art disappeared abr...

Documentary that exposes the secret world of these unknown tax havens. There is a global network of ...

Johan van der Keuken went against the grain in 1980: from Amsterdam (on April 30 with the coronation...

Going to the very heart of the Bible's most challenging Book, this one hour documentary decodes the ...

Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through C...

Cyprien Tokoudagba is from the city of Abomey in the Benin Republic of West Africa, where he paints ...

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

Two thousand years ago, at the dawn of the first century, the ancient world was ruled by Rome. Throu...

With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer’s most famous...

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...

Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambi...

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

Celebrating Billy Connolly's 75th birthday and 50 years in the business, three Scottish artists - Jo...

In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous...