Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, has died, leaving empty the royal treasury and an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, jewelry and goldsmith masterpieces, which he considered a symbol of his greatness, and that of Dresden, one of the European capitals of Baroque art.

M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective w...

TIMETRAVEL_0 is an extraordinary docudrama that follows Cris McCarthy as she explores the urban web ...

A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a definin...

In 2009, art detective Dr Bendor Grosvenor caused a national scandal by proving that the Scottish Na...

1790 Turku. After Katarina Thorwöst becomes a widow, there are many suitors, but her heart belongs t...

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female ...

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788...

Patrick Bourgeois dives into the history of one of the worst naval tragedies that ever occurred in Q...

An account of the life and work of the multidisciplinary Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny Madrazo (187...

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty....

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties ...

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of conv...

New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son ...

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled...

The true story of treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who spent much of his life--and his fortune--hunting f...

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental r...

Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrest...

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industr...

Using the 'real life' documentary style, this drama observes two years in the life of the Byrne fami...