Art History Movies
- 2011
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted02011HD
Documentary about the painters Augustus John and James Dickson Innes who, in 1911, left London for the wild Arenig Valley in North Wales. Over three...
- 2016
The Original Richard McMahan
The Original Richard McMahan02016HD
The multi-talented outsider artist Richard McMahan is on a quest to painstakingly re-create thousands of famous and not-so-famous paintings and...
- 1987
Curriculum vitae
Curriculum vitae51987HD
An artistic animated short showing the life in secondary school.
- 2019
Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason
Francisco de Goya: The Dream of Reason7.252019HD
French writer Jean-Claude Carrière traces the life and work of Spanish painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).
- 2012
How the Devil Got His Horns: A Diabolical Tale
How the Devil Got His Horns: A Diabolical Tale8.52012HD
Art historian Alastair Sooke traces the humanization of the Devil figure in medieval art from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries.
- 2023
Femme Fatale: The Nightmare Come True
Femme Fatale: The Nightmare Come True02023HD
The passionate story of the femme fatale, seductive and dangerous, a myth and a fantasy, through her representation in art.
- 2004
La Danse et Degas
La Danse et Degas02004HD
- 2021
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art7.32021HD
Throughout the 19th century, imaginative and visionary artists and inventors brought about the advent of a new look, absolutely modern and truly...
- 2020
Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes
Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes7.52020HD
A portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), a genius of modern architecture, whose life passed between glory, scandal and tragedy.
- 2023
Landskip
Landskip02023HD
"Every single entity contains an adumbration or landskip of the whole Universe" (Jan Baptist van Helmont, 1650).
- 2018
Rubens: A Life in Europe
Rubens: A Life in Europe02018HD
The Flemish painter, humanist and diplomat Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) was fortunate to be recognized during his lifetime as an artist of genius...
- 2016
Botticelli – Inferno
Botticelli – Inferno72016HD
The Renaissance master Botticelli spent over a decade painting and drawing hell as the poet Dante described it. The film takes us on a journey...
- 2012
Das Geheimnis Mona Lisa
Das Geheimnis Mona Lisa02012HD
- 2015
Caravage - Dans la splendeur des ombres
Caravage - Dans la splendeur des ombres02015HD
- 2015
Cocottes et courtisanes dans l’œil des peintres
Cocottes et courtisanes dans l’œil des peintres02015HD
- 2018
Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History
Looking for Modern Art: Rethinking Art History5.52018HD
Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian...
- 2020
James Tissot: L'étoffe d'un peintre
James Tissot: L'étoffe d'un peintre02020HD
A movie about James Tissot (1836-1902), a French painter and portraitist
- 2020
Modigliani et ses secrets
Modigliani et ses secrets102020HD
Sometimes reduced to the image of a cursed artist, Amedeo Modigliani, an admirer of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, has traced an...
- 2013
The Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution
The Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution02013HD
A film that looks at the genius of JMW Turner in a new light. There is more to Turner than his sublime landscapes - he also painted machines,...
- 1961
Kandinsky
Kandinsky01961HD
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky claimed, or has been credited with, the 'creation' of abstract art. At the core of this film is a dramatic...